Attractions in the Cotswolds

50 places from our the Cotswolds guide, from Bourton-on-the-Water to Stow-on-the-Wold. Each links to its area guide and, where we have one, its official site.

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Attractions

Attractions in the Cotswolds

50 places

Abbey Grounds, CirencesterPark or nature
Park

Abbey Grounds

Town-center park holding the Norman Arch, one of the few remains of the abbey demolished in 1539.

Outdoor
  • Cirencester, The Cotswolds
Battle of Stow memorial, Stow-on-the-WoldOther sight
Memorial

Battle of Stow memorial

Marker recalling the Royalists' defeat on March 21, 1646, which ended in surrender in the Market Square.

Outdoor
  • Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds
Birdland Park and Gardens, Bourton-on-the-WaterZoo or aquarium
Bird park

Birdland Park and Gardens

Riverside park of gardens and aviaries with over 500 birds, including what it calls England's only breeding group of King Penguins.

Outdoor
  • Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds
Broadway railway station, BroadwayHeritage railway
Heritage railway

Broadway railway station

Station of 1904 that closed in 1968; it is now the northern terminus of the heritage Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

  • Broadway, The Cotswolds
Broadway Tower, BroadwayOther sight
Tower

Broadway Tower

A 65-foot tower on Broadway Hill, the highest point in the northern Cotswolds, in Broadway Tower Country Park.

  • Broadway, The Cotswolds
Burford Methodist Church, BurfordCathedral or church
Historic building

Burford Methodist Church

Baroque town house of about 1715 to 1730 built for a lawyer, converted to a Methodist chapel in 1849; Grade II* listed.

  • Burford, The Cotswolds
Burford Priory, BurfordCathedral or church
Historic building

Burford Priory

House on the site of a 13th-century Augustinian priory hospital, restored after 1912 and a private dwelling since 2008.

  • Burford, The Cotswolds
Burford War Memorial, BurfordOther sight
Memorial

Burford War Memorial

Town war memorial on The Hill, at the foot of the High Street.

Outdoor
  • Burford, The Cotswolds
Cecily Hill Barracks, CirencesterOther sight
Historic building

Cecily Hill Barracks

Castellated barracks building on Cecily Hill, close to the Cecily Hill gate of Cirencester Park.

  • Cirencester, The Cotswolds
Church of St John the Baptist, CirencesterCathedral or church
Church

Church of St John the Baptist

Grade I listed church with a Perpendicular porch and fan vaults, paid for by wool merchants.

Indoor
  • Cirencester, The Cotswolds
Cirencester Park, CirencesterPark or nature
Park

Cirencester Park

Landscape park laid out after 1714 by Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, beside the town center and extending west.

Outdoor
  • Cirencester, The Cotswolds
Cirencester Roman Amphitheatre, CirencesterOther sight
Roman site

Cirencester Roman Amphitheatre

Early 2nd-century earthwork that could seat about 8,000 spectators; free entry in daylight hours.

Free entry (venue site)Outdoor

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read Oct 25, 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

  • Cirencester, The Cotswolds
Corinium Museum, CirencesterMuseum
Museum

Corinium Museum

Museum of Roman Corinium and Cotswold history, with over 90 mosaics known from the town and area.

Indoor
  • Cirencester, The Cotswolds
Corn Hall, CirencesterOther sight
Historic building

Corn Hall

Corn exchange designed by Medland, Maberly and Medland and completed in 1863.

  • Cirencester, The Cotswolds
Cotswold Motoring Museum and Toy Collection, Bourton-on-the-WaterMuseum
Museum

Cotswold Motoring Museum and Toy Collection

Museum of 20th-century motoring with cars, motorbikes, caravans, toys and memorabilia in the village center.

Indoor
  • Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds
Cotswold Perfumery, Bourton-on-the-WaterOther sight
Perfumery

Cotswold Perfumery

Family-run fragrance maker, in business since 1966, with a Victoria Street workshop and perfume-making courses.

Indoor
  • Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds
Cotswold Way start, Chipping CampdenPark or nature
Walk

Cotswold Way start

Northern start of the 102-mile Cotswold National Trail to Bath, beginning in the town center.

Outdoor
  • Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds
Court Barn Museum, Chipping CampdenMuseum
Museum

Court Barn Museum

Museum of craft and design telling the story of makers in the area from about 1900, starting with the Guild of Handicraft.

Indoor
  • Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds
Gordon Russell Design Museum, BroadwayMuseum
Museum

Gordon Russell Design Museum

Museum celebrating the work of the 20th-century furniture maker Sir Gordon Russell.

Indoor
  • Broadway, The Cotswolds
Greystones Farm Nature Reserve, Bourton-on-the-WaterPark or nature
Nature reserve

Greystones Farm Nature Reserve

Free 66-hectare Wildlife Trust reserve of wildflower meadows and rivers, including the scheduled monument Salmonsbury Camp.

Outdoor
  • Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds
Levellers plaque, BurfordOther sight
Memorial

Levellers plaque

Plaque recalling three Leveller soldiers executed in the churchyard on May 17, 1649; the town marks Levellers Day each year.

Outdoor
  • Burford, The Cotswolds
Lower Slaughter Old Mill, Bourton-on-the-WaterOther sight
Heritage

Lower Slaughter Old Mill

A 19th-century water mill on the River Eye in neighboring Lower Slaughter, now housing a museum, a café and a tea room.

  • Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds
Market Cross, Stow-on-the-WoldOther sight
Monument

Market Cross

Late-medieval cross in the Market Square, restored in 1878, where Stow's market and fairs were held.

Outdoor
  • Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds
Market Hall, Chipping CampdenOther sight
Historic building

Market Hall

Open market hall built in 1627 by Sir Baptist Hicks, Grade I listed and now owned by the National Trust.

Partly covered
  • Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds
Market Place, CirencesterOther sight
Square

Market Place

Central square beside the parish church, with the Corn Hall, the Kings Head and the Fleece around it.

Outdoor
  • Cirencester, The Cotswolds
Market Square, Stow-on-the-WoldOther sight
Square

Market Square

Market place where charter fairs were held; most surrounding buildings date from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Outdoor
  • Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds
Old Campden House lodges and gateway, Chipping CampdenOther sight
Historic building

Old Campden House lodges and gateway

Jacobean lodges and gateway that survive from Sir Baptist Hicks's mansion, burned in 1645.

  • Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds
Our Lady and St Kenelm, Stow-on-the-WoldCathedral or church
Church

Our Lady and St Kenelm

Catholic church in a Tudor-style building of 1836 that began as a Church of England infant school.

Indoor
  • Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds
Replica Iron Age roundhouse, Bourton-on-the-WaterOther sight
Heritage

Replica Iron Age roundhouse

A replica Iron Age roundhouse, reached from the Greystones Farm yard by a path suitable for wheelchairs and strollers.

  • Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds
Silk Mill, Chipping CampdenOther sight
Historic building

Silk Mill

Grade II listed mill that became the headquarters of C. R. Ashbee's Guild of Handicraft in 1902.

  • Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds
St James the Great, Fulbrook, BurfordCathedral or church
Church

St James the Great, Fulbrook

Parish church in neighboring Fulbrook with Norman origins, a 15th-century tower and a Baroque monument to the Thorpe brothers.

Indoor
  • Burford, The Cotswolds
St Michael and All Angels, BroadwayCathedral or church
Church

St Michael and All Angels

Grade II listed church built in 1839, with a carved pulpit moved from St Eadburgha's.

Indoor
  • Broadway, The Cotswolds
Stow Baptist Chapel, Stow-on-the-WoldCathedral or church
Chapel

Stow Baptist Chapel

Grade II listed chapel of 1852 on the site of an earlier meeting house, behind houses on Sheep Street.

Indoor
  • Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds
The Great Almshouses, BurfordOther sight
Historic building

The Great Almshouses

Grade II* listed almshouses of the mid-15th century, founded in 1457 and restored in 1828.

  • Burford, The Cotswolds
The Lygon Arms, BroadwayOther sight
Historic building

The Lygon Arms

Inn dating from the 1600s, bought by Sydney Russell, father of the furniture maker Sir Gordon Russell.

  • Broadway, The Cotswolds
The Model Village, Bourton-on-the-WaterOther sight
Model village

The Model Village

A 1:9 scale replica of the village, opened in 1937, that includes a model of the model village itself.

Outdoor
  • Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds
The Talbot, Stow-on-the-WoldOther sight
Historic building

The Talbot

Grade II listed building of about 1714 on the Square, built as a coaching inn and used as the corn exchange from the 1840s.

  • Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds
The Tolsey Museum, BurfordMuseum
Museum

The Tolsey Museum

Market house of around 1525, now a local-history museum on the second floor, reached only by stairs.

Free entry (venue site)Indoor

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read Oct 25, 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

  • Burford, The Cotswolds
Windrush bridges and greens, Bourton-on-the-WaterPark or nature
Riverside

Windrush bridges and greens

Five low stone bridges, built between 1654 and 1953, cross the River Windrush beside the village's wide greens.

Outdoor
  • Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds

By area

Things to do by area in the Cotswolds

Each link opens the area guide with the full descriptions, photos and directions.

More about the Cotswolds: the the Cotswolds guide, free things to do and UK museums and galleries.

How the flags work

What we show, and what we leave out

Every flag below comes from a source you can open. Where we hold no report, the list says "not stated" or shows nothing: it does not guess. Check the venue before you travel, because prices, hours and booking rules change.

  • Type. Our own grouping of each place's kind in our destination guides (for example museum, castle or garden). It is a filter, not a rating.
  • Entry (free or paid). Shown only where the venue's own website says so in plain words, read on Oct 25, 2026. 2 places here are marked free and 0 paid; the other 48 are not stated. "Free" means general admission: special exhibitions, events and facilities can still be charged. The words we relied on are on the sources page.
  • Booking. We have not yet read a venue page that advises booking for these places, so there is no booking filter. Check each official site.
  • Step-free. Reported status only, from OpenStreetMap contributors or the venue's own access page: 0 places have a step-free or partly step-free report. The step-free filter hides places with no report; that does not mean they are not accessible. Contact the venue.
  • Indoor or outdoor. Our rules for the kind of place (20 indoor, 1 partly covered, 15 outdoor; the rest are not classed). It says nothing about opening hours or shelter on the day.
  • Family-friendly. Places marked family-friendly in our guides (0 so far).
  • Nearest to me. Straight-line distance from the position your device reports when you choose it. The position stays in your browser.
  • Saved on this device. Places you have saved with the heart. They are kept in this browser only, and appear in My trip.

Sources

  1. Our destination guides: the places, descriptions and positions come from their "Things to do" pages, which link each venue's official site.
  2. Venue websites, read on Oct 25, 2026 for free-entry, admission-price and booking wording. Each flag and the words behind it: flag sources.
  3. OpenStreetMap contributors (opens in new tab), for reported step-free tags.
  4. Our free things guide, which lists places whose own websites say entry is free.