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A driving tour of the area must be a good starting point to exploring the Cotswolds. We can offer advice and a range of guidebooks to take in most of the famous north Cotswold villages, as well as many of the less renowned but unique and charming. We can also provide a printed route starting from Broadway, based upon what is known as the Cotswolds Romantic Road tour.
Cycling
This area is very popular with cyclists, and bringing your bicycles or renting a bike is a great way of getting around. We can recommend a good bicycle rental place in Chipping Campden which provides all safety equipment and will even drop off in the local area if required.
Horse riding
The Cotswolds is excellent horse riding country and there are some good stables nearby at which to take lessons or go for a ride in the countryside.
One stables at Stanton, south of Broadway, can arrange for lessons or a hack (ride in the countryside) at any level. The stables is at the foot of the escarpment, and hacks take riders onto a web of bridleways up on the hills.
Golf
There are a number of good golf courses in the local area, the most striking of which is the 18 hold Broadway course, with a history going back over 100 years. The course is set high on the escarpment, with stunning views from many of the tees and fairways.
Fishing
The most notable local fishing is probably on the Avon, which is renowned for its course fishing of perch, chub, roach and beam. Evesham hosts the Wychavon Angling Festival in August each year.
The north Cotswold
villages have to be
high up the list. Broadway
itself is famous
for its broad sweeping street and
wonderful architecture, and
also
boasts interesting small
shops, restaurants and tea
shops.
Other renowned villages
nearby include Chipping
Campden, Stow-on-the-Wold
and Bourton-on-the-Water,
and offer suggestions and
guides for a driving tour.
We have a number of fascinating National Trust properties in the local area, which include Hidcote Manor Gardens, Snowshill Manor, Croome Park, Chastleton House, Hayles Abbey and Chedworth Roman Villa.
Other properties and
gardens include Sudeley Castle (Katherine Parr's home), Kiftsgate Court Gardens, Batsford Arboretum and Sezincote Manor.
Shakespeare Country is on our doorstep, with Stratford-upon-Avon only 15 miles to the north.
In the wider area but easily accessible are a range of other
National Trust properties, but also Warwick Castle (22 miles) and Blenheim Palace (30 miles)
Local towns for shopping and culture are Cheltenham, Gloucester and Worcester, and Oxford is 40 miles away.
