Area Guides
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Our guide to the local area
Welcome to our Area Guides where we look at some of the most glorious villages and towns our region has to offer. We give you a snapshot of ‘Places to Stay,’ ‘Places to Play,’ where to eat and where to shop. Enjoy!
Minchinhampton
An idyllic Cotswold market town, the pretty lanes of Minchinhampton are centred around four streets in the form of a cross with a central Market House and Square. The quaint streets of Minchinhampton are lined with idyllic Cotswold properties, dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries. The town grew in importance with rapid growth…
Stroud
Voted the best place to live in the UK by The Sunday Times in 2021, the market town of Stroud has a rich industrial heritage and the many textile mills central to its thriving wool industry can still be seen dotted along the valleys todays. The central canal network built in the 19th Century to…
Painswick
A quintessentially Cotswold village, Painswick, known as ‘The Queen of the Cotswolds,’ is a village eminently worthy of its regal title. Filled with period charm, the narrow streets of Painswick are lined with stunning historic homes built of honey coloured stone, paying homage to the rich wool trade that once thrived across Stroud’s Five Valleys.…
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