Northleach church has been called the Cathedral of the Cotswolds. A wool church, it owes its magnificence to the wealth of the booming wool trade of the 15th century. Famous for its large light nave, the church has many outstanding...

Northleach town sign, hand-carved and painted by Chris Fothergil, tells the story of Northleach. The sheep and woolsack represent its medieval wool trade, which paid for the improvements to the town's great church - pictured behind. The cross keys...

The World of Mechanical Music is a one-of-a-kind museum. Inside there is a unique collection of self-playing musical instruments presented as live entertainment by expert guides. Performances in the Victorian Music Room include Cabaret, Rachmaninov and Gerschwin. There's also an...

Arlington Row is a very pretty row of medieval cottages set beside a water meadow. In fact, the scene is so beguiling that Henry Ford tried to have the entire street shipped back to America. His plan failed and the...

Bibury and Arlington grew up around the River Colne and the milling industry. In fact, some of the villages' mills are recorded in the Domesday Book. Bibury Mill dates from 18th century and was used for corn milling until...

Bibury Trout Farm is one of the oldest – founded in 1902 – and certainly the most attractive trout farm in the country. Primarily a working farm breeding and rearing high quality trout for restocking angling waters it has welcomed...

In the heart of the beautiful Cotwolds, Chedworth represents one of Britain’s largest Romano-British villas. This is a stately home with a history that dates back over 1700 years. Within the structure are a collection of mosaics, hypocausts,...

The little village of Naunton has an unusually large Baptist chapel. At capacity, this tall and spacious building can seat up to 150 people. Other features include a Nicholson pipe organ and a fine iron gate to a shady terrace...

Rack Isle is an ancient water meadow, an important wildlife refuge and one of the most picturesque spots in the Cotswolds. Set beside the old weavers’ cottages of Arlington Row, it takes its name from the wooden racks on which...

The River Coln flows from Charlton Abbots in Gloucestershire to the River Thames at Lechlade. Bibury owes much of its rich history to the river, which for centuries powered the corn and wool mills here. Today, the river frequently floods...

This very pretty church is probably 12th Century in origin, but later additions include the tower, added in the 15th Century and the nave and north aisle, added in the 16th Century. Noteworthy features include gargoyles on the tower, two...

The site of St Bartholomew’s Church almost certainly dates back to Roman Britain. A Saxon church once stood here and before that probably a Roman cemetery. The current church is largely Norman with medieval and later additions. Features that have...

Evidence suggests that there was probably a church here long before the Norman Conquest. The earliest surviving features include Anglo Saxon graves, square Saxon jambs and posts and possible Saxon windows. Other Saxon artefacts from the church are now housed...