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By: mh.taxis WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE COTSWOLDS? You mean apart from the rolling green hills, honey-hued limestone walls, rose-covered cottages and babbling streams? The Cotswolds, a region stretching roughly from Chipping Campden in the north to Bath in the south, and covering the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. However, things have moved on since 1933 when J B Priestley described the Cotswolds as "the most English and the least spoiled of all our countrysides" WHERE SHOULD I START? With some history. As you'd expect for a region that incorporates the ancient Fosse Way, there are some excellent Roman attractions in the Cotswolds. Chedworth Roman Villa at Yanworth is particularly good for children, with several fourth-century mosaics and an excavated hypocaust on display. It is open Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-5pm; entrance is £4.10 for adults, £2 for children (01242 890256; www.nationaltrust.org.uk) WHAT ABOUT THE GREAT OUTDOORS? Pack some wellies. Not because of the weather - the Cotswolds gets more than its fair share of England's sunshine - but because many of the local attractions involve water. The Cotswold Water Park in Shorncote, near Cirencester, is Britain's largest, with 133 lakes to paddle across, picnic next to or walk or cycle around, and two neighbouring country parks to explore. There are various sections of park, but most are roughly open from 9am to 5pm daily. Entrance is free but you usually pay for car parking and for activities (01285 862962; www.waterpark.org) Then there are the Cotswold Canals - the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames and Severn canal. These are currently being restored with the aim of eventually linking up the two rivers. The project won't be finished for years, but, in the meantime, the Cotswold Canals Trust runs occasional boat trips on sections of the canal that are in water, when possible. For more information, visit www.cotswoldcanals.com. WHAT IF I HAVE ANIMAL INSTINCTS? Head to Cotswold Wildlife Park, just outside Burford. Here you will see everything from meerkats to spider monkeys clambering through the graceful grounds of an old manor house. Open daily, 10am-4.30pm, entrance is £8 for adults, £5.50 for children (01993 823006; www.cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk) WHAT ELSE IS ON THE MENU? There's no shortage of good restaurants, but one of the most eccentric gastronomic experiences you can have here involves The Pudding Club. This was started at Three Ways House hotel in Mickleton, near Chipping Campden, 20-odd years ago with the idea of protecting good old marmalade pudding and spotted dick from an onslaught of synthetic, frozen stand-ins such as Black Forest gateau and strawberry cheesecake. You can come here just for lunch or dinner, but if you think you may need to sleep off your excesses, the hotel has pudding-themed rooms from £115, including breakfast (01386 438429; www.puddingclub.com) WHERE ELSE CAN I STAY? One thing the Cotswolds has always done well is luxury boltholes. One of the most famous in the south of the region is Lucknam Park, just outside Bath. A listed Palladian mansion, it boasts the kind of sweeping driveway usually only seen in TV period dramas, a chef with so much Michelin-starred experience that the kitchen is virtually glowing, and its own spa and stables. However, it still manages to feel homely - albeit the kind of home that costs from £225 a night (01225 742777; www.lucknampark.co.uk) However, more recently there has been a quiet revolution in the region's hotels, with newcomers shunning silk upholstery and opulent marble bathrooms in favour of the kind of pared-down, glammed- up style better suited to well-heeled thirtysomethings in search of urban amenities in a country setting. The trend started with Cowley Manor, established by a couple of Oxford academics as a way of realising their dream hotel, which offers a laid-back atmosphere but hi-tech service, from £220 per night, including breakfast, in the village of Cowley (01242 870900; www.cowleymanor.com) HOW SHOULD I GET AROUND? Visit http://www.taxi- ON THE BEATEN TRACK... Visit http://www.taxi- BROADWAY The ultimate Cotswold village, and one of the grandest, Broadway's busy and beautiful main street is almost always chocka with people popping out of tea shops, stopping to buy an expensive hat or just admiring the old stone. BURFORD Set on a slope and, like Broadway, boasting expensive boutiques, antique shops and posh pubs, this village is one of the busiest Cotswold destinations. Its impressive church was one of the most obvious to benefit from the wool trade - and, in 1649 was used as an impromptu prison for around 300 Levellers. BIBURY Described by William Morris as "the most beautiful village in England" and set, admittedly prettily, along the river Coln, Bibury's residents must be ruing the day this remark was made - it's now sometimes hard to navigate a path through the crowds. BOURTON-ON-THE- One of the most popular villages in the area, you can get a good overview of Bourton-on-the- SHERBORNE One of the most unusual villages in the Cotswolds, with neat little rows of cottages, the Sherborne Estate was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1983 and, as well as the house, the Trust now owns much of the neighbouring village - including its quaint post office and shop. THE BARRINGTONS Set on two sides of a grassy dip with the river Windrush running down the middle, the scenery in Little Barrington and Great Barrington is more windswept than your average Cotswold village, but no less impressive - and filled with battalions of mums in outdoor gear. DIDMARTON The main attraction in this quiet south Cotswolds village is the simple 18th-century church of St Lawrence. Its dignified whitewashed walls and pale-green painted pews have recently been brought back into service. ELKSTONE Another village and another church, this time Norman. Elkstone is perfectly pretty in its own right but the church is well worth stopping for - the altar is set between graceful Norman arches and is lit by pale-gold light seeping through a small stained-glass window. G.H Taxis are based in evesham worcestershire and as well as taxis, specialise in airport transfers, cotswold tours & any other travel arrangements you may have... Visit http://www.taxi- # # # G.H Taxis serving Evesham, Worcestershire & the Cotswolds. For all you travel needs. Taxis, Airport Transfers, Seaport Transfers, Cotswold Tours & Any other travel requirements you may have give a guide to visiting worcestershire & the cotswolds... 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