The area is known for coach tours and A-lister escapes, but beyond the honeypots lie delightfully alternative communities, ancient walking trails and brilliant pubs
hink of the Cotswolds and you’ll probably conjure up images of chocolate-box villages in honeyed stone surrounded by dreamy patchworks of green fields, possibly farmed by Jeremy Clarkson. The region covers parts of six counties – most is inand Oxfordshire, but also corners of Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire and Somerset – is a postcard-pretty holiday destination, and has been a hub for the wealthy since the heyday of the wool trade in the late middle ages.
The Cotswolds has, of course, long been a coveted place to live – the Romans settled here in AD43. Beautifully preservedis now a National Trust site. The detailed mosaic floors, bath houses and “nymphaeum” feel as though they were deserted by their original residents mere moments ago – and they’re still inhabited by Roman snails and still has a beautifully intricate mosaic floor from the fourth century.
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