The Cotswolds
This is the largest area of outstanding natural beauty in England and Wales. Idyllic villages of honey coloured limestone such as Bourton-on-the-Water and Broadway, grand stately homes and castles and world-famous gardens nestled in rolling hills. Within the Cotswolds lie Oxford, Shakespeare’s home town of Stratford-upon-Avon, magnificent Warwick Castle and awe-inspiring Blenheim Palace, birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. The Cotswolds are rich in English folklore: tales of a flying monk of Malmesbury Abbey, cheese rolling contests and the dunking of the mayor in Radwick village.