Cotswolds Houses and Gardens

The Cotswolds offer a complete cross section, from stone circles to stately homes, and formal gardens to informal arboretums

A brief synopsis of each of these sites is given below, click the map for each link

Avebury	Stone ring , part of the great Bronze Age movement in this area
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Batsford	Arboretum and garden centre, just outside Moreton-in-Marsh
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Blenheim	The palace given to John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough
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Broadway	Country Park with a 200 year old folly designed as a castle
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Chastleton	One of the country's finest Jacobean houses - National Trust
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Chavenage	An Elizabethan house near Tetbury of mellow grey Cotswolds stone and tiles
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Chedworth	Roman villa. Not a building with a roof, but more remains than usual
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Hidcote	National Trust Gardens considered to be among Britains finest
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Kiftsgate	Right beside Hidcote and well worth visiting. Make a full day and do both
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Snowshill	National Trust Manor House with the eclectic collections of one man on display
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Sudeley Castle	Well restored home of Queen Catherine Power, widow of Henry VIII after he died
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Upton House	National Trust stately home 12 miles from Banbury
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Westonbirt	Outstanding arboretum, owned by Forestry Commission
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White Horse	Carved by early man on the Downs at Uffington

Click the yellow buttons to find out more about that house or garden. below the map is a brief abstract of each so you can get it all at a glance

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