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The Cotswolds


Farmland fringes this modern house on the outskirts of Cirencester, off Gloucester Rd 2 miles north of the centre. Its three comfortable rooms share their own wing, with a communal kitchenette, and there's a colourful garden. Breakfasts include homemade bread and local honey.


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1. Cirencester Park

1.3 MILES

Unusually for a stately home, the mansion of the Earl of Bathurst sits right on the western edge of town, hidden by what’s said to be Britain’s tallest…

2. Corinium Museum

1.37 MILES

Most of this wonderful modern museum is, of course, dedicated to Cirencester’s Roman past; reconstructed rooms, videos and interactive displays bring the…

3. St John the Baptist’s Church

1.39 MILES

One of England's largest parish churches, the cathedral-like St John's boasts an outstanding Perpendicular Gothic tower with flying buttresses (c 1400),…

4. New Brewery Arts

1.44 MILES

At this very central converted Victorian brewery, you can pop in to over a dozen craft studios and observe jewellers, sculptors, glass-blowers and so on…

5. Amphitheatre

1.79 MILES

Very little now remains of Corinium (Roman Cirencester), but you can still admire the (very) grassed-over contours of one of the largest amphitheatres in…

6. Chedworth Roman Villa

6.15 MILES

This large and luxurious Roman villa was rediscovered by a gamekeeper in 1864. Though the earliest section dates to around AD 175, it was at its most…

7. Arlington Mill

6.24 MILES

Cloth produced at nearby Arlington Row was sent for de-greasing at this 17th-century mill, beside the trout farm on the west bank of the river. Now a…

8. Bibury Trout Farm

6.26 MILES

At this long-standing trout farm, where the B4425 crosses the River Coln, visitors can wander the grounds and, between 10am and 5pm from April to…