# The best things to do in the Cotswolds

Honey-stone villages, gardens, stately homes and viewpoints.

- 95 votes · 12 items
- Nov 19, 2025 · tripnerd81
- https://even.best/en/l/4031/the-best-things-to-do-in-the-cotswolds

## Top 12

1. **Castle Combe** (8 · ▲11 ▼3) — Often called the prettiest village in England.
2. **Blenheim Palace** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — UNESCO-listed palace, Churchill's birthplace.
3. **Broadway Tower** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — Hilltop folly with views over many counties.
4. **Upper and Lower Slaughter** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Tiny villages along the River Eye.
5. **Bibury and Arlington Row** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — 17th-century weavers' cottages.
6. **Broadway** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — The 'Jewel of the Cotswolds' high street.
7. **Bourton-on-the-Water** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — The 'Venice of the Cotswolds' on the Windrush.
8. **Westonbirt Arboretum** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Autumn colour in the national arboretum.
9. **Chipping Campden** (2 · ▲5 ▼3) — Wool town with an arcaded market hall.
10. **Hidcote Manor Garden** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Arts and Crafts garden rooms.
11. **Cotswold Way** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Long-distance path along the escarpment.
12. **Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Castle and gardens where Katherine Parr is buried.

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