Bourton-on-the-Water
Bourton-on-the-Water is famed for its picturesque High Street. Lying on the meandering River Windrush with several low arched stone bridges resulted in the village becoming known as "Venice of the Cotswolds".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Birdland Park and Gardens and Cotswold Motoring Museum.
Birdland Park and Gardens
Zoo
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birdland Park and Gardens, often called Birdland, is a wildlife park in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. First opened in 1957, the park moved to its current site in 1989.
Cotswold Motoring Museum
Museum
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cotswold Motoring Museum is a museum in the Cotswolds village of Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. It features motoring history of the 20th century.
Bourton-on-the-Water model village
Photo: Mrfinch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bourton-on-the-Water model village is a scale model village in the grounds of the Old New Inn in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. One of the first model villages in the country, it was started in 1936 and completed in 1940.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stow-on-the-Wold and Wyck Rissington.
Stow-on-the-Wold
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stow-on-the-Wold is a town in the North Cotswolds in England. The town centre, whilst small, is extremely beautiful, focused around the large market square and the pretty little streets leading off it.
Wyck Rissington
Village
Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.
Wyck Rissington is a village and civil parish in the picturesque Cotswold hills of Gloucestershire, England. The village is located 1.5 miles north-east of Bourton-on-the-Water.
Bourton-on-the-Water
- Type: Locality
- Location: Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8928° or 51° 53′ 34″ northLongitude
-1.7544° or 1° 45′ 16″ westElevation
443 feet (135 metres)Open location code
9C3WV6VW+46GeoNames ID
7295154
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