Cotswolds
The Cotswolds are a range of rolling hills spread over parts of south-west and south central England. Designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1966, it has unique features derived from the local golden-coloured limestone known as Cotswold stone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hill with an elevation of 456 feet
- Description: protected area in south central England
- Also known as: “Cotswold Hills” and “The Cotswolds”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gatcombe Park and Church of the Holy Cross, Avening.
Gatcombe Park
Manor estate
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gatcombe Park is a country house between the villages of Minchinhampton and Avening in Gloucestershire, England. Originally constructed in the 1770s, it was rebuilt from 1820 by George Basevi for the economist David Ricardo.
Church of the Holy Cross, Avening
Church
The Anglican Church of the Holy Cross at Avening in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England, was built in late 11th century. It is a grade I listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tetbury and Nailsworth.
Tetbury
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Tetbury is a small market town in Gloucestershire famous for its royal connections as the home of King Charles III. It has a wide choice of tea shops, bistros, cafes, pubs and restaurants serving delicious local produce.
Nailsworth
Town
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Stroud is at the heart of the Five Valleys in the Cotswolds. It is in Gloucestershire, England. There's many fine, beautiful and interesting things to see but it's not "pretty" in the way that similar sized towns in the Cotswolds or Gloucestershire are.
Avening
Village
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Avening is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, about three miles north of Tetbury. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,094, decreasing to 1,031 at the 2011 census.
Cotswolds
- Categories: protected area, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and landform
- Location: Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Cotswolds” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوتسوولدز”
- Basque: “Cotswolds”
- Bavarian: “Cotswold Hills”
- Belarusian: “Котсўалдз”
- Bengali: “কটসওল্ডস”
- Bulgarian: “Котсуолд Хилс”
- Catalan: “Cotswolds”
- Cebuano: “Cotswold Hills”
- Chinese: “柯茲窩”
- Chinese: “科茨沃尔德”
- Chinese: “科茨沃爾德”
- Chinese: “科茲窩”
- Czech: “Cotswolds”
- Danish: “Cotswolds”
- Dutch: “Cotswold Hills”
- Dutch: “Cotswolds”
- Esperanto: “Cotswolds”
- Finnish: “Cotswolds”
- French: “Cotswolds”
- Galician: “Cotswolds”
- German: “Cotswolds”
- Greek: “Κοτσόλντς”
- Hebrew: “קוטסוולדס”
- Indonesian: “Cotswolds”
- Indonesian: “Taman Nasional Cotswolds”
- Irish: “Cotswolds”
- Italian: “Cotswolds”
- Japanese: “コッツウォルズ”
- Korean: “코츠월즈”
- Malay: “Cotswolds”
- Malayalam: “കോട്സ്വോൾഡ്സ്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cotswolds”
- Norwegian: “Cotswolds”
- Polish: “Cotswolds”
- Portuguese: “Cotswolds”
- Russian: “Котсуолд-Хилс”
- Russian: “Котсуолдс”
- Slovenian: “Cotswolds”
- Spanish: “Costwolds”
- Spanish: “Montes Cotswold”
- Swedish: “Cotswold Hills”
- Swedish: “Cotswolds”
- Turkish: “Cotswolds”
- Ukrainian: “Котсволдз”
- Ukrainian: “Котсволдські пагорби”
- Vlaams: “Cotswolds”
- Welsh: “Cotswolds”
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