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GOING SLOW IN THE COTSWOLDS
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, A taste of the Cotswolds
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1 COTSWOLD GATEWAYS
Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford, Bath
2 NORTH COTSWOLDS
Getting there&around, South Warwickshire, Towards the Vale of Evesham,
Chipping Campden&around, Broadway&its villages
3 FOUR SHIRES
Getting there&around, Southernmost Warwickshire&northernmost
Oxfordshire, Feldon&the Stour Valley, Around the Four Shires Stone
4 HIGH COTSWOLDS
Getting there&around, Between Moreton&Stow - a triangle of villages,
Hills&valleys - Stow&its western neighbours, The Guitings, Kineton &
Ford - the quiet core, The seat of Mercia - Winchcombe&its villages,
The Cotswolds' highest point - Cheltenham&its high commons, East from
Cheltenham
5 THE THAMES TRIBUTARIES
Getting there&around, The Windrush Valley, The Leach Valley,
The Coln Valley, The Churn Valley, The Evenlode Valley
6 THAMES VALLEY
Getting there&around, The source - Kemble&Ewen to Cricklade,
North of the river - the Ampneys, Inglesham to Kelmscott
7 THE SOUTHERN COTSWOLD SCARP
& FIVE VALLEYS
Getting there&around, The Frome Valley (Golden Valley), The Painswick
Valley&the Slad Valley, The Cotswold Scarp - the dry valley? ,
The Nailsworth Valley, The commons&skinny valleys
8 WILTSHIRE COTSWOLDS
Getting there&around, The young Avon Valley to Malmesbury,
Dyrham&Marshfield, The By Brook Valley, Bradford-on-Avon &
the Limpley Stoke Valley
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