Getting Out & About

The Cotswolds is a wonderful place to visit with something for everyone to enjoy. As an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, it offers visitors and those who live in the area the opportunity to benefit from a quality of experience that can uplift the spirits and help generate well-being.

With rolling hills, beautiful views, expansive skies, and pretty market towns and villages, it is a place for quiet enjoyment, relaxation and contemplation.

The Cotswolds is a place to enjoy leisure time and experience the rich quality of the area, while taking part in leisure pursuits such as walking, riding or cycling.

Explore the Cotswold Way
The 102 mile Cotswold Way National Trail is a perfect way to explore the Cotswolds between Bath and Chipping Campden.   If you don't want to walk the full length, why not try one of the many circular walks that will take you through some of the best scenery, visiting many wonderful attractions and places of interest along the way.  Find out more....

Winchcombe Welcomes Walkers
Winchcombe has become the first town in the Cotswolds to gain 'Walkers are Welcome' status  Find out more about Winchcombe.
 

Cotswolds Landscape Photography Competition
Capture the beauty of the Cotswolds

An exciting new photography competition, celebrating the beauty of the Cotswolds is being organised by Cotswold-based professional landscape photographer, Sarah Howard.
The competition, which is open to all people of all abilities and ages, contains 3 categories including landcape, people and 'My Cotswolds' - a personal interpretation of what makes the Cotswolds special.
The winner will receive the top prize of a 2-night stay at the White Hart Royal Hotel in Moreton-in-Marsh and a one-to-one Image Seen Cotswold photography workshop with Sarah Howard.  Other prizes include a Ricoh camera, Manfrotto tripod, Lowepro mini trekker, and much more.
For full details of the competition and how to enter, along with details of the photography workshops, are available at www.imageseen.co.uk.