by Daniel Knowles | Oct 30, 2023 | Guide to The Cotswolds
If your expectations are of a medieval fairy-tale castle with high walls, moats, turrets and towers, then Sudeley will not meet them. Most of the original castle is now a scattering of ruined remnants, the existing castle much more akin to a Renaissance country house,...
by Daniel Knowles | Oct 30, 2023 | Guide to The Cotswolds
Belas Knap is one of the most beautiful locations along the Cotswold Way and a classic Cotswolds attraction. “Belas” is possibly derived from the Latin word ‘bellus’, ‘beautiful’, which could describe the hill or its view....
by Daniel Knowles | Oct 30, 2023 | Guide to The Cotswolds
A walk around the village itself to immerse yourself in its mixture of vernacular Cotswold architecture and Arts and crafts influences; a look inside the church; and the short walk alongside the remains of the old canal to Daneway, with its timeless pub. Beyond the...
by Daniel Knowles | Oct 30, 2023 | Guide to The Cotswolds
The Saxons The Saxons arrived from Germany in the fifth century – what exactly happened during this period is uncertain. The traditional view, that the Germanic tribes invaded, defeated the Britons and the Romano-Britons, and imposed their own ways on an unwilling...
by Daniel Knowles | Oct 26, 2023 | Guide to The Cotswolds
Over the wall to the right, as you go up Church Street towards the parish church, is all that remains of Campden House, in its day one of the greatest houses in the country. It belonged to Baptist Hicks, born in 1551, the son of a mercer, a dealer in textiles, who had...
by Daniel Knowles | Oct 26, 2023 | Guide to The Cotswolds
To make the best of a visit here, go first to Coaley Peak for the wonderful views across the River Severn to the Forest of Dean and beyond to Wales. Then walk by crossing the B4066 and taking the minor road to Nympsfield. Enter the park via either the Mansion car park...
