Where to Stay in Gloucestershire
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Gloucestershire is a county of extraordinary variety and enduring beauty, stretching from the broad estuary of the Severn in the west to the high wolds of the Cotswolds in the east, with a magnificent cathedral city at its heart and a landscape that has inspired artists, writers and visitors for centuries.
The Cotswolds are the county’s most celebrated asset and in Gloucestershire they are at their most expansive and varied. The honey coloured limestone villages of Bourton-on-the-Water, Burford, Stow-on-the-Wold and the Slaughters are among the most visited and most photographed in England, their golden stone cottages, ancient churches and clear chalk streams drawing visitors from around the world. Yet the Cotswolds reward those who venture beyond the most famous villages into the quieter valleys and hilltop settlements where the crowds thin and the landscape reveals itself at its most serene and beautiful.
The Forest of Dean, in the west of the county between the Severn and the Wye, is one of England’s ancient royal forests and a landscape of deep woodland, dramatic gorges and a mining and industrial heritage that gives it a character quite distinct from the rest of Gloucestershire. The Wye Valley, forming the border with Wales, is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty of outstanding drama and beauty, its wooded cliffs and meandering river forming one of the most romantic landscapes in England.
Gloucester itself, often overshadowed by its more celebrated neighbours, has a cathedral of breathtaking beauty whose fan vaulting is among the finest medieval stonework in the country. Cheltenham, elegant and prosperous, is famous for its Regency architecture, its racing festival and a food and culture scene of genuine quality.
Whether you are looking for a Cotswold cottage, a woodland retreat in the Forest of Dean, a cultural break in Cheltenham or a stay beside the River Wye, Gloucestershire is a county of exceptional richness that offers something memorable at every turn.
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