Chipping Campden Market Hall
A Jacobean produce hall of 1627 on the High Street, open-sided with worn cobbles and a timber roof - the traditional start of the Cotswold Way.
Read moreHeritage attractions, gardens, and monuments within reach of the Cotswold Way - perfect for rest days or short diversions from the main trail.
The Cotswold Way passes through an area rich in history. The places below are well-known stops for visitors; check opening times, tickets, and travel before you go - some require a short journey from the path by bus, train, or taxi. Match sights to your daily plan using Stages, our Walking guidance, and accommodation for rest days.
A Jacobean produce hall of 1627 on the High Street, open-sided with worn cobbles and a timber roof - the traditional start of the Cotswold Way.
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A volunteer-restored steam and diesel heritage line of about 14 miles, from Cheltenham Racecourse to Broadway via Winchcombe and Toddington.
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A Baroque National Trust house and deer park in a steep wooded valley, within reach of the Cotswold Way between Cold Ashton and Dyrham.
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An unfinished Victorian Gothic house in a quiet Stroud valley, opened on selected days for guided tours of its architecture and woodland setting.
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A Neolithic long barrow on Cleeve Common above Winchcombe, a short signed walk from the Cotswold Way and free to visit in the care of English Heritage.
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A partly lived-in castle on the edge of Winchcombe, with gardens, Tudor history, and St Mary's Church - the burial place of Katherine Parr.
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A Gothic folly of 1798 on the Cotswold escarpment above Broadway, with museum floors, rooftop views, a Cold War bunker, and parkland on the trail.
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A community museum in a seventeenth-century High Street coaching inn, covering Broadway's wool trade, artists' colony, and coaching history.
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A restored Art Deco cinema in Evesham, loved by locals for its historic auditorium and still showing contemporary films, live music, and comedy.
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A working whisky and gin distillery at Stourton, near Shipston-on-Stour, offering booked tours, tastings, and a shop a short journey from the northern trail.
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The ruins of a thirteenth-century Cistercian monastery near Winchcombe, once a major pilgrimage site and now in the care of English Heritage.
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One of the largest Romano-British villas in the country, with mosaics, bath-house remains, and a museum in a wooded combe near the trail.
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A slender limestone pillar on the scarp above Cheltenham, left standing in an old quarry on Leckhampton Hill and passed on the Cotswold Way.
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An 111-foot stone tower of 1866 on Nibley Knoll, commemorating William Tyndale and offering views over the Severn Vale from the Cotswold Way.
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Among the finest surviving Roman spa complexes in northern Europe, a short walk from the Cotswold Way finish in the centre of Bath.
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