Straddling several counties in south-central England, the Cotswolds is an area of rolling green hills and stunningly beautiful villages. There are grand and imposing stately homes to explore here, like Blenheim Palace and Sudeley Castle, as well as winding trails and an embarrassment of award-winning restaurants. If you’re heading this way for house and pet sitting, read on to find our pick of the very best things to do in the Cotswolds.
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Great! We have a 1 month sit there in September!
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Can easily recommend Chedworth Roman Villa (National Trust) and endorse Sudeley Castle as it’s one of my favourites. If visiting Blenheim Palace ( loved it too), make sure you seek out Sir Winston Churchill’s grave in the grounds of The Parish Church of Saint Martin in Bladon.
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Here’s a useful link for guided walks. They’re guided by volunteers who just ask for a small donation at the end. Highly recommended:
https://www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk/visiting-and-exploring/guided-walks/
Also check out Gloucestershire Circular Walking Group on Facebook (if you’re on Facebook), set up by a lovely young woman called Eloise for walkers with or without dogs - but mainly with! You can check out past walks
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There’s a lovely circular walk from Winchcombe (the village where Sudeley Castle is based) which takes in the castle and a farm where you can buy Gloucester Old Spot sausages
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So many lovely walks in the Cotswolds and especially around Winchcombe. In the hills above Sudeley Castle you can also find a ruined watermill, and the remains of a Roman villa hidden in the woods - complete with a small mosaic.
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I have a long list of things we plan to do when we are in the Cotswolds for a month in May/June including National Trust sites and visiting more of the pretty villages. I also bought a book online called Short Walks in the Cotswolds.
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