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Caption: THE COTSWOLDS England’s greenest hills #myfavoritetrips
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Caption: England’s green hills are greenest in the Cotswolds, the region northwest of London that covers the best parts of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.
Here’s a modest selection of the glorious places you could visit after a spirited drive through some of Britain’s most proverbial sloping countryside...
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Caption: Where to stay? Ampney Crucis Set right in the heart of the Cotswolds, east of Cirencester, Ampney Crucis is less than an hour’s drive away from every possible Cotswoldian hotspot.
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Caption: Cerney Gardens
Picture of Cerney House Gardens
Caption: North Cerney CERNEY GARDENS Cerney House Gardens are a small but ever so delightful set of gardens just north of Cirencester. Entrance is given through an honesty box, as are the tea (or coffee) and cake. If you repay that trust, you’ll be amply rewarded.
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Picture of Cerney House Gardens
Picture of Cerney House Gardens
Picture of Cerney House Gardens
Picture of Cerney House Gardens
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Caption: Kelmscott Manor
Picture of Kelmscott Manor
Caption: Lechlade KELMSCOTT MANOR Kelmscott Manor was the rural retreat of designer and Arts and Crafts frontman William Morris, his wife Jane and their mutual friend, pre-Raphaelite star painter Gabriel Dante Rosetti. Here, beauty is very much in the details as well.
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Picture of Kelmscott Manor
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Caption: Buscot Park
Picture of Buscot Park
Caption: Faringdon BUSCOT PARK Buscot Park is a country house in an austere neoclassical style built for the Loveden Loveden family in the 18th century.
The mansion is set within a large park containing woodland, lakes and formal gardens, and a vast walled kitchen garden too. Scattered across the grounds are modern sculptures and installations.
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Picture of Buscot Park
Picture of Buscot Park
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Caption: Ashdown House
Picture of Ashdown House
Caption: Upper Lambourn ASHDOWN HOUSE Ashdown House is a Dutch-style mansion built for Elizabeth of Bohemia, a.k.a. the Winter Queen, but she died in 1662 before construction even began.
The house is still tenanted but the stairs to the roof are open to groups on the hour. It’s worth the wait since the 360-degree view from the rooftop is breathtaking.
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Picture of Ashdown House
Picture of Ashdown House
Picture of Ashdown House
Picture of Ashdown House
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Caption: Newark Park
Picture of Newark Park
Caption: Ozleworth Newark Park is a Tudor country house that feels very much lived in. And its all-round views of the Gloucestershire countyside are downright stunning. NEWARK PARK
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Picture of Newark Park
Picture of Newark Park
Picture of Newark Park
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Caption: Dyrham Park
Picture of Dyrham Park
Caption: Dyrham DYRHAM PARK Arguably the pièce de resistance of your stay - and also the opening shot of this story - is Dyrham Park, a baroque country house set in a vast estate swarming with cattle and deer.
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Picture of Dyrham Park
Picture of Dyrham Park
Picture of Dyrham Park
Caption: Mattijs Diepraam
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