This was a day out In the Cotswolds and the main visits were to Snowshill Manor and Hidcote Gardens, which are featured in my two postings below here.
On this posting are more places seen that day, such as Chipping Campden, Snowshill Village and the surrounding area of Broadway Village.
The Cotswolds occupy the area between Stratford, Oxford, Bath & Gloucester.
The buildings are so welcoming in their honey coloured Limestone and go back several centuries too. Chipping Campden is one of the best preserved and most Historically Important towns in the Cotswolds. A planned town of the late 12th Century, its layout of properties can still be traced, the High St following the line of an Important trading route.
The Ancient word "Chipping" refers to a Market. The Market hall built in 1627, for the sale of butter, cheese and poultry, still stands today. Photos above.
Snowshill is unspoilt and a short distance from Broadway. There is a striking Church and a row of much photographed cottages (As pictured above) . In the village is Snowshill Manor (Featured below) and also nearby is Snowshill Lavender farm, where you can buy Lavendar products and there is a Gift shop & Tea rooms too.
You need more than a Day out to see all the Cotswold villages, but even in a day you can see so much and explore various villages just by venturing down any country lane there.
Plenty of shops and places to eat too. I'm sure it won't be long till i'm back in the Cotswolds on another visit!.
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