Hotels in the Cotswolds
The Lygon Arms - Three Nights for the Price of Two Special Offer
Broadway
A 17th-century former coaching inn that counts both Charles I and Oliver Cromwell, sundry Windsors and Hollywood royalty among past guests can fairly claim to be historic.
Lords of the Manor - 'Taste of the Cotswolds' Special Offer
Upper Slaughter
The River Eye drifts through the gardens of this Cotswold stone former rectory, once home to the Witts family, rectors and then lords of Upper Slaughter, run as a hotel for the past 50 years.
Cowley Manor - Spa and Stay Special Offer
Cheltenham
Enter ‘a world of green woodland’ once frequented by Lewis Carroll as you drive through the ‘majestic grounds’ of this Italianate mansion, which surprises with striking interiors designed with 1960s pizzazz.
The Feathered Nest - Three Nights for the Price of Two Staycation Special Offer
Chipping Norton
The lovely views across the Evenlode valley from the terrace or dining room could almost distract you from the exceptional food at this dining pub-with-rooms on the edge of a Cotswold village.
The Lamb Inn
Burford
Occupying 15th-century weavers’ cottages subsumed by an 18th-century inn on the aptly named Sheep Street, this is the kind of traditional, inclusive, tea-by-the-fire sort of place that sits so well in a historic market town.
Widbrook Grange
Bradford-on-Avon
Nick and Charlotte Dent have had a field day converting a Georgian stone farmhouse and outbuildings in 11 acres into a dog-friendly, fun hotel brimming with character and ‘so many appealing, endlessly inventive features’.
Russell’s
Broadway
In plum position on this quintessential Cotswold town’s high street, Russell’s restaurant-with-rooms offers imaginative food and modern bedrooms among comforting original features.
The Trout at Tadpole Bridge
Buckland Marsh
You can arrive by narrow boat and tie up by this Georgian pub on a peaceful stretch of the Thames with views of the eponymous stone bridge, or simply watch others messing about in boats as you sip a beer in the riverside garden.
From £130 per night
The Broadway Hotel
Broadway
With its medieval frontage, creaky-floor interiors and smart conservatory brasserie, The Broadway, named after its picturesque Cotswold location, is popular with both visitors and locals.
The Royal Oak
Tetbury
Give Django Reinhardt a spin on the vintage jukebox and drop in for a quiz night or for a Sunday-night session on the 1920s Art Deco piano at this fun local hang-out handy for the chic boutiques of Tetbury.
Artist Residence Oxfordshire
South Leigh
When you step into this olde-worlde, thatched Cotswold village farmhouse-turned-pub, prepare to do a double take when you see the offbeat interior.
The George Inn
Banbury
‘A thoughtful restoration of a thatched 17th-century inn that combines the feel of a village pub with excellent food and well-furnished bedrooms’ won our inspectors’ approval this year.
Bay Tree Hotel
Burford
Forged from a row of 17th-century houses, this prettily refurbished hotel is a charming mix of flagstone floors, ancient beams and ‘immaculate’ modern bedrooms.
The Swan
Bibury
Here is a setting that elicits admiring exclamation: green creepers climbing up old stone, this stylishly updated 17th-century coaching inn stands on the banks of the River Coln, in a village William Morris described as the most beautiful in England.
Old Swan
Minster Lovell
One of the oldest buildings in a village of thatched houses, this 600-year-old inn stands steps away from the willows leaning over the River Windrush.
Butlers
Cheltenham
An easy stroll to the promenade and the Montpellier district, Paul Smyth and Shaun Bailey’s butler-themed B&B occupies a 19th-century gentleman’s residence.
Woodchester Valley Vineyard
Stroud
Surrounded by the green fields of the Stroud valleys, Fiona Shiner’s family-owned vineyard and winery shelter a modern B&B.
Cotswold Grange
Cheltenham
Set in gardens front and back, its terrace bordered by pleached ornamental pear trees, Nirav and Dhruti Sheth’s friendly hotel is in a fine stone mansion in leafy Pittville.
The Crown Inn
Chipping Norton
On stone walls unchanged for centuries, a regularly renewed collection of art enlivens this ‘friendly’ 400-year-old Cotswold inn.
The Rectory Hotel
Malmesbury
A Georgian rectory-turned-boutique hotel, in manicured gardens with swimming pool, is a first hospitality venture for music industry executive Alex Payne, who called in the team behind The Beckford Arms, Tisbury (see entry), with designer Natasha Hidvegi, a former plastic surgeon, to give the place a facelift.
Sign of the Angel
Lacock
It would be ‘hard to find somewhere more olde-worlde than this 15th-century coaching inn’, with its fireplaces and flagstones, and wonky beams aplenty.
The Painswick
Painswick
In a perfect Cotswold village, this 'charming' Palladian mansion with 'wonderful valley views' of Cider with Rosie country ‘could not have been a more welcome find’ for readers on a dismal day.
Calcot & Spa
Tetbury
Country house luxury and child-friendliness are a happy combination at this spa hotel, occupying a 16th-century Cotswold manor house in ‘lovely, manicured grounds’.
Old Parsonage Hotel
Oxford
Beyond the sturdy oak door of this handsome 17th-century stone dwelling, Jeremy Mogford’s country-house-in-the-city hotel has a more bookish, bohemian, clubby feel than its sister enterprise.
Old Bank Hotel
Oxford
Oxford alumni get a discount on rooms from Sunday to Thursday at Jeremy Mogford’s smart hotel on the ‘High’, opposite the university church of St Mary’s and the Bodleian Library.
Barnsley House
Cirencester
Even hardened townies are seduced by the surrounds of 17th-century Barnsley House, created by visionary gardener Elizabeth Verey who moved here in the 1950s.
The King’s Head Inn
Bledington
Ducks bob on the brook that runs through the green in front of this 16th-century cider house with all the trappings of the perfect English country pub – beams, flagstones, settles, blazing fires, Hook Norton ale on draught.
Thyme
Southrop
The collection of honeyed buildings on Caryn Hibbert's restored Cotswold manor and farm are home to chic bedrooms, a cookery school, pub and spa, interspersed with quintessential English gardens.
The Village Pub
Barnsley
With a refined pub menu and a relaxed, dog-friendly atmosphere, this mellow-stone pub-with-rooms (Calcot Collection) is the hub of a pretty Cotswolds village.
The Maytime Inn
Burford
Creepers climb up the front of this mellow stone 17th-century coaching inn, a short stroll from the River Windrush.
The Old Stocks Inn
Stow-on-the-Wold
In a historic wool town, the classic Cotswold-stone exterior of this 17th-century inn gives way to a cool, contemporary interior that mixes wooden beams and ancient floorboards with cocktails, Scandi-chic furnishings and a family-friendly feel.
The King’s Arms
Badminton
Deep in Cotswold countryside, this traditional inn looks just the part: there are old photos on heritage-hued walls and candlesticks on tables; a log fire is lit when the temperature dips.
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Choosing places to stay in the Cotswolds
The writer J B Priestley once described the Cotswolds as ‘the most English and least spoiled of all our countrysides’. His observation continues to hold true many decades later. This region, formed from six counties along the spine of the Cotswold Hills, retains a timeless quality much loved by visitors from Britain and overseas. It is England’s largest Area of Outstanding Natural beauty, with gently rolling hills (wolds). The highest point is just over 1,000 feet.
The area is perfect for a hotel stay and the Good Hotel Guide has reviewed some charming establishments, from hotels with luxurious individual suites offering a hot tub to a 14th -century converted farm house. All offer a warm Cotswolds welcome and are ideal for exploring the pretty area. The Cotswold region reaches more than 100 miles from Bath in the southwest to Chipping Campden at its most north-easterly point. While it is bordered by significant cities and towns, including Cheltenham, Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon, the area is defined by its charming market towns and sleepy villages. They are built in shades of golden-coloured Cotswold stone which blends naturally into the surrounding landscape.
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