Cotswolds
A range of rolling limestone hills across Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and neighbouring counties, rising to 330 metres at Cleeve Hill. The local golden stone builds its villages, market towns and stately homes, and gives the whole area its warm colour.
- Where
- Cirencester, England, United Kingdom
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 51.8000, -2.0333
Get the Cotswolds stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Cotswolds. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your England volume with your photos and a note.
Near Cotswolds
Bibury 15 km
A Cotswold village on the River Coln, about 10 km north-east of Cirencester. Its row of old weavers' cottages, Arlington Row, appears on the inside cover of some British passports, which makes it a fitting place for a passport stamp.
Bourton-on-the-Water 21 km
A Cotswold village on a wide, flat vale, with much of its centre a conservation area. The River Windrush runs through it under a series of low stone bridges, which is why it is often called the Venice of the Cotswolds.
Castle Combe 36 km
A small Wiltshire village of honey-coloured stone cottages, about 8 km north-west of Chippenham and 16 km north-east of Bath. Its parish counted just 356 people at the 2021 census, and it is often called the prettiest village in England.
Avebury 43 km
A Neolithic henge holding three stone circles, the outer one the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. A village grew up inside and around its great bank and ditch, so the stones stand beside lanes, cottages and fields.
Tintern Abbey 46 km
The roofless ruin of a Cistercian abbey on the Welsh bank of the River Wye, founded in 1131 as the first of its order in Wales. Its Gothic walls and empty windows inspired Wordsworth and Turner.
Blenheim Palace 46 km
One of England's largest houses, built between 1705 and 1722 as the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough, and a World Heritage Site since 1987. Winston Churchill was born here, and the Baroque palace looks out over a landscaped park and lake by Capability Brown.
Shakespeare's Birthplace 49 km
A restored 16th-century half-timbered house on Henley Street where William Shakespeare is believed to have been born in 1564 and spent his childhood. It is now a small museum run by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Royal Crescent 51 km
A sweeping curve of 30 terraced houses designed by John Wood the Younger and built between 1767 and 1774. It is among the greatest works of Georgian architecture in Britain, and its stone facade looks out over a lawn much as it did when first built.
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Questions
Where is Cotswolds?
Cotswolds is in Cirencester, England, United Kingdom. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Bibury (15 km), Bourton-on-the-Water (21 km), Castle Combe (36 km).
How do I get the Cotswolds stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Cotswolds and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your England volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Cotswolds before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your England volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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