The Cotswolds is a sure bet for anyone looking to make a profit from a second home

Well-placed for commuting to Oxford, Bristol, Birmingham – even London – it’s equally convenient for holiday lets because of its central position. Most of the Cotswolds is in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire but it also dips into Worcestershire, Wiltshire and Somerset making it an easy drive from Wales, the West Country, the Midlands and the South. […]

The Cotswolds: Things to do in the stunning Gloucestershire countryside

GETTY The picturesque village of Painswick is an historic wool town PLACE  Painswick, Gloucestershire.  A Cotswolds delight if ever there was one, the picturesque village of Painswick is an historic wool town which boasts a grand array of listed buildings sitting in narrow, winding streets.  Just a long stone’s throw (four miles) from Stroud, the […]

See inside David Cameron's Cotswolds cottage – you will NEVER guess how much it's worth

Samantha Cameron – known fondly as Sam Cam – let cameras into her Cotswolds home recently to show fans how she and her husband David live.  The 46-year-old allowed magazine Harper’s Bazaar to show their readers inside her ‘sanctuary’.  David and Sam bought the cottage back in 2001 for £650,000. The leafy-green building and its […]

Springwatch: Chris Packham and the team to start filming in the Cotswolds

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Martin Hughes-Games and new presenter Gillian Burke will be focusing on all wild creatures great and small across a beautiful landscape that has become the favourite retreat for the rich and mighty. Famed for its stately homes and golden-stone thatched cottages, the Cotswolds’ undulating, limestone hills criss-crossed by rivers is also […]

Pulled by a team of amazing dogs the greenery of the Cotswolds

The very idea of mushing through the English countryside seemed surreal even as I arrived, despite it being a suitably chilly afternoon. Arctic Quest, run by Team GB dog-sledder Vickie Pullin, offers the chance to try the “warm weather” version of mushing on wheeled rigs at Croft Farm Waterpark near Tewkesbury, where campers and caravanners […]