The bucolic region in southwest England is home to some of the country’s most characterful accommodation, from charming pubs with rooms to retro-themed manor houses.

Nestled just a short drive from the 'capital of the Cotswolds', Cirencester ... Morris back in the 1800s when he famously ...

Just a short drive from the 'capital of the Cotswolds', Cirencester ... certainly thought so in the 1800s when he declared it to be "the most beautiful village in England." In 2014, Bibury's ...

What a wealth of things to see: geography and history have combined to offer a great gamut of attractions in the Cotswolds ... to walk in the treetops of one England’s greatest arboretums ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The Cotswolds fulfils every picture of rural England you might care to conjure. Pretty villages of ancient stone houses curl around ...