Villages & places
The Cotswolds, village by village
Proper local guides with useful numbers, independent businesses, things to do and the kind of detail you only get from people who live nearby.
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Deddington
A handsome market village between Banbury and Oxford with a big open Market Place, monthly farmers' market, and the phone numbers and local businesses you actually need.
Read the guideChipping Norton
The full Chippy business list — every shop, pub, café, trade and professional service from the High Street to Elmsfield, searchable and grouped by what they do.
Read the guideThe Tews
Great Tew, Little Tew and Duns Tew: the glamorous one, the quiet one and the one that still feels lived in — plus the pubs, estate and independents worth knowing.
Read the guideStow-on-the-Wold
The highest market town in the Cotswolds: a big square, antiques shops, ancient inns and that church door with the yew trees growing out of it.
Read the guideBurford
The gateway to the Cotswolds: a High Street tumbling down to the River Windrush, lined with inns, tea rooms and independents.
Read the guideWoodstock
Blenheim Palace's front door: a handsome little town of inns, independent shops and parkland walks, a short hop from Deddington.
Read the guideNotgrove & Northleach
Our home patch: tiny, windswept Notgrove up on the high wold, and Northleach down the road with its huge wool church and market square.
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