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Bibury in Gloucestershire, a Cotswold village

Cotswolds The Cotswolds are a range of hills in southwestern Britain stretching out over the eastern half of Gloucestershire and the western half of Oxfordshire, though the hills and outlying formations by other names, extend into the neighbouring shires, into Warwickshire and Worcestershire. The hills have been designated as the Cotswold "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty". The essence of many a rural idyll, the Cotwolds are characterised by rolling countryside of green, windswept hill slopes grazed by contented flocks, the well-watwered valleys with farms and pretty villages. The honey-coloured towns and villages of the Cotswolds are celebrated for their beauty, much of which comes from the use of the local Cotswold stone. (Read more)