The Cotswolds
Way of Life Places we return to, recommend, and value

A small selection of places we return to, recommend, and value. Rooted in quality, craft, and a strong sense of place.

For Lovely Escapes guests
Guest Offers

Stay with us and a few of our favourite places look after you too. Book direct, ask for the code, and enjoy.

Cotswold Wellness Barn, Barton-on-the-Heath Barton-on-the-Heath

Sauna, facials and treatments

Cotswold Wellness Barn

20%off, on everything

For every Lovely Escapes guest

A red light infrared sauna, results-led facials and skin treatments in a quietly converted barn between Moreton-in-Marsh and Chipping Norton. A few minutes from the door, and the right way to spend a slow afternoon.

How to claim Ask for the guest code when you book your stay, then quote it when booking at the barn.
See treatments cotswoldwellnessbarn.com

More to follow.

Where to start the day
Cafes and Coffee

Thoughtful spaces for slow mornings, good coffee, and well-made food.

Producers and markets
Shopping Local

Producers and markets we trust for quality, provenance, and craft.

Where to wander
Villages We Return To

Each with its own character, scale, and rhythm.

Chipping Campden
Blockley
Lower Slaughter
Upper Slaughter
Temple Guiting
Stow-on-the-Wold
Broadwell
Evenlode
Kingham
Worth travelling for
The Best Pubs

Simple, well-run pubs worth travelling for.

On foot
Walks and Landscape
Snowshill countryside walk

Snowshill and surrounding countryside

Snowshill and the Surrounding Countryside

For local walking routes and quieter paths, email Lovely Escapes for recommendations.

bookings@lovelyescapes.co.uk

“The Cotswolds is not a place you visit — it is a way of living. Slowly, beautifully, with attention paid to the things that matter.”

— David Lovely
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