Cotswolds villages

A drive between Bath and Chipping Campden, via Painswick, Bibury, Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold. The roads are small and popular, so go early on weekdays.

The stops

1. Start

   Bath

2. Town

   Castle Combe

   Famous honey-stone village

3. Town

   Painswick

   Village with a rococo garden

4. Town

   Bibury

   Arlington Row

5. Town

   Bourton-on-the-Water

   Village with a river through the centre

6. Town

   Stow-on-the-Wold

   Hilltop market town

7. Town

   Broadway

   Wide main street

8. Town

   Chipping Campden

   Market town

9. Finish

   Chipping Campden

Where to stay

• Night 1

  Stow-on-the-Wold

  Fosseway Farm Campsite

When to go

Apr–Oct

On the road

Narrow lanes; popular spots fill early