Ferns' Retreat - Guide Book
Food scene
Great coffee and very rustic, bistro feel. Also, Supply amazing sourdough loaves. Dog friendly.
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Lynwood & Co Café
Market PlaceGreat coffee and very rustic, bistro feel. Also, Supply amazing sourdough loaves. Dog friendly.
Approx 4 miles outside Lechlade. Another really fab gastro pub with excellent food. Book beforehand is a must!
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The Bell Inn Langford
Approx 4 miles outside Lechlade. Another really fab gastro pub with excellent food. Book beforehand is a must!
About 6 miles from Lechlade toward Cirencester - Fabulous high class al fresco dining in a gorgeous setting! Open until 2pm - Not to be missed!
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The Gilbertine Kitchen
Unit 15 Priory CourtAbout 6 miles from Lechlade toward Cirencester - Fabulous high class al fresco dining in a gorgeous setting! Open until 2pm - Not to be missed!
Eastleach is another very beautiful hilltop pub in a stunning hidden traditional Cotswold village. There are also beautiful walks from this village in pretty much any direction! One particularly fabulous walk is along whats know as "Happy Valley" at Eastleach Downs. Also very dog friendly!
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The Victoria Inn
EastleachEastleach is another very beautiful hilltop pub in a stunning hidden traditional Cotswold village. There are also beautiful walks from this village in pretty much any direction! One particularly fabulous walk is along whats know as "Happy Valley" at Eastleach Downs. Also very dog friendly!
This pub is an absolute hidden gem in the nearby village of Castle Eaton. It sits on the beautiful riverbank and boasts some of the best food and views in the area! Always best to book (closed on mondays and tuesdays)
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The Red Lion Castle Eaton
The StreetThis pub is an absolute hidden gem in the nearby village of Castle Eaton. It sits on the beautiful riverbank and boasts some of the best food and views in the area! Always best to book (closed on mondays and tuesdays)
The Lakes Bar and Kitchen (quarter of a mile turn left out our driveway and it’s on your left) is an impressive lakeside side restaurant / coffee house with beautiful interior decor. Opened mid-2023, it boasts fabulous coffees and a roast dinner you will struggle to find the quality of anywhere else. Always best to book in advance dogs very welcome.... there is also ample outside seating for the good weather beautiful lakeside walks and even a dog wash.
The Lakes Bar & Kitchen
The Lakes Bar and Kitchen (quarter of a mile turn left out our driveway and it’s on your left) is an impressive lakeside side restaurant / coffee house with beautiful interior decor. Opened mid-2023, it boasts fabulous coffees and a roast dinner you will struggle to find the quality of anywhere else. Always best to book in advance dogs very welcome.... there is also ample outside seating for the good weather beautiful lakeside walks and even a dog wash.
Sightseeing
Bibury is one of the Cotswold's most popular villages - Ancient "Arlington Row" tiny little hobbit houses which date back to the early 1500's is a must see! Wonderful place to sit and watch the sights, but also children love the Trout Farm / Cafe where they can feed the trout who almost come up out of the water! There is also a very pretty picnic and play area. Bibury is a very historically beautiful village and a "must see!" for anyone visiting the Cotswolds.
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Bibury Trout Farm
Bibury is one of the Cotswold's most popular villages - Ancient "Arlington Row" tiny little hobbit houses which date back to the early 1500's is a must see! Wonderful place to sit and watch the sights, but also children love the Trout Farm / Cafe where they can feed the trout who almost come up out of the water! There is also a very pretty picnic and play area. Bibury is a very historically beautiful village and a "must see!" for anyone visiting the Cotswolds.
Days out
Park a fantastic day out for children and adults alike. Amazing selection of exotic animals to see together with exceptional children’s play area and a train which rolls around the grounds to see the sights for people who don’t fancy walking for too long! 6 miles outside Lechlade on the A361 towards Burford.
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Cotswold Wildlife Park och trädgårdar
Park a fantastic day out for children and adults alike. Amazing selection of exotic animals to see together with exceptional children’s play area and a train which rolls around the grounds to see the sights for people who don’t fancy walking for too long! 6 miles outside Lechlade on the A361 towards Burford.
Leave the 21st century behind you and discover the treasures of the Cotswolds as you explore its history at this award winning Museum. Home to one of the largest collections of Romano-British antiquities extensively from Corinium, Roman Britain's second largest city.
Admire the work of Prehistoric metal smiths. Marvel at the Roman mosaics as you take a peek through the window of a Roman villa. Come face to face with the Anglo Saxons and their buried treasures. Be amazed by Medieval Sculpture, Civil War coin hoards and experience the elegance of Victorian Cirencester. An inspiring and interactive experience for everyone.
Special events, exhibitions and workshops take place through out the year and the museum is fully accessible with a gift shop, the Cirencester Visitor Information Centre and a Cafe on site.
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Corinium Museum
Park StreetLeave the 21st century behind you and discover the treasures of the Cotswolds as you explore its history at this award winning Museum. Home to one of the largest collections of Romano-British antiquities extensively from Corinium, Roman Britain's second largest city.
Admire the work of Prehistoric metal smiths. Marvel at the Roman mosaics as you take a peek through the window of a Roman villa. Come face to face with the Anglo Saxons and their buried treasures. Be amazed by Medieval Sculpture, Civil War coin hoards and experience the elegance of Victorian Cirencester. An inspiring and interactive experience for everyone.
Special events, exhibitions and workshops take place through out the year and the museum is fully accessible with a gift shop, the Cirencester Visitor Information Centre and a Cafe on site.
Kelmscott Manor is a limestone manor house in the Cotswolds village of Kelmscott, in West Oxfordshire, southern England. It dates from around 1570, with a late 17th-century wing, and is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England. It is situated close to the River Thames
Described as a ‘Heaven on Earth’ by William Morris, he loved the Manor house and adjoining farm buildings as a work of true craftmanship, totally unspoilt and unaltered, and in harmony with the surrounding countryside.
William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, artist, novelist, architectural conservationist, printer, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement.
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Kelmscott Manor
Kelmscott Manor is a limestone manor house in the Cotswolds village of Kelmscott, in West Oxfordshire, southern England. It dates from around 1570, with a late 17th-century wing, and is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England. It is situated close to the River Thames
Described as a ‘Heaven on Earth’ by William Morris, he loved the Manor house and adjoining farm buildings as a work of true craftmanship, totally unspoilt and unaltered, and in harmony with the surrounding countryside.
William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, artist, novelist, architectural conservationist, printer, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement.
Neighbourhoods
The town of Burford is a firm favourite with tourists with its absolutely stunning ancient Cotswolds architecture, and amazing views together with a good selection of independent shops and restaurants. Can get busy but definitely one to remember!!
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Burford
The town of Burford is a firm favourite with tourists with its absolutely stunning ancient Cotswolds architecture, and amazing views together with a good selection of independent shops and restaurants. Can get busy but definitely one to remember!!
The town sits on a lovely stretch of the River Coln and owes its fortune to its location - an important coaching town on the old London to Gloucester route. Some of the Inns and hotels are reminders of this by gone era. Fairford is famous for its parish church, St Mary’s, which is a fine 'wool church' with a complete set of 28 medieval stained glass windows that tell the story of the Bible.
The town has a regular traditional market every Wednesday, a continental market twice a year and a festive market for Christmas on the first Friday of December. Carrying on an ancient tradition, the Fairford Town Crier “cries” in the Market Place on the 1st Wednesday of every month and at other events.
Fairford’s population expands every July with thousands of visitors coming to the town for the Royal International Air Tattoo, the biggest military air show in the world. The town holds other events as well including The Fairford Festival which is a whole weekend of fun, music and events
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Fairford
The town sits on a lovely stretch of the River Coln and owes its fortune to its location - an important coaching town on the old London to Gloucester route. Some of the Inns and hotels are reminders of this by gone era. Fairford is famous for its parish church, St Mary’s, which is a fine 'wool church' with a complete set of 28 medieval stained glass windows that tell the story of the Bible.
The town has a regular traditional market every Wednesday, a continental market twice a year and a festive market for Christmas on the first Friday of December. Carrying on an ancient tradition, the Fairford Town Crier “cries” in the Market Place on the 1st Wednesday of every month and at other events.
Fairford’s population expands every July with thousands of visitors coming to the town for the Royal International Air Tattoo, the biggest military air show in the world. The town holds other events as well including The Fairford Festival which is a whole weekend of fun, music and events
Cirencester (often referred to as the Capital of the Cotswolds) was the second largest town in Britain during Roman times.
Today the former Corinium Dobunnorum is home to more than 18,000 people and a service centre for the thousands more who live in surrounding villages. In later years it was a very prosperous medieval wool town.
Cirencester's market square is dominated by the cathedral-like Parish Church of St. John Baptist (one of the largest in England). The large south porch with its impressive fan vaulting was built about 1490.
The town contains many interesting buildings spanning several centuries.
St. John Baptist Church and Market SquareCirencester's Parish Church of St. John Baptist
in the Market Square
Cirencester's market town status was mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086. Traders still set up their stalls every Monday and Friday and since 1999 the town has had its own farmers' market. Crafts and antiques markets are also regular attractions.
The first Agricultural College in the English speaking world was founded by Henry 4th Earl Bathurst who became founding president of the Royal College of Agriculture in Cirencester. The college was established to train young farmers in the best agricultural methods of the time and to lead the way with innovations.
Cirencester is a must visit town with lots of eclectic shops.
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Cirencester
Cirencester (often referred to as the Capital of the Cotswolds) was the second largest town in Britain during Roman times.
Today the former Corinium Dobunnorum is home to more than 18,000 people and a service centre for the thousands more who live in surrounding villages. In later years it was a very prosperous medieval wool town.
Cirencester's market square is dominated by the cathedral-like Parish Church of St. John Baptist (one of the largest in England). The large south porch with its impressive fan vaulting was built about 1490.
The town contains many interesting buildings spanning several centuries.
St. John Baptist Church and Market SquareCirencester's Parish Church of St. John Baptist
in the Market Square
Cirencester's market town status was mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086. Traders still set up their stalls every Monday and Friday and since 1999 the town has had its own farmers' market. Crafts and antiques markets are also regular attractions.
The first Agricultural College in the English speaking world was founded by Henry 4th Earl Bathurst who became founding president of the Royal College of Agriculture in Cirencester. The college was established to train young farmers in the best agricultural methods of the time and to lead the way with innovations.
Cirencester is a must visit town with lots of eclectic shops.
City/town information
Lechlade is built around The Thames and is a centre for all types of river-based pursuits: boating, kayaking, camping, fishing, bird-watching and walking.
It is especially popular with walkers following the Thames Path and the Thames and Severn Way. The Roundhouse to the west of the town, at the bend of the river, indicates the start of the Thames & Severn canal where it meets the River Thames.
The bustling town is very popular in the summer months for anyone wanting a base to explore the best of The Cotswolds!
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Lechlade-on-Thames
Lechlade is built around The Thames and is a centre for all types of river-based pursuits: boating, kayaking, camping, fishing, bird-watching and walking.
It is especially popular with walkers following the Thames Path and the Thames and Severn Way. The Roundhouse to the west of the town, at the bend of the river, indicates the start of the Thames & Severn canal where it meets the River Thames.
The bustling town is very popular in the summer months for anyone wanting a base to explore the best of The Cotswolds!