Cotswolds & Oxford

Pick Up Rental Car

📍 Heathrow Airport

Collect car at Heathrow.

Drive to Oxford

📍 M40

Head northwest to the university city.

Lunch in Oxford

📍 Oxford City Centre

Traditional pub or covered market.

Bodleian Library

📍 Broad Street

One of Europe's oldest libraries with stunning interiors.

Christ Church College

📍 St Aldate's

Harry Potter filming location with grand dining hall.

Punting on the Cherwell

📍 Magdalen Bridge

Quintessential Oxford experience.

Dinner in Oxford

📍 Oxford

Historic pubs or modern restaurants.

Radcliffe Camera

📍 Radcliffe Square

Oxford's most photographed building.

Ashmolean Museum

📍 Beaumont Street

World's first public museum with amazing collections.

Lunch in Jericho

📍 Jericho

Oxford's bohemian neighborhood.

Drive to Blenheim Palace

📍 A44

Short drive to Woodstock.

Blenheim Palace

📍 Woodstock

Magnificent Baroque palace and gardens.

Woodstock Village

📍 Woodstock

Pretty Cotswold town at palace gates.

Dinner in Woodstock

📍 Woodstock

Upscale village dining.

Drive to Chipping Campden

📍 A44

Enter the Cotswolds proper.

Chipping Campden

📍 Chipping Campden

Perfect honey-stone high street.

Lunch at Eight Bells

📍 Chipping Campden

Historic inn with great food.

Drive to Broadway

📍 B4081

Short scenic drive.

Broadway

📍 Broadway

The jewel of the Cotswolds.

Broadway Tower

📍 Broadway

Folly tower with amazing views.

Snowshill Manor

📍 Snowshill

Eccentric collector's house (National Trust).

Dinner in Broadway

📍 Broadway

Fine dining in the village.

Drive to Bourton-on-the-Water

📍 A429

The Venice of the Cotswolds.

Bourton-on-the-Water

📍 Bourton-on-the-Water

River running through the village with low bridges.

Lower Slaughter

📍 Lower Slaughter

Impossibly pretty village with old mill.

Upper Slaughter

📍 Upper Slaughter

Even quieter twin village.

Lunch at a Village Pub

📍 Slaughters area

Traditional country pub.

Stow-on-the-Wold

📍 Stow-on-the-Wold

Hilltop market town.

The Dikler Valley

📍 Cotswolds

Scenic valley between Stow and Bourton.

Dinner in Stow

📍 Stow-on-the-Wold

Historic market town dining.

Drive to Bibury

📍 B4425

William Morris called it the most beautiful village in England.

Bibury

📍 Bibury

Arlington Row weavers' cottages.

Cirencester

📍 Cirencester

Capital of the Cotswolds - Roman history.

Lunch in Cirencester

📍 Cirencester

Market town with good food options.

Tetbury

📍 Tetbury

Prince Charles shops here - antiques capital.

Castle Combe

📍 Castle Combe

Unchanged medieval village - filming location.

Drive to Bath area

📍 A46

Head towards Bath for the night.

Dinner near Bath

📍 Bath area

Country pub or Bath restaurant.

Roman Baths

📍 Abbey Church Yard

Remarkably preserved Roman bathing complex.

Bath Abbey

📍 Abbey Church Yard

Beautiful Perpendicular Gothic church.

Lunch at Sally Lunn's

📍 North Parade Passage

The famous Bath Bun.

Royal Crescent

📍 Royal Crescent

Iconic Georgian architecture.

The Circus

📍 The Circus

Stunning circular Georgian terrace.

Thermae Bath Spa

📍 Hot Bath Street

Soak in Britain's only natural thermal spa.

Dinner in Bath

📍 Bath

Elegant Georgian city dining.

Lacock

📍 Lacock

National Trust village unchanged for centuries.

Drive to Heathrow

📍 M4

Return via M4.

Return Rental Car

📍 Heathrow Airport

Drop off at Heathrow.