Hill Country
Buildings and villages are not for everyone though and, at its western edge, the Cotswold escarpment can hold its own for lovers of wide views. From Dover's Hill down to Uley Bury, you'll see faraway Wales, the Forest of Dean and the Malvern Hills, as well as catching some fine panoramas of the Cotswolds themselves rising up from the Severn Plain and Vale of Evesham. The Cotswold Way National Trail follows this edge for much of its 101-mile (163km) route.

Historic Landscape
This is the land where Laurie Lee grew up, made famous by his evocative childhood memories in Cider with Rosie. Here Arts and Crafts pioneers rediscovered pre-industrial values in design and created everything from glassware to revolutionary gardens. A century before, the Industrial Revolution transformed the local woollen industry, bringing great mills to the Stroud Valley and poverty to the old weaving villages. Much of the Cotswolds' history is tied to the fortunes of wool. At one time this was the wool capital of Europe and the elaborate medieval churches are testimonies to the wealth of their merchant patrons.

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