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Let’s be honest: London is great. It has the Big Ben, the fancy tea, and enough red buses to circle the globe twice. But when it comes to experiencing the actual soul of the English countryside, many visitors make a classic mistake. They book a "Cotswolds...

If you’re looking for a town that packs more history per square inch than almost anywhere else in the UK, you’ve found it. Welcome to Malmesbury. Often referred to as the "Queen of Hilltop Towns," this Wiltshire gem isn't just another pretty face in the...

Welcome back to our "Top 25 Cotswolds Destinations" series. I’m Paul, and today we’re pulling the coach over in a spot that often gets overlooked by the big tour buses, which is exactly why we love it. If you’re looking for the "real" Cotswolds:...

If you’ve ever picked up a British passport or scrolled through a travel blog about England, you’ve seen Bibury. It is, quite literally, the poster child for the English countryside. William Morris, the famous 19th-century designer and writer, famously called Bibury...

Let’s be honest for a second. We’ve all seen the brochures. You know the ones, the glossy leaflets featuring a perfectly timed photo of Arlington Row in Bibury without a single soul in the shot. It looks like a fairytale, doesn’t it? But then you book one of those...

The Cotswolds. Rolling green hills. Honey-coloured stone cottages. Villages that look untouched since the 1500s. Located just two hours from central London, this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty draws visitors from around the world. But here's the thing. Not all...

If you’re looking for the Cotswolds you’ve seen on postcards: the kind with honey-coloured stone, zero neon signs, and a silence so deep you can hear a sheep sneeze three fields away: you’ve found it. At Shakespeare Coaches, we spend a lot of time driving through...

If you’ve ever looked at a postcard of the English countryside and thought, “There’s no way a place actually looks like that,” you haven’t been to Lower Slaughter. At Shakespeare Coaches, we spend a lot of time driving through the Cotswolds, and while every village...

If you’ve been following our "Top 25 Cotswolds Destinations" series, you’ll know that I’m Paul, and I like to get straight to the point. We’ve covered the heavy hitters like Bourton-on-the-Water and Castle Combe, but today we’re looking at something a little...