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Chipping Campden Town Guide 2022

A guide for visitors to the beautiful, historic market town of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire.

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CHIPPING CAMPDEN<br />

TOWN GUIDE <strong>2022</strong><br />

AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES<br />

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Produced on behalf of <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> Information Centre


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Contents<br />

The Appeal of <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> 5<br />

Introduction to the <strong>Town</strong>/Useful Contacts 6<br />

The Information Centre 8<br />

Restaurants, Cafés and Pubs 10<br />

Glorious Food 11<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>, a brief history 12<br />

Traditional and Historic Activities 15<br />

Quirky <strong>Campden</strong> 16<br />

A Creative Centre 20<br />

Specialist Shopping 21<br />

Dates for your Diary 22<br />

Open Gardens Weekend 26<br />

Cotswold Gardens 27<br />

Local Villages 28<br />

Nearby Attractions 29<br />

The Great Outdoors 34<br />

Walking the Cotswold Hills 35<br />

Transport Information 36<br />

Where to Stay 42<br />

Text © <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> Information Centre. <strong>Guide</strong> published by Cotswold Media Ltd. 01386 858900.<br />

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information supplied to Cotswold Edge Enterprise Ltd trading as <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> Information Centre.<br />

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The Appeal of <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

Don’t come for just a day, to appreciate all that <strong>Campden</strong> has to offer,<br />

rest awhile and savour the unique atmosphere of this very special place.<br />

Centre of creative activities since the Arts & Crafts movement.<br />

Nationally famed gardens to visit and enjoy - Hidcote, Kiftsgate, E.W. (China) Wilson<br />

Memorial Garden and the Open Gardens weekend.<br />

Community life, multifaceted and thriving.<br />

A relaxing and historic small market town with excellent restaurants, hotels<br />

and shops.<br />

Gently curving High Street of unusual beauty and architectural harmony with<br />

over 200 mainly 15th century listed buildings.<br />

Cultural events including the renowned Music and Literature Festivals, historic Dover’s<br />

Olimpick Games, Scuttlebrook Wake, Stratford-upon-Avon theatre, Cheltenham Gold<br />

Cup and Cheltenham Festivals.<br />

A perfect base for enjoying the Cotswold villages and countryside; many historic<br />

castles, country houses and other attractions nearby.<br />

Glorious walking In the Cotswold Hills and along the Cotswold Way National Trail.<br />

Local food country markets and farm shops.<br />

Outdoor activities such as cycling, horse-riding, fishing and many more.<br />

Nearby places to visit include Oxford, Blenheim, Warwick, Stratford, Cheltenham,<br />

Worcester - all within easy reach.<br />

We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the content. Every effort is made to check information but <strong>Chipping</strong><br />

<strong>Campden</strong> Information Centre will not accept liability or responsibility for any errors or misrepresentations,<br />

or any liability for any claims, losses, suits, costs, judgements or expenses of any kind caused by the use of<br />

information or as a result of the bankruptcy, liquidation or cessation of trade by any company or individual<br />

herein named. Any prices quoted are subject to change. Travellers are advised to check all details in advance<br />

and prior to arrival.<br />

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Introduction to the <strong>Town</strong><br />

If you visit just one place in the Cotswolds, the charming, small market town of<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> should be it. Its gently curving and unspoilt High Street is a<br />

masterpiece of mellow stone.<br />

From the splendour of St James’ Church, one of the Cotswolds finest wool churches<br />

to one of <strong>Campden</strong>’s oldest buildings, Grevel House, there are more<br />

than two hundred listed buildings in <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> and there are many<br />

buildings associated with the Arts and Crafts and the Guild of Handicraft movement.<br />

Visitors with special interests in architectural and social history,<br />

as well as arts and crafts, love <strong>Campden</strong> but, essentially, it is a relaxing place which<br />

offers great hotels, restaurants, shops and so much else of interest for longer stay as<br />

well as day visitors.<br />

Cotswold stone, centuries of fine craftsmanship and a rich social history endow<br />

<strong>Campden</strong> with an extraordinary and beautiful built heritage. History lingers<br />

here, and the town has a timeless sanctuary-like quality. A well-founded sense of<br />

community life and pride in this still thriving small town adds to its charm.<br />

“Five roads lead into <strong>Campden</strong>. Whichever way you come, or wherever you stand on the<br />

low hills that all but ring the little town, the glory of the Perpendicular tower of St. James’<br />

Church will catch your eye.” - Col G. S. Powell - author<br />

Useful Contacts<br />

The Information Centre 01386 841206<br />

Police (non-emergencies) 101<br />

Emergency 999<br />

Doctor 01386 841894<br />

North Cotswold Hospital 03004 218770<br />

Dentist – Ashbee House 01386 840840<br />

Dentist – Todays Dental 01386 840866<br />

Chemist 01386 840251<br />

Vet 01386 852421<br />

Osteopath 01386 833338<br />

Chiropodist 01386 443382<br />

<strong>Town</strong> Clerk 01386 841298<br />

Library 01386 840692<br />

Sports Centre 01386 841595<br />

Travel local bus (Hedgehog) 01386 841849<br />

National Rail Enquiries 03457 484950<br />

LOCAL TAXIS<br />

Northwick Private Hire 07855 824788<br />

Cookie & Darren Private Hire 07565 226887<br />

Les Proctor 07580 993492<br />

Claremont cars (Honeybourne) 07921 970711<br />

Cotswold Connections 07813 133847<br />

Cotswold Taxis (Moreton) 07710 117471<br />

Nth Cotswold Pte Taxis 07832 915871<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> Information Centre is happy to help with all your needs<br />

for information about the town including brochures, maps, gifts and tickets.<br />

To advertise in next year’s guide <strong>Guide</strong>, please contact Cotswold Media on: 01386 858900<br />

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The Information Centre<br />

11 reviews<br />

A great place right on the high street.<br />

Spoke to a lovely helpful lady, who gave<br />

us some great tips on the local area.<br />

Small and narrow, but rich of<br />

information. The person was very<br />

helpful. I would suggest to buy the<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> guide and map.<br />

Fabulous place, tons of information<br />

We are open 7 days a<br />

and friendly help.<br />

week from mid-March<br />

to mid-November from<br />

9.30am to 5pm. In the winter months we are still open<br />

7 days a week, but from 9.30am to 1.00pm,<br />

Monday to Thursday and 9.30am to 4.00pm,<br />

Friday to Sunday.<br />

Call in and see us at the Old Police Station, in the High Street, opposite the Market<br />

Hall. You’ll find helpful and informative staff and volunteers, who can help you<br />

make the most of your visit, we can even find you somewhere to stay, so you can<br />

be sure that your accommodation will be everything that you want it to be.<br />

At the northern end of the National Trail known as The Cotswold Way, we have a<br />

range of maps and guide books to help you plan your walk.<br />

We offer an extensive selection of maps, guides, postcards, gifts, souvenirs, local<br />

products and books of local interest and history, together with a range of free<br />

brochures and leaflets. We also sell Discounted Advance tickets for Blenheim<br />

Palace, Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust and Warwick Castle.<br />

For full information about rail and bus services please contact <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> Information Centre<br />

T: 01386 841206<br />

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Restaurants,<br />

Cafés and<br />

Pubs<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> seems to attract<br />

excellent chefs from far and wide,<br />

bringing with them a rich variety<br />

of influences. The result is some<br />

exceptional restaurants, all within<br />

walking distance, right in the heart<br />

of <strong>Campden</strong>.<br />

With excellent local produce to work<br />

with, you can eat extremely well in<br />

<strong>Campden</strong>, and there are many pubs<br />

and bars where you can chat over<br />

a drink.<br />

There is no better way to meet local<br />

characters than around the bar of<br />

a <strong>Campden</strong> pub or inn. These great<br />

British institutions have been around<br />

for the last 900 years and they<br />

still form the thriving centre of the<br />

community in Cotswold villages and<br />

market towns.<br />

A delight in <strong>Campden</strong> is to wander<br />

into one of the many coffee shops<br />

and tea rooms for a morning coffee<br />

and pastry, either with friends or to<br />

read the newspapers.<br />

If you can tear yourself away from<br />

<strong>Campden</strong> itself, you will find a wealth<br />

of great restaurants within a short<br />

drive of <strong>Campden</strong>. There are even<br />

pubs you can walk to across the<br />

fields from <strong>Campden</strong>.<br />

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Glorious Food...<br />

The Cotswolds is an agricultural area and its food producers offer specialities<br />

including superb cheeses, wines, fruits, vegetables, juices, biscuits, beers, and<br />

the famous Cotswold Lamb.<br />

There are many farm shops and farmers’ markets in and around <strong>Campden</strong><br />

where you can buy local produce and there are producers to visit; perhaps a<br />

brewery visit, a wine tasting, or a visit to a local farm food shop.<br />

The famous Pudding Club is in the next village of Mickleton.<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> is famous for producing sprouts and other vegetables,<br />

whilst the Vale of Evesham is celebrated for the well-known asparagus<br />

festival in Badsey. The Market Garden of England is at the foot of the<br />

dramatic escarpment the far side of Dover’s Hill.<br />

Bee keeping, cider and gin making and other traditional country activities<br />

remain popular in the area.<br />

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<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

“Nothing much is known about life<br />

in <strong>Campden</strong> before the Romans<br />

came, although Neolithic, Bronze<br />

and Iron Age remains abound<br />

locally. We also have Roman roads<br />

all around, from the Fosse Way<br />

(A429) to the east, and Ryknild<br />

Street and Buckle Street to the<br />

west, as well as evidence of Roman<br />

settlements all over the area.”<br />

We have unsubstantiated evidence<br />

that a council of Saxon kings was<br />

held here around 689. It is reputed<br />

to have been a meeting place for<br />

the Saxons of the Widless Hundred<br />

possibly at the Kiftsgate Stone,<br />

about which little is known, which<br />

sits quietly in the woods above<br />

the town.<br />

Local place names give us a little<br />

more substantial evidence, as most<br />

local names, including <strong>Campden</strong>,<br />

are of Saxon origin. The Domesday<br />

Book records that the Manor &<br />

Village (now Broad <strong>Campden</strong>)<br />

previously belonged to King Harold.<br />

100 years later this was granted<br />

to Hugh De Gondeville and he is<br />

reputed to have created <strong>Campden</strong>’s<br />

mile-long High St. with its<br />

characteristic bulge providing space<br />

for a market place created when<br />

the town’s first charter was granted<br />

in 1186 (and <strong>Chipping</strong> – meaning<br />

market – was added).<br />

The hills that surround <strong>Campden</strong><br />

on three sides proved ideal for<br />

sheep and Cotswold wool was soon<br />

considered amongst the finest<br />

in Europe. <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

became a major centre of the wool<br />

trade with purchasers coming from<br />

as far as Italy. The wealthy wool<br />

merchants built houses here, two<br />

still survive in Grevel House and<br />

Woolstaplers Hall and money was<br />

provided to rebuild the church,<br />

which is now considered one of the<br />

three finest “wool churches” in the<br />

Cotswolds, it contains the oldest<br />

surviving priest’s cope from the<br />

14th century. The unique Altar<br />

Frontals C1500<br />

were copied by<br />

command of<br />

Queen Mary for<br />

the High Altar of<br />

Westminster for<br />

the Coronation<br />

Ceremony in<br />

1912.<br />

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A Brief History...<br />

The manor was bought in 1609 by<br />

Sir Baptist Hicks, a wealthy London<br />

textile merchant and moneylender.<br />

He built a superb house here using<br />

the local limestone and gave many<br />

gifts to the town and church,<br />

including the Market Hall and<br />

the Almshouses. The house was<br />

partially destroyed by the Royalist<br />

garrison about 1645.<br />

After the death of Cromwell,<br />

Charles II was restored to the<br />

throne and a most intriguing event<br />

took place. In 1660, the estate<br />

steward went missing whilst out<br />

collecting rents. A manservant<br />

(together with brother and mother)<br />

was eventually charged with murder<br />

(even without the body), after<br />

2 trials they were convicted and<br />

executed. A year later the Steward<br />

returned with a tale of abduction,<br />

piracy, slavery and eventual escape.<br />

It became known as “The <strong>Campden</strong><br />

Wonder”.<br />

Many of the stone façades of the<br />

High Street houses were added<br />

or improved during the 1700s and<br />

1800s when the town continued<br />

to prosper. Some of these houses<br />

bear dates, not of their original<br />

foundation, but of when these<br />

new fashionably decorated fronts<br />

were built.<br />

After the decline in wool, the<br />

town was briefly revived by the<br />

introduction of silk throwing<br />

(or spinning) in the Old Silk Mill.<br />

It gave much needed employment<br />

to the poor until the industry<br />

collapsed following a trade<br />

agreement with France around 1860.<br />

Just outside the town stands Burnt<br />

Norton, where, in 1741, the Lord of<br />

the Manor set fire to the grandest<br />

of mansions which he had built for<br />

the housemaid with whom he was<br />

infatuated. When she abandoned<br />

him, he was penniless and drunk<br />

and died in the inferno. T S Eliot,<br />

whilst walking in the grounds nearly<br />

200 years later was moved to<br />

compose part of his Four Quartets:<br />

Burnt Norton.<br />

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Dovers Hill<br />

The town remained small and was<br />

affected in the late 1800s by the<br />

agricultural depression.<br />

In 1902 its fortunes changed yet<br />

again when C.R. Ashbee brought<br />

the Guild of Handicraft here from<br />

London. Followers of William<br />

Morris, they brought new crafts to<br />

the town, taking over the disused<br />

Silk Mill in Sheep Street.<br />

See our stunning display of<br />

jewellery, silver, pottery, sculptures<br />

and carvings, and more, from both<br />

our own and other collections.<br />

Events are held throughout the<br />

year and the Museum shop offers a<br />

range of original and individual gifts<br />

by local designer/makers together<br />

with a good selection of books on<br />

Arts & Crafts and related subjects.<br />

The Traditional Cotswold Olimpick<br />

Games, founded by Robert Dover<br />

over 400 years ago, are still held<br />

each year on Dover’s Hill above<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>. However the<br />

Wednesday Market, authorised by<br />

the Royal Charter, was discontinued<br />

after WWII. Together with<br />

Scuttlebrook Wake (itself going<br />

Today exhibitions there and in Court<br />

Barn Museum display their work<br />

and that of their successors.<br />

Court Barn celebrates talented<br />

designers and craftspeople who<br />

have worked in <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

and the north Cotswolds since the<br />

beginning of the twentieth century.<br />

Find out at the museum how<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> became a<br />

gathering place for designers<br />

and craftspeople of national and<br />

international reputation, including<br />

C.R. Ashbee, Gordon Russell, Hart<br />

Silversmiths and Robert Welch.<br />

back to the early 1800s), held<br />

the next day, they form quite a<br />

weekend.<br />

Visitors now find an historic town in<br />

very much its original setting, little<br />

spoiled by new building breaking the<br />

interface between the town and the<br />

surrounding fields and hills. Much<br />

of the centre is a Conservation Area<br />

and the surrounding countryside<br />

is designated as an Area of<br />

Outstanding Natural Beauty. Yet it is<br />

as lively and forward looking as it has<br />

always been, still very much a part of<br />

the century in which it is living.<br />

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Traditional & Historic Activities<br />

Robert Dover’s Cotswold Olimpick<br />

Games, which celebrated its 400th<br />

anniversary in 2012, are traditionally<br />

held on the Friday night following the<br />

Spring Bank Holiday. The games are<br />

unique. There is nothing like them for<br />

their setting, continuity and forms of<br />

entertainment. They are mentioned<br />

in accounts of the Cotswolds, social<br />

and literary histories of Britain, and<br />

in worldwide surveys of the Olympic<br />

movement. For more information visit:<br />

www.olimpickgames.co.uk<br />

The <strong>Campden</strong> Mummers have recently<br />

been revived, after an absence of<br />

some years, performing their unique<br />

seasonal folk play, sometimes in the<br />

street but more usually as house-tohouse<br />

visits and in public houses.<br />

Scuttlebrook Wake takes place on the<br />

day after Dover’s Games and it too<br />

has a long history. It is a traditional<br />

Whitsun Club Wake, it has been<br />

as one of the unbroken traditional<br />

sides. Their dances are unique and<br />

traditional to the town. They can<br />

often be seen dancing in the town.<br />

The Cart Wash<br />

celebrated in its present form since<br />

1938 when the first Scuttlebrook Wake<br />

Queen was crowned.<br />

For more information see:<br />

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<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> Morrismen, dating<br />

from the early 1700’s, are recognised<br />

Opposite the Almshouses is a stonelined<br />

cart wash, the “New Pool”,<br />

made in the early 1830’s to replace<br />

the “<strong>Town</strong> Pool” that had existed<br />

for centuries at the junction of High<br />

Street, Leasebourne and Church<br />

Street. The Scuttle Brook flowed over<br />

the road at this point and all carts<br />

and other wheeled traffic coming in<br />

ran through it. It was, unsurprisingly,<br />

highly insanitary. This is one of the last<br />

examples of its kind in the country.<br />

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Quirky <strong>Campden</strong><br />

Punk<br />

Conduit House<br />

The Millennium<br />

Sign Snail<br />

Punk - created by local<br />

craftsman, the late<br />

Ian Ashhurst, it has<br />

achieved a degree<br />

of notoriety, as he is<br />

featured in quite a few<br />

guide books. He can be<br />

found in the High Street,<br />

by the door of the<br />

Old School House.<br />

Conduit House - not a<br />

house, but resembles a<br />

small lockup used to<br />

house drunks overnight.<br />

Built circa 1615 as a<br />

collection point for water<br />

from the many natural<br />

springs overlooking<br />

<strong>Campden</strong>, it provided<br />

water for Old <strong>Campden</strong><br />

House as well as the<br />

Almshouses.<br />

The Four Cross Hands or Izods Post - has been standing at<br />

the Junction of the A44 with the Road into <strong>Campden</strong> since<br />

1669. Although it has been replaced over the years, its<br />

original format of iron hands with pointing fingers atop a<br />

wooden post has been maintained. The original destination<br />

spellings of Woster, Warwick, Oxford and Gloster plus their<br />

distances have been kept although seemingly inaccurate.<br />

However, in the 17th Century the local mile was 1.5 times<br />

that of the modern statute mile.<br />

The Village Pump<br />

The Village Pump -<br />

stands at the junction of<br />

the High St, Leysbourne<br />

and Church St. This is<br />

a replica of the original,<br />

when in 1832 the cattle<br />

or Scuttlebrook was<br />

covered over. The locals<br />

had no other source of<br />

clean water so the Vicar<br />

arranged for a pump<br />

to be installed.<br />

We have a local version<br />

of the old folk song<br />

“The Village Pump”.<br />

The Millennium Sign Snail - if you examine the sign<br />

very carefully you can see the snail as it crawls up the<br />

ironwork. This is the signature of the metalworker…<br />

Jeff Humpage, who created the sign for <strong>Campden</strong>’s<br />

millennium celebrations and if you look carefully on the<br />

railings leading up to the south door of<br />

St James’ church you can find one and<br />

there is another one inside.<br />

There are also some more to<br />

find in the high street.<br />

The Four Cross<br />

Hands or<br />

Izods Post<br />

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The Kiftsgate Stone<br />

The Kiftsgate Stone - is a holed standing stone<br />

which lies next to the Cotswold Way, near Dover’s<br />

Hill. The stone stands on the site of a former ‘Moot<br />

Site’ where local people met to discuss tribal issues.<br />

Kifts’ is thought to be derived from the Old English<br />

‘cyft’ meaning ‘meeting or conference’ and so<br />

‘Kiftsgate’ would imply this was a gap or gateway<br />

where meetings were held (which may also explain<br />

the perforation if the stone supported a gate) thus<br />

making this the moot for the hundred of Kiftsgate.<br />

This is a busy road, please take care if crossing to<br />

view the stone which is inside the hedge line.<br />

Sun Dials -<br />

A Sun Dial shows time by a shadow cast by<br />

the Sun. The High St has 7 of the vertical<br />

type, which is unusual for a town of this size.<br />

We have a booklet in the Information Centre<br />

showing their locations together with some<br />

other Quirky features in the High St.<br />

Sun Dials<br />

<strong>Town</strong> Hall Clock Tower, it leans a bit as the<br />

Cupola is too heavy, it is not known for certain<br />

where it came from, but it is very similar to the one<br />

on Burnt Norton House.<br />

Tarot Cards<br />

Tarot Cards - infamous occultist and<br />

author, Aleister Crowley, spent quite<br />

a bit of time in <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>,<br />

whilst he was liaising with artist Lady<br />

Frieda Harris. They were working<br />

on a design for a new deck of Tarot<br />

cards. Although Crowley died in<br />

1947, the cards were eventually<br />

published in 1970. They have<br />

become one of the most popular<br />

decks of the 20th century.<br />

<strong>Town</strong> Hall<br />

Clock Tower<br />

The Streetlight in Westington - quite unlike any<br />

other in <strong>Campden</strong>. It was given to the town by<br />

George Haines in the late 19th century and is<br />

understood to have come from<br />

Westminster Bridge.<br />

The Streetlight<br />

in Westington<br />

Quirky <strong>Campden</strong><br />

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Life in full bloom<br />

The Covent Garden Academy<br />

of Flowers is now open!<br />

A Flower A Flower Design Design school school and<br />

lifestyle in shop <strong>Chipping</strong> in <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>. <strong>Campden</strong>.<br />

Selling a beautifully sourced range<br />

of homeware, A seasonal gifts programme and plants<br />

alongside of inspirational a seasonal flower programme<br />

workshops<br />

of inspirational the flower studio. workshops<br />

in the studio.<br />

High Street<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

Gloucestershire<br />

GL55 6HB<br />

School | Lifestyle | Events<br />

School | Lifestyle | Events<br />

store@<br />

academyofflowers.com<br />

07960 01386784 841150 013<br />

academyofflowers.com<br />

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Where?<br />

May Lane, Ebrington<br />

Gloucestershire GL55 6NJ<br />

T 01386 593326<br />

E grampysprout@icloud.com<br />

W www.vegetablematters.co.uk<br />

When?<br />

6 days a week (Closed Monday)<br />

Vegetable<br />

Matters<br />

Farm Shop and Café<br />

Tuesday to Saturday<br />

Farm Shop 8.30am – 5.00pm<br />

Café 8.30am – 4.00pm<br />

Sunday<br />

Farm Shop 9.00am – 4.00pm<br />

Café 10.00am – 4.00pm<br />

Who?<br />

Peter and Amanda Drinkwater<br />

What?<br />

Seasonal vegetables and soft fruit<br />

fresh from the fields.<br />

Freshly prepared food from our<br />

own kitchen with daily specials.<br />

Coffees, teas and soft drinks.<br />

Home made cakes and scones.<br />

Fresh bread and milk every day.<br />

Vegetable box scheme.<br />

Fresh Meat Matters<br />

Butchers and cheese shop<br />

Fresh fish: every Tuesday<br />

11.45am – 1.00pm.<br />

For walkers: 5 walks starting and<br />

ending at the farm shop and café<br />

(printed guide available).<br />

We look forward<br />

to welcoming you.<br />

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A Creative Centre<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

has a rich diversity of<br />

creative talent for you<br />

to visit and enjoy.<br />

Artists, writers, jewellers,<br />

Gallery at the Guild photographers,<br />

musicians, printers and marketing and design<br />

agencies are amongst the many to whom<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> is home.<br />

The influx of craftsmen who arrived with C. R.<br />

Ashbee at the beginning of the 20th century<br />

has left a creative legacy that is alive and well<br />

and thriving.<br />

On the 2nd floor visit the workshop of Hart’s<br />

Silversmith’s, the surviving family business from<br />

Ashbee’s time.<br />

The beautifully restored Court Barn<br />

Museum celebrates the story of craft and<br />

design in the town and surrounding area.<br />

The Old Silk Mill, the historic home of<br />

C. R. Ashbee’s world renowned Guild of<br />

Handicraft, is still home to a wealth of<br />

creativity including The Gallery at the Guild<br />

- a co-operative of artists and craftspeople<br />

which is staffed by its members and<br />

hosts a rolling series of exhibitions of<br />

contemporary and traditional arts and<br />

crafts throughout the year.<br />

A number of festivals and events are held<br />

during the year.<br />

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‘Mouse’ by Rachel Higgins<br />

Gallery at the Guild


Specialist Shopping<br />

When so many High Streets are virtual clones of one another with<br />

national chains jockeying for position, it is refreshing to visit a High Street<br />

composed predominantly of independent shops.<br />

Shopping is easy and a real pleasure in <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>. Residents<br />

are delighted that the majority of their shopping can be done within<br />

the town and there is plenty of interest to the visitor; from the smallest<br />

memento to a work of art to remember your visit. Whether it is a special<br />

bottle of wine, something for the home, clothes, or award-winning<br />

cutlery, you will find them all, and plenty more, in <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>.<br />

There are a number of specialist food stores, general stores, newsagents,<br />

milliners, hairdressers, jewellers, and fashion shops, as well as the usual<br />

solicitors, financial institutions, estate agencies, computer sales, repairs<br />

and business hub and local businesses.<br />

<strong>Campden</strong> is also an outstanding location for weddings. We have<br />

beauticians, hairdressers, make up and nail boutiques, two specialist<br />

florists, hat shop as well as a Spa. There is also considerable choice<br />

of accommodation.<br />

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Dates for your diary<br />

Cheltenham Gold Cup Festival<br />

March 15th - 18th <strong>2022</strong><br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> Literature Festival<br />

May 3rd - 7th <strong>2022</strong><br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> Music Festival<br />

May 7th - 21st <strong>2022</strong><br />

Cotswold Olimpicks - Dovers Hill<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

June 3rd <strong>2022</strong><br />

Scuttlebrook Wake - <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

June 4th <strong>2022</strong><br />

Open Gardens Weekend<br />

June 18th & 19th <strong>2022</strong><br />

<strong>Campden</strong> Beauty is a Dermalogica appointed salon,<br />

situated onthe high street in <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>.<br />

You will step into a very calm, tranquil<br />

atmosphere, where you will be greeted warmly<br />

and friendly by Jane the salon owner.<br />

I offer a range of treatments in the salon due to<br />

my 26 years in the beauty industry which can<br />

be found on the salons website<br />

www.campdenbeauty.com<br />

There is an easy & straight forward online<br />

booking system where you can manage your<br />

bookings and purchase gift vouchers.<br />

Cotswold<br />

Falconry Centre<br />

<strong>Campden</strong> Beauty<br />

2 Blacksmiths House<br />

High street<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> GL55 6AT<br />

t: 01386 849060 m: 07708702699<br />

Moreton in Marsh, GL56 9AT<br />

Enjoy displays of free flying Birds of Prey<br />

EAGLES OWLS HAWKS FALCONS<br />

KITES & VULTURES<br />

11.30 1.30 & 3.00<br />

Also see our breeding aviaries including the Owl Wood<br />

Courses and Experiences also available.<br />

Open Daily, mid-Feb to mid-November from 10.30 a.m.<br />

01386 701043<br />

www.cotswold-falconry.co.uk<br />

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Tel: 01386 848822<br />

www.hiddenbeautycotswolds.co.uk<br />

A friendly professional service, providing a full range of<br />

Holistic / Remedial / Beauty & Aesthetic<br />

N o 1, Grafton House, <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

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Draycott Books<br />

(Antiquarian and Secondhand)<br />

Established for 30 years, we have an<br />

excellent selection of good quality<br />

general stock. We also keep a good<br />

range of Local History titles with<br />

an emphasis on the<br />

Arts and Crafts movement<br />

Proprietors:<br />

Bob and Duncan McClement<br />

Opening hours:<br />

Mon-Sat 10AM-5PM<br />

2 Sheep Street,<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

GL55 6DX<br />

Tel: 01386 841392<br />

Mob: 07824 808186<br />

draycottbooks@hotmail.com<br />

<strong>Campden</strong> Beauty is a Dermalogica appointed salon,<br />

situated onthe high street in <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>.<br />

Life & Well-Being Coaching<br />

As your certified life coach, I will take you on a<br />

beautiful journey of self discovery.<br />

I help individuals find their way in life, after being<br />

caught up in toxic relationships, by supporting them<br />

to rebuild and reconnect to their strengths, values<br />

and beliefs so they can return home to their trueself.<br />

If this is resonating with you or you need support<br />

in others areas of you life, you can email at<br />

jane@reconnectandthrive.com to arrange a<br />

complimentary connection call, this is where we<br />

have an informal, friendly chat with no obligations.<br />

“<br />

“ our inner truth gives us purpose<br />

<strong>Campden</strong> Beauty | 2 Blacksmiths House<br />

High street | <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> GL55 6AT<br />

t: 01386 849060 m: 07708702699<br />

TOPS<br />

Plant Centre<br />

Broadway Road, MICKLETON<br />

Tel: 01386 438438<br />

Buy direct from the grower<br />

Exceptional Flowers<br />

for all Occasions<br />

Weddings, Sympathy, Everyday!<br />

at wholesale prices,<br />

from one of the country’s leading<br />

plant suppliers. Wide range of<br />

seasonal bedding, patio and basket<br />

plants, landscaping shrubs, fruit trees<br />

and vegetable plants.<br />

Open 9am - 4pm Everyday<br />

On the B4632 Mickleton to Broadway Road<br />

3 miles from <strong>Campden</strong> • 1 mile from Hidcote<br />

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4<br />

Peter Clarke have moved!<br />

After 6 successful years selling<br />

and letting property in <strong>Chipping</strong><br />

<strong>Campden</strong>, the opportunity for a<br />

bigger and better office was too<br />

good to miss!<br />

Pop in to Grafton House to find<br />

Pop in to Grafton House to find<br />

out why “more and more people<br />

move with Peter Clarke!”<br />

01386 770044<br />

campden@peterclarke.co.uk<br />

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Open Gardens Weekend<br />

Mid-June<br />

This is an annual event held over<br />

a June weekend, which is always<br />

extremely popular with both visitors<br />

and locals.<br />

It is an opportunity for us to showcase<br />

our beautiful <strong>Town</strong>.<br />

It has been running for more than 35<br />

years, and is a means of fundraising<br />

for charity. For the last few years the<br />

chosen charity has been <strong>Campden</strong><br />

Home Nursing Trust, which provides<br />

palliative nursing care for the<br />

terminally ill who wish to be cared for<br />

at home. There is no charge to any<br />

family for the care given.<br />

There are usually around 30 large and<br />

small gardens, open over two days<br />

for people to enjoy. You can visit for<br />

just one day, or take in all the gardens<br />

over the whole weekend. In addition<br />

to the delightful and very varied<br />

gardens, you can enjoy tea and cake,<br />

served throughout the day, at several<br />

locations. There is an opportunity to<br />

purchase plants you may have seen<br />

growing. Many of the gardens invite<br />

you to just sit and relax and admire<br />

some very attractive surroundings.<br />

Further information on <strong>Campden</strong><br />

Home Nursing can be found at<br />

www.campdenhomenursing.org<br />

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Cotswold Gardens<br />

The Cotswolds are blessed with<br />

a temperate climate, and local<br />

inhabitants have taken advantage<br />

of this to create gardens in a rich<br />

variety of styles and sizes.<br />

Many a delightful garden can be<br />

glimpsed over wisteria-clad dry<br />

stone walls simply by walking<br />

through the villages in the area.<br />

Many of the gardens in <strong>Campden</strong><br />

are open to the public once a year on<br />

the Open Gardens Weekend.<br />

The delightful hidden garden that is<br />

the E.H.Wilson Memorial garden can<br />

be found in the heart of <strong>Campden</strong><br />

and celebrates the life and work of<br />

one of the foremost plant collectors<br />

of his time, who was born here in 1876.<br />

He introduced around 1200 species<br />

of trees and shrubs and collected<br />

over 100,000<br />

herbarium<br />

specimens.<br />

The garden was<br />

opened in 1984<br />

by Roy Lancaster<br />

the well-known<br />

broadcaster and<br />

plant hunter.<br />

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Local Villages<br />

Ebrington village is located 2 miles east<br />

of <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>. A beautifull small<br />

village overlooking the valley through<br />

which the little Knee Brook flows on<br />

its way to join the River Stour . The<br />

locals still call the village ‘Yubberton’<br />

and has several attractive thatched<br />

stone cottages at the side of its little<br />

sunken roads. The village of Ebrington<br />

shines like a jewel in a golden crown,<br />

its narrow lanes and tiny streets are<br />

aglow with beautiful mellow Cotswold<br />

stone houses and cottages. Some of the<br />

cottages are quite old and are topped<br />

with thick golden thatch, while others<br />

hide beneath steep tiles with slender tall<br />

chimneys.<br />

Paxford village is located 2.5 miles<br />

east of <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>. Paxford<br />

is a delightful quiet village centrally<br />

positioned for easy access to the well<br />

known Cotswolds. With an abundance<br />

of public footpaths providing beautiful<br />

walks, Paxford is surrounded by<br />

beautiful Cotswold countryside of rolling<br />

hills and an ideal place for those seeking<br />

a peacefull and tranquil environment.<br />

Located 3 miles North of <strong>Chipping</strong><br />

<strong>Campden</strong>, Gloucestershire.<br />

Mickleton lies in a fine setting<br />

immediately beneath the Cotswold edge<br />

overlooked by Meon Hill. It has several<br />

attractive stone houses and cottages in<br />

addition to those of thatch and halftimber.<br />

The little Victorian Memorial<br />

Fountain close by the Three Ways<br />

Hotel (home of the Pudding Club) is an<br />

interesting feature by William Burges,<br />

the architect of Cardiff Castle and Castle<br />

Coch, two excellent examples of the<br />

High Victorian Gothic. The church has<br />

a fine 14th-century tower and spire,<br />

and a most unusual 17th-century twostoreyed<br />

porch. Inside will be found a<br />

12th-century crucifix or rood over the<br />

north aisle chapel alter. A nice circular<br />

walk leads up the hill from the church to<br />

Kiftsgate, and Hidcote Manor Gardens.<br />

Located 1 mile South of <strong>Chipping</strong><br />

<strong>Campden</strong>.<br />

Broad <strong>Campden</strong> is tucked away in a<br />

small valley, with woods never far away<br />

- a beautiful and exquisite little village<br />

with the majority of the old houses and<br />

cottages having thatched roofs. This<br />

village has to be one of the best in the<br />

Cotswolds. The village also has a small<br />

Victorian chapel and an 17th Century<br />

Quaker meeting house with many of<br />

the original furnishings intact. Charles<br />

Ashbee converted a derelict Norman<br />

chapel into a house for himself soon<br />

after his arrival in the area in 1905.<br />

Saintbury is located between the larger<br />

settlements of Willersey and Weston<br />

sub Edge. The name Saintbury is<br />

thought to come from Swain meaning<br />

villager and Bury meaning hill or Burth<br />

meaning fort, which given the village’s<br />

age and hillside location, makes perfect<br />

sense. The church of St Nicholas’ earliest<br />

feature is a sundial thought to be from<br />

the 11th century.<br />

The villages of Weston and Aston sub<br />

Edge are located at the foot of Dover’s<br />

Hill bordering the Vale of Evesham.<br />

The houses within the villages are<br />

made up of predominantly 17th century<br />

farmhouses and cottages in Cotswold<br />

stone.<br />

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Nearby Attractions<br />

Broadway Tower as pictured, stately Blenheim and the dreaming spires of Oxford<br />

are all an easy day out from <strong>Campden</strong>. Warwick Castle, Sudeley Castle,<br />

Stanway Fountain, Batsford Arboretum, Snowshill Manor and the handsome<br />

Jacobean manor, Chastleton House.<br />

Just 12 miles from <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> lies Stratford-upon-Avon, with its world<br />

famous Shakespeare theatre. Many people choose to stay in <strong>Campden</strong> and visit<br />

Stratford for theatre performances and the other attractions of the town.<br />

The more relaxed atmosphere in <strong>Campden</strong> makes for an enjoyable break and<br />

a stroll down <strong>Campden</strong>’s High Street or a brisk walk in the country can prepare one<br />

well for the evening’s entertainment at the theatre.<br />

Good days out for children include Birdland Park and Gardens, Cotswold Motor<br />

Museum & Toy Collection, Cotswold Farm Park - Adam Hensons’ Farm, Cotswold<br />

Water Park, Cotswold Wild Life Park, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam<br />

Railway, All Things Wild, exotic Sezincote, 13th Century Hailes Abbey and<br />

Cotswold Lavender Farm<br />

Broadway Tower<br />

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<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

a Family Run Sandwich Shop<br />

Freshly Made<br />

sandwiches & Baguettes<br />

all day Breakfasts<br />

Jacket Potatoes<br />

& daily specials<br />

01386 840401<br />

Camperdene house, high street,<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> Gl55 6aT<br />

Country Florist<br />

Weddings, Sympathy, Events, Corporate,<br />

Everyday Flowers and Plants.<br />

www.lisadrinkwaterflowers.co.uk<br />

Quintessentially Cotswolds!<br />

A hotel, pub and restaurant with rustic<br />

charm, your home in the Cotswolds!<br />

01386 840 317<br />

reception@noelarmshotel.com<br />

www.noelarmshotel.com<br />

Noel Arms Hotel, High Street, <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> GL55 6AT<br />

Introducing Cotswold House’<br />

Bistro on the Square<br />

with gin & wine bar,<br />

Fig restaurant & afternoon tea.<br />

The Spa, facilities & treatments.<br />

01386 840330<br />

reservations@cotswoldhouse.com<br />

www.cotswoldhouse.com<br />

Cotswold House Hotel & Spa, High Street,<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> GL55 6AN<br />

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WELCOME TO CHARINGWORTH MANOR<br />

Set on a hillside surrounded by acres of lovely<br />

gardens and grounds, Charingworth Manor<br />

sits in an idyllic setting commanding views<br />

over miles and miles of gentle Gloucestershire<br />

countryside. This 700 year old manor house<br />

of golden Cotswold stone has been lovingly<br />

cared for so you can enjoy its warm heritage<br />

and sumptuous, contemporary comfort.<br />

Our popular and intimate restaurant, John Greville<br />

offers a range of treats including afternoon tea.<br />

26 beautifully appointed rooms.<br />

Leisure facilities and tennis court<br />

Stunning function suites<br />

56 acres of gardens and woodlands<br />

The<br />

Perfect<br />

Wedding<br />

Venue<br />

CHARINGWORTH MANOR<br />

HOTEL <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

Charingworth, Nr <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>, Gloucestershire, GL55 6NS (on the B4035) | classiclodges.co.uk/charingworthmanor<br />

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Local Ales & Good Food<br />

N. Cotswolds<br />

2017 Winners<br />

North Cotswold<br />

Camra Pub of<br />

the winter season<br />

2016 & Pub of<br />

the year 2017<br />

Home-Lifestyle-Gifts&Accessories<br />

AWARD WINNING COTSWOLD COUNTRY PUB.<br />

THE LOCAL OF FATHER BROWN<br />

The Bakers Arms is a traditional Cotswold country pub,<br />

nestling in the picturesque village of Broad <strong>Campden</strong>.<br />

Toasty fires in the winter and a huge pub garden for the<br />

summer. Four real ales, plus one guest ale, home-cooked<br />

food and a hearty welcome await...<br />

01386 840515<br />

www.bakersarmscampden.co.uk<br />

info@bakersarmscampden.co.uk<br />

facebook.com/thebakersarms<br />

Visit us opposite the <strong>Town</strong> Square<br />

Hook House,<br />

High Street,<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>,<br />

GL55 6AT<br />

www.dovecountrylifestyle.co.uk<br />

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Please contact Rupert and Annabel Wakley at the Jackson-Stops <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

office for advice on property sales, lettings, auctions or professional services.<br />

CHIPPING CAMPDEN<br />

01386 840 224<br />

campden@jackson-stops.co.uk<br />

jackson-stops.co.uk<br />

Local & National reach through a<br />

network of London & Regional offices<br />

PROPERTY EXPERTS SINCE 1910<br />

Explore the fascinating world of 20th century<br />

furniture design, with a story spanning Arts<br />

and Crafts cabinetmaking, the 1930s<br />

modernist home, the wartime Utility Scheme,<br />

The Festival of Britain, and beyond.<br />

The museum shop Plane & Saw brings the<br />

story up to the present day, featuring a unique<br />

selection of crafts, gifts and homewares<br />

Plan your visit www.gordonrusselldesignmuseum.org<br />

Shop online www.planeandsaw.com<br />

15 Russell Square, Broadway, WR12 7AP<br />

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BROADWAYS BEST LOVED LIFESTYLE<br />

DESTINATION. HERITAGE, EATING, LIVING.<br />

Visit broadwaytower.co.uk for opening times<br />

Or call 01386 852390 for details<br />

Broadway Tower & Park is a family-owned<br />

Cotswold destination set within a 50-acre<br />

estate of parkland, including Museum with<br />

Viewing Platform, Two Cafes, Lifestyle<br />

Shopping, E-bike Hire and Nuclear Bunker.<br />

BROADWAY TOWER<br />

COTSWOLDS<br />

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The Great Outdoors<br />

The area around <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> General farming is much in evidence<br />

provides splendid landscape scenes, and other work you can see being<br />

trickling streams, dry stone walls and practised in the area includes dry<br />

grazing sheep, and will delight as you stone walling, hedge laying and<br />

explore the region’s treasures.<br />

sheep shearing. Farriers and saddlers<br />

Outdoor activities within easy reach of cater to the extensive riding in the<br />

<strong>Campden</strong> include cycling, the Blossom area. Much of the charm of <strong>Chipping</strong><br />

Trail, horse riding, archery, falconry, <strong>Campden</strong> derives from the use of<br />

fishing, paintballing, quad biking,<br />

stone as a building material. Local<br />

hunting, point-to-points, and shooting. quarries have been excavating the<br />

Call in to the Visitor Centre for more oolitic limestone for over 300 years<br />

details.<br />

and craftsmen work<br />

the stone into walls,<br />

The Cotswolds Area<br />

mullioned windows,<br />

of Outstanding<br />

flooring, dry stone<br />

Natural Beauty,<br />

walling, garden paths, and sculptures.<br />

which is the largest<br />

AONB in England Thatching has been practised for<br />

and Wales, is nationally important for thousands of years and there are still<br />

its limestone grassland habitat, ancient many picturesque thatched houses<br />

beechwoods and rich flora. Some<br />

which means that thatchers are often<br />

Cotswolds plants are so rare that they in evidence.<br />

have specific legal protection under The award-winning<br />

the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. recreation ground<br />

Most of the region is designated as an is a must-visit place<br />

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. for both children<br />

Traditionally a landscape formed by and adults. In addition to play areas, it<br />

sheep grazing, this is now prosperous has a barbecue area with picnic tables,<br />

mixed and arable farming country and a covered gazebo and petanque<br />

many in the area earn their living from terrain (boules can be hired from the<br />

traditional country pursuits linked to TIC and The Noel Arms).<br />

the land.<br />

Maps and guides available<br />

from the Information Centre<br />

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Walking the Cotswold Hills<br />

The Cotswold short, circular walks which will<br />

Way, with its introduce you to its beauty in bitesized<br />

chunks.<br />

northern end<br />

here at the<br />

Several long-distance footpaths, inc.<br />

Market Hall in The Monarch’s, Heart of England,<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>, wanders through Diamond and Donnington’s way, pass<br />

over 100 miles of breathtaking scenery through <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> making it<br />

to Bath Abbey in the south. <strong>Campden</strong> an excellent centre for walkers. There<br />

also has a commemorative stone<br />

are also many shorter distance walks.<br />

marker, similar to the one in Bath, but The old drovers’ tracks, where once<br />

incorporating a quote from T.S. Eliot. sheep were driven to market, now<br />

It is one of England and Wales 17<br />

provide some superb walks, varying<br />

national trails and the best place to in degree of difficulty from easy to<br />

plan your walk is by visiting<br />

more strenuous. It only takes a few<br />

www.nationaltrail.co.uk/cotswold minutes walk out of <strong>Campden</strong> to be<br />

If you can’t do the trail all in one go, transported to some breathtaking<br />

then there are a series of popular scenery.<br />

www.campdenyurts.co.uk<br />

<strong>Campden</strong> Yurts<br />

Family friendly glamping<br />

Dogs welcome<br />

Private bathrooms<br />

Campfires encouraged<br />

Walking distance to<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

info@campdenyurts.co.uk<br />

07792 624036<br />

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The Old Police Station, High Street,<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>, GL55 6HB.<br />

t: 07763 247210 e: flexpilatesuk@gmail.com<br />

w: www.flexpilates.uk<br />

Print locally with Vale Press, a friendly family business - The Cotswolds’ local printer<br />

For over thirty five years we’ve been printing top notch print work for hundreds of<br />

local customers: big business, local authorities, small business, organisations and private<br />

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How to get here<br />

• Warwick<br />

good and the drive will take some<br />

2 hours from London, 1 hour from<br />

Oxford or Birmingham airport, through<br />

some beautiful scenery.<br />

A 40<br />

M50<br />

M 5<br />

Evesham•<br />

A 46<br />

Stow on theWold<br />

• Cheltenham<br />

Cirencester•<br />

Moreton-in-Marsh<br />

A 429<br />

A 40<br />

• Stratford-Upon-Avon Banbury•<br />

A 361<br />

A 44<br />

A 3400<br />

• Burford<br />

M 40<br />

Oxford•<br />

By Car<br />

A car provides the easiest way to get<br />

to <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>. The roads are<br />

A 34<br />

By Rail<br />

The nearest station is Moreton-in-<br />

Marsh, some 15 minutes away. There is<br />

a good, regular service from London<br />

and Worcester. Stratford-upon-Avon<br />

station is some 20 minutes away with<br />

trains from Birmingham.<br />

Taxis<br />

For a list of local taxis, please see the<br />

Useful Contacts page.<br />

Within easy reach of London, Birmingham, Bristol, Oxford and Bath<br />

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<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Map<br />

Olimpick Drive<br />

B<br />

T<br />

B<br />

T<br />

Recreation<br />

ground<br />

Lady Juliana’s<br />

Gateway<br />

Buses<br />

There are bus services from Stratfordupon-Avon,<br />

Moreton-in-Marsh and<br />

Cheltenham via Moreton-in-Marsh,<br />

plus a regular daily service operating<br />

from Cheltenham via Winchcombe to<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> and return.<br />

Parking<br />

Parking at the school is only available<br />

during weekends and school holidays.<br />

Parking in The Square is chargeable<br />

and time limited.<br />

Coaches<br />

For coach parking and access<br />

regulations, call the information centre<br />

or visit our website.<br />

www.campdenonline.org<br />

T<br />

Toilet facilities including disabled access.<br />

B - Bus Stops<br />

For full information about rail and bus services please contact<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> Information Centre<br />

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CHILL & RELAX<br />

BREAKFAST - BRUNCH - LUNCH<br />

Open Mon - Sun from 10am *Times may vary<br />

High Street, <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>, GL55 6AL<br />

01386 840537 - www.cafehuxleys.co.uk<br />

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Our <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> Team<br />

Mark Annett<br />

Lucy Hughes<br />

Sheldon Bosley Knight believe in building lasting relationships with our clients,<br />

and working together to maximise your land and property’s potential. Mark Annett,<br />

Lucy Hughes and Julie Wyatt of our <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> office are here to offer you<br />

a professional service with fresh, personal and proven advice from start to finish,<br />

ensuring as smooth a process as possible with the sale or purchase of your home.<br />

Sheldon Bosley Knight’s wider services offer the unique ability to offer every land<br />

and property need under one roof. From residential sales and lettings, to new homes,<br />

commercial, rural land agency, planning and architectural, 3<br />

block management,<br />

surveys and valuations, we cover it all.<br />

Kenilworth<br />

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Contact our team to find out how our professional team can get you moving.<br />

01386 01386 841622 841622 | chippingcampden@sheldonbosleyknight.co.uk<br />

| campden@sheldonbosleyknight.co.uk<br />

www.sheldonbosleyknight.co.uk | Hook House, <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>, GL55 6AT<br />

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The ATTIC<br />

Luxury - Second Hand - Designer - A Dressing Up Box for the Grown Up Lady!<br />

FABULOUS DESIGNER STOCK<br />

Tired of walking through endless shops, looking for just the right item? Enter The ATTIC where<br />

you’ll find a huge selection of high end designer pieces at a fraction of the original RRP alleviating<br />

the ‘fast fashion’ market and therefore upcycling fashion of a quality that lasts.<br />

The ATTIC was founded by Jane & Annie, determined to deliver style to shoppers worldwide. Our<br />

store policies are fair and generous, our customer service is smart and useful. So what are you<br />

waiting for? Start shopping online today and find out more about what makes us so special.<br />

Come and visit too as our Little Bond Street in the Cotswolds is full of ‘can’t resist’ bargains<br />

Handbags Footwear Scarves Jewellery Clothing<br />

2 Grafton House | High Street | <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> | GL55 6AT<br />

www.atticcotswolds.co.uk | 01386 841464<br />

THE CHILDSWICKHAM INN & BRASSERIE<br />

Broadway Road, Childswickham, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7HP<br />

T: 01386 852461<br />

We are situated in the small village of Childswickham, a short distance<br />

from Broadway. We specialise in cooking delicious seasonal and locally sourced food served<br />

in our lovely new conservatory. Join us for a bottle of Fizz on a Friday or enjoy our<br />

Gin of the Month, selected from our extensive range.<br />

Kevin and Carol the owners, and two very talented chefs, and our lovely waiting staff<br />

who will greet you with a warm welcome and make sure that you to have a great dining<br />

experience.<br />

www.childswickhaminn.co.uk<br />

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The Red The Red Lion Lion Tavern Tavern is is located in in the the heart of of<br />

the The Cotswold Red the Cotswold Lion town Tavern town of is of located <strong>Chipping</strong> in <strong>Campden</strong>. the heart Our of<br />

newly the Cotswold newly refurbished town of 16th <strong>Chipping</strong> 16th century <strong>Campden</strong>. coaching Our<br />

inn<br />

offers newly offers real refurbished real ale, ale, fine fine 16th wines wines century and and coaching honest food inn in in<br />

comfortable offers<br />

comfortable<br />

real ale, and fine<br />

and contemporary<br />

wines and honest<br />

surroundings.<br />

food in<br />

Here comfortable Here is the is and the home contemporary home of Scoff, Scoff, a surroundings.<br />

a kitchen without<br />

restrictions, restrictions, where where our our menus menus are are always evolving<br />

and<br />

Here<br />

where and is the where our<br />

home our chefs<br />

of chefs use<br />

Scoff, use only<br />

a only kitchen<br />

local local without free-range<br />

produce restrictions, produce to where create to create our menus delicious and are and always freshly evolving<br />

cooked<br />

dishes. and dishes. where Our Our seasonal our seasonal chefs menus use menus only cater cater local for for all free-range all diets and<br />

tastes produce tastes with to with create an exciting an delicious exciting selection and freshly of of appetisers, cooked<br />

grills dishes. grills and Our desserts. and seasonal desserts. menus cater for all diets and<br />

tastes with an exciting selection of appetisers,<br />

Sundays Sundays are a are special a special day day for for friends and and family<br />

grills and desserts.<br />

to come to come together together and and we we love love serving up up a a great<br />

Scoff Sundays Scoff Kitchen are Kitchen a special roast roast day to for to our friends our happy, and family<br />

hungry<br />

customers customers come together of all of ages. all ages.<br />

and we For For<br />

love those those<br />

serving that that<br />

up like like<br />

a great<br />

more<br />

than than<br />

Scoff<br />

one<br />

Kitchen<br />

cut one of cut meat of meat<br />

roast<br />

on on<br />

to<br />

their their<br />

our<br />

plate plate<br />

happy,<br />

our our menu<br />

hungry<br />

has<br />

plenty plenty of choice. of choice.<br />

customers of all ages. For those that like more<br />

Roasted than Roasted one rib cut of rib meat beef, of beef, on sliced their sliced plate topside our menu & braised has<br />

Ox plenty Cheek Ox of Cheek choice.<br />

complimented with with local local seasonal<br />

vegetables, vegetables, beef beef dripping dripping roast roast potatoes &<br />

Yorkshire Roasted Yorkshire rib pudding. of pudding. beef, sliced topside & braised<br />

Ox Cheek complimented with local seasonal<br />

vegetables, beef dripping roast potatoes &<br />

Yorkshire pudding.<br />

The Red The Red Lion Lion Tavern Tavern<br />

Lower Lower High High Street Street<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

The Red GL55 Lion GL55 6AS Tavern 6AS<br />

Lower High Street<br />

Tel: Tel: 01386 01386 840760 840760<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong><br />

GL55 6AS<br />

Tel: 01386 840760<br />

• Live Sky and BT BT Sports<br />

• Open Fires<br />

• Live Sky and BT Sports<br />

• Stable bar for for private hire hire<br />

• Open Fires<br />

• Terrace and gardens<br />

• Stable bar for private hire<br />

• B&B Accommodation<br />

• Terrace and gardens<br />

• Great access to to the the Cotswolds Way Way<br />

• B&B Accommodation<br />

• Great access to the Cotswolds Way<br />

www.theredliontavern.co.uk<br />

and and instagram instagram<br />

www.theredliontavern.co.uk<br />

@redliontavernchippingcampden<br />

and instagram<br />

@redliontavernchippingcampden<br />

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Where to Stay<br />

Delightful places to stay,<br />

from cosy inns to<br />

luxury hotels, self-catering<br />

cottages.<br />

<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> provides a wealth<br />

of wide-ranging and welcoming<br />

accommodation that should satisfy the<br />

tastes and budget of almost<br />

every visitor.<br />

There are luxury hotels, plenty of B&Bs,<br />

traditional inns, and delightful self<br />

catering cottages.<br />

All the accommodation listed in this<br />

guide has been rated by Visit Britain<br />

and the AA.<br />

You can enquire about and make<br />

bookings through The Information<br />

Centre on 01386 841206 where staff<br />

have an intimate knowledge of the<br />

establishments and can advise you<br />

appropriately. Please note however that<br />

all bookings are direct with the provider<br />

and The Information Centre can not<br />

accept any responsibility for any errors<br />

or omissions.<br />

Home Farm<br />

Cotswold Farmhouse<br />

Bed and Breakfast<br />

Ebrington, <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> GL55 6NL<br />

Tel: 01386 593309 www.homefarmebrington.co.uk<br />

info@homefarmebrington.co.uk<br />

Claire<br />

ROOMS 1 twin, 2 king<br />

baThROOMS 3 en-suite<br />

PRICES FROM £90 per room<br />

CREDIT CaRDS Yes<br />

Riding nearby. Free Wi-Fi<br />

} b q f ; I v [ Q W k<br />

Accommodation<br />

} On-site parking<br />

b Central heating<br />

f Cots available<br />

D No dogs CDogs by arrangement<br />

* Garden<br />

; Hairdryer<br />

I Internet access available<br />

v Ironing facilities<br />

[ Non-smoking establishment<br />

Q Residents lounge<br />

W Tea and coffee making facilities<br />

k TV in bedrooms<br />

= Bedrooms on ground floor<br />

q Children welcome<br />

= Bedrooms on ground floor<br />

Self Catering<br />

LF Linen provided<br />

MO Microwave<br />

RF Refrigerator/freezer<br />

L Laundry facilities<br />

C Cleaning service<br />

Key to Symbols<br />

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Brymbo<br />

We offer a warm, friendly welcome to our traditional B&B.<br />

Homemade preserves our speciality. Ground floor<br />

accommodation. Free 2 hr countryside tour for ‘3 night guests’.<br />

In the countryside 5 mins drive north of <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>.<br />

For prices & facilities see page 37<br />

Honeybourne Lane, Mickleton, <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> GL55 6PU<br />

Tel: 01386 438890 enquiries@brymbo.com www.brymbo.com<br />

Brymbo<br />

Candida Hutsby<br />

Holly House<br />

Ebrington, <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> GL556NL Glos.<br />

Tel: 01386 593213 E: jeffreyhutsby@yahoo.co.uk<br />

W: hollyhousebandb.co.uk<br />

ROOMS 1 Double with En Suite Bath<br />

BaTHROOMS 2 Ground Floor Double/Twin/<br />

Triple En Suite Shower<br />

PRICES FROM £85 for Single Occupancy<br />

PRICES FROM £110 for Double Occupancy<br />

PRICES FROM £130 for Triple Occupancy<br />

all prices inclusive of Full English Breakfast<br />

CREDIT CaRDS Yes<br />

Private Parking, Free WiFi, Garden Terrace.<br />

} b I = W k * ; v [<br />

Manor Farm<br />

Breakfast Award AA HHHH<br />

Weston Sub-Edge, <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> GL55 6QH<br />

Tel: 01386 840390 Mob: 07889 108812<br />

lucy@manorfarmcotswolds.co.uk<br />

www.manorfarmcotswolds.co.uk<br />

Lucy King<br />

ROOMS 1 twin, 2 king<br />

bathrooms 3 en-suite<br />

PRICES FROM £90 per room – Discount for<br />

stays of 5 nights or longer<br />

CREDIT CARDS Yes<br />

Riding nearby. Free Wi-Fi<br />

} b q f ; I v [ Q W k<br />

Apple Tree B&B<br />

Station Road, Broadway, WR12 7DE<br />

Tel: 01386 853681<br />

stay@appletreebroadway.co.uk<br />

www.appletreebroadway.co.uk<br />

Mick and June<br />

ROOMS 2 Double, 2 King, 2 Twin,<br />

1 King OR Twin, 1 Single<br />

bathrooms 7 en suite, 1 private<br />

PRICES FROM<br />

CREDIT CARDS Yes<br />

Private car parking, free WiFi<br />

Cotswold Tourism<br />

Partnership Quality Charter<br />

D:£84, K:£104, T:£94, S:£64per room<br />

} b D * ; I v [ Q W k<br />

BED & BREAKFAST<br />

Cotswold Tourism<br />

Partnership Quality Charter<br />

Brymbo<br />

Honeybourne Lane, Mickleton GL55 6PU<br />

Tel: 01386 438890<br />

enquiries@brymbo.com www.brymbo.com<br />

Mrs G Jeffrey<br />

ROOMS 3 double/twin/family<br />

bathrooms 3 en-suite,<br />

PRICES FROM D/T/K £70 - £85 F £108<br />

S/O: £52 - £68<br />

CREDIT CARDS Yes<br />

Brochure On request.<br />

Reductions for children under 11.<br />

= } b q f C * I Q W k<br />

See advert<br />

above<br />

Rose Cottages 1&2 HHHH<br />

cottages4you<br />

Two charming 18th century thatched cottages.<br />

One double and one twin room each.<br />

Delightful gardens. Beamed sitting rooms with<br />

inglenook fireplaces. 5 mins walk to shops.<br />

Prices from £428 p/w.<br />

Credit cards accepted<br />

Westington, <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>, GL55 6EG Tel: 0345 268 0763<br />

www.cottages4you.co.uk (Refs NVU & 28440)<br />

SELF-CATERING<br />

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<strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong> - the Cotswolds’ hidden gem with a wealth of history at the head of the<br />

Cotswold Way - an idyllic centre for easily accessing the Cotswolds’ towns and villages,<br />

Stratford-upon-Avon and Shakespeare Country, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Shakespeare Country,<br />

Warwick, Worcester, the Malvern Hills, Oxford, Woodstock and even Bath.<br />

Cotswold Charm’s 6 cottages sleep 2, 4, 6 & 8 are mainly on the western edge of <strong>Chipping</strong><br />

<strong>Campden</strong> and in the tranquil and picturesque hamlet of Westington, all within no more than<br />

a 7 to 8 minute walk to the curved High Street, its inns, restaurants, shops & attractions.<br />

Stable Cottage ( sleeps 4 )<br />

Old Granary ( sleeps 2 to 4 )<br />

George Barn ( sleeps 4, 6 or 8)<br />

<br />

Over the Arches (sleeps 4-6 )<br />

<br />

Tally Ho ( sleeps 2 )<br />

Tally Ho View ( sleeps 2 )<br />

<br />

A A<br />

4—Star<br />

Self catering<br />

Proprietor: Michael Haines George Barn, Blind Lane, <strong>Chipping</strong> <strong>Campden</strong>, Glos. GL55 6ED<br />

Tel: 01386 840164 Mobile/Text: 07889 649812 Email: info@cotswoldcharm.com<br />

Visit our website: www.cotswoldcharm.com<br />

A A<br />

4—Star<br />

Self catering

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