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The Cotswolds are well known for gentle hillsides (‘wolds’), sleepy villages and for being
so ‘typically English’.
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Berkeley Castle is one of
the most remarkable buildings
in Britain and possibly the
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The Berkeley Arms Hotel is and old coaching inn providing a warm and relaxed atmosphere and set in the historic town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
The town lies in the beautiful vale of Berkeley and provides and ideal base for exploring nearby attractions including Berkeley Castle, historic Gloucester, Cheltenham, Bristol, Bath and the Cotswolds.
BERKELEY CASTLE
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Berkeley Castle is one of the most remarkable buildings in Britain and possibly the most outstanding example of Mediaeval domestic architecture in the country.
Where other Castles were romanticised or "modernised" by the Georgians or the Victorians, Berkeley quietly survived as what it is:
a Norman fortress with an enclosing curtain wall, built and enlarged through the mediaeval period and beyond into a secure, comfortable, substantial home. |
| To find out more about Berkeley Castle, you can visit their main website here to get more information. It is really worth the visit! |
COTSWOLDS
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Popular with both the English themselves and visitors from all over the world,the Cotswolds are well-known for gentle hillsides (‘wolds’), sleepy villages and for being so ‘typically English’.
There are famous cities such as Bath, well-known beautiful towns like Cheltenham and hundreds of delightful villages such as Burford and Castle Combe. Above all, the local honey-coloured limestone, used for everything from the stone floors in the houses to the tiles on the roof, has ensured that the area has a magical uniformity of architecture.
You will see ‘Drystone walls’ everywhere in the fields. Many were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, a matter of considerable skill as there is no cement to hold the walls together. They represent an important historical landscape and a major conservation feature – and are of course still used by farmers to enclose sheep and cattle.
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