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Cotswold House
Things to do

Cycling
Available from early April. Contact Cotswold Country Cycles, Longlands Farm Cottage, Chipping Campden. Tel: +44 (0)1386 438706. www.cotswoldcountrycycles.com or ask at reception.

Walks
Gloucestershire has over 3300 miles of footpaths, bridleways and byways over which you are free to walk, so there is something everyone can enjoy however ambitious you feel. We would be happy to suggest a route, or visit the Tourist Office in the High Street, which can provide information about routes.

Clay Pigeon Shooting
David Gabb, The Old Bakehouse, Lower High Street, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire GL55 6DZ.

Tel: +44 (0)1386 841048.

Quad Bikes, Power Turn Buggies, Clay Pigeon Shooting, Paintballing etc
Rob Ireland Activity Days, Draycott, near Moreton-in-Marsh. Book in advance.

Tel: +44 (0)1386 701683. www.robireland.co.uk

Horse Riding

Willersey Stables, Willersey Road Farm, near Badsey: Modern indoor school. Hacking over 100-acre farm, cross-country course. Five years to adult. Beginners to intermediate, qualified tuition.

Tel: +44 (0)1386 858189

Wood-Stanway (Between Broadway and Winchcombe): Off-road riding through beautiful Cotswold countryside. Tuition if required. All ages and standards.

Tel: +44 (0)1386 584404 (daytime) or +44 (0)1386 584391 (evenings)

Oaklands Riding School, Windmill Farm, Shipston Road, Tysoe: ABRS approved. Near several safe hacking routes / bridle paths. Outdoor all-weather arena. Day courses throughout the summer and during school holidays.

Tel: +44 (0)1295 688045 or (0)1926 640053

Golf

Brailes Golf Club, Sutton Lane, Brailes, near Banbury: On the B4035 between Shipston and Banbury. 18 holes. Visitors welcome weekdays, weekends on request.

Tel: +44 (0)1608 685633

Broadway Golf Club, Willersey Hill, Broadway, Worcs: 18-hole parkland hilltop course, bar and restaurant. Visitors welcome at all times by appointment. Handicap certificate required. Tuition available.

Tel: +44 (0)1386 853683

Burford Golf Club, Burford, Oxon: 18-hole flat parkland course, bar and restaurant. Visitors welcome by appointment, except on Tuesdays and weekends. Handicap certificate required. Tuition available.

Tel: +44 (0)1993 822583

Chipping Norton Golf Club, Southcombe, Chipping Norton: 18-hole dry downland course, bar and restaurant. Visitors welcome on weekdays. Tuition available.

Tel: +44 (0)1608 642383

Naunton Down Golf Club, Naunton, Near Cheltenham: 18-hole, slightly undulating course, bar and restaurant. Visitors welcome at all times. Booking necessary. Tuition available.

Tel: +44 (0)1451 850091

Fishing

Coarse Fishing:

  • Lemington Lakes: Tel: +44 (0)1608 650872. www.fisheries.co.uk/lemington
  • Lyneham Coarse Fishing Lake: Trout Fishing. Tel: +44 (0)1608 658491
  • Salford Trout Lakes: Tel: +44 (0)1608 643209
  • Cornbury Park Fishery, Charlbury: Tel: +44 (0)1608 811509
  • Donington Fish Farm: Tel: +44 (0)1451 830873

Polo

Balloon Flights
Heart Of England Balloons, Cross Lanes Farm, Walcote, Alcester, Near Stratford-upon-Avon.

Tel: +44 (0)1789 488219

Theatre

  • Royal Shakespeare Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. Tel: +44 (0)1789 403403. www.rsc.org.uk
  • Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
  • Chipping Norton Theatre, Chipping Norton
  • Apollo Theatre, Oxford
  • Oxford Playhouse, Oxford
  • Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
  • Theatre Royal, Bath

For Children and Families

Horse Racing

We are surrounded by racecourses at Warwick (www.warwickracecourse.co.uk), Stratford-upon-Avon (www.stratfordracecourse.net) and of course Cheltenham (www.cheltenham.co.uk) where the National Hunt Festival is held in March. Check web sites for details of race days.

Shows and Festivals

The open-air Longborough Opera Festival takes place in June and July (www.longboroughopera.com), and the Royal Show - agricultural and country - is a great day out at Stoneleigh in early July (www.rase.org.uk). During August at Warwick Castle there are jousting weekends throughout the summer (www.warwick-castle.co.uk), and back at Stoneleigh the Town and Country Show takes place over the August Bank Holiday weekend (www.rase.org.uk).

For information about the Stratford upon Avon Literary Festival in April/May go to www.stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk and the Cheltenham Literary Festival, in October, go to www.cheltenhamfestivals.co.uk

Below are a few ideas for a day out:

  • Cheltenham - Regency splendour and fantastic shopping (all day)
  • Warwick Castle (all day)
  • Stratford, including the Birthplace Properties (all day)
  • Cotswold Wildlife Park - Between Burford and Lechlade (all day)
  • Hidcote Manor Gardens and Kiftsgate Gardens, quarter of a mile from each other
  • Broadway including Tower (am) and Snowshill Manor (pm)
  • Bibury (am) and Barnsley House Gardens (pm)
  • Batsford Arboretum (am) and Chastleton House (pm) (Moreton-in-Marsh)
  • Kenilworth Castle (am) and Ragley Hall (pm)
  • Coughton Court (am) and Ragley Hall (pm)
  • Bourton-on-the-Water and the Cotswold Motoring Museum (am) and Chedworth Roman Villa (pm)
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