Located under an hour from Bristol, Stow-on-the-Wold is quintessential England. A large proportion of original stone homes built in the traditional yellow Cotswold stone and set in a small village centred around the public library and church. My research states that most of these homes date from the 16th century. The town is located in the Cotswold Hills of Gloucestershire and has a population of around 2000 however this number significantly increases in the weekend with bus loads of tourists.
The library is well worth a visit for a large number of stunning paintings of significant people in English history, such as Oliver Cromwell.
If you are into antiques then this town has a large number of stores to browse. Don’t think you are going to get a bargain though although some places do appear to have some reasonably priced items. I would imagine you would have to know your stuff and how to negotiate for a better price.
Finally after over 2 weeks of rain it was a water free weekend. Hooray!