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• Stroud

  When Laurie Lee wrote of his childhood in the Slad Valley, just outside Stroud, he immortalised this corner of England, and brought it to the attention of the wider world. People have continued to flock here ever since. read more

• Stonehouse

  Stonehouse must have been a fair sight when William the Conqueror's Domesday Book was written in 1086. For there, surrounded by lovely countryside, was a manor house built in stone - quite different from the many wattle and daub buildings that were normally found. And so the area was named "Stanhus" in the great book. Today, that name has little changed: from Stanhus to Stonehouse. read more

• Painswick

  Painswick's churchyard is one of the most beautiful in England, famed for its yew trees which date back over 200 years. Indeed some were planted as long ago as 1714. read more

• Nailsworth

  The old woollen merchants who left their mark on so much of the Cotswolds, must surely haunt Nailsworth as almost no other town. It was an important centre for clothiers, and many mills line the waterway that runs through it. Hopefully, they would be reassured bythe good use their factories have been put to. read more

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