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Rail

Train services connect London with Bath (in 90 minutes), as well as Stroud, Cheltenham, Moreton-in-Marsh and Evesham. Stratford-upon-Avon is served by rail from Birmingham. The Birmingham to Bristol line gives an opportunity to reach the Cotswold Way from stations at Ashchurch, Cheltenham, Gloucester, and Cam and Dursley. At the time of writing bus services connect Chipping Campden with the rail network at Evesham, Stratford-upon-Avon and Moreton-in-Marsh.

National Express

National Express coaches serve Bath and Cheltenham.

Bus

Bus routes into and along the Cotswolds are operated by several companies, but since operators are free to change or cancel services provided they give six weeks’ notice to the county councils, it is not possible to give any reliable detailed indication of service provision here. For national bus timetable information call 0871 200 2233 or visit www.traveline.org.uk.

First nights and last nights

Chipping Camden

Chipping Campden is the loveliest of all the Cotswold market towns that owe their elegance to the wool trade. Take a leisurely stroll along the High Street where the walk officially begins. It is lined with historic buildings whose honey-coloured stone is typical of the district. Among the most eye-catching, the 17th-century Market Hall is a prominent feature with its graceful arches; the nearby Woolstaplers’ Hall and Almshouses are both monuments to the silk merchant Sir Baptist Hicks who built Campden House in 1615 (burned down 30 years later in the Civil War) close to the beautiful perpendicular wool church of St James. Today only two gatehouses and two restored Jacobean banqueting houses are all that remain of the Hicks estate. Meanwhile the town has a number of fine old inns, hotels and restaurants.