From the Digest
Features, guides, and local recommendations from across the Cotswolds.
Proper Christmas markets, light switch-ons and late-night shopping across the Cotswolds, with dates, times and details to help you plan.
By Alex Twist
A warm, theatrical circus experience in the heart of the Cotswolds. We review Giffords Circus at Stratton Meadows, from parking and prices to the acts, atmosphere and whether Waterfield is worth seeing.
By Alex Twist
By Alex Twist
A family visit to Cotswold Wildlife Park near Burford — the animals, the setting, practical tips, and why it earns its reputation as one of the best family days out in the Cotswolds.
By Cotswold Digest
Football golf sounds slightly ridiculous until you do it. We tried it at Cricklade House Hotel near the Cotswolds — £10 each, a map that needed decoding, a pen that gave up after two holes, and genuinely good fun. The activity delivers. The course needs work.
By Alex Twist
Set just outside Cirencester on the road towards Bibury, Abbey Home Farm is more than a café with a farm shop attached. Our honest account of a visit to the café, the shop, and the grounds.
By Cotswold Digest
Set just off the main road between Cirencester and Stroud, Jolly Nice has real personality and real potential. Our honest account of a Sunday morning visit to the farm shop and café.
By Cotswold Digest
Cirencester Market Place filled with classic cars, sunshine, live music and one very memorable Morris Minor van.
By Cotswold Digest
We visited the South Cerney Duck Race 2026 for a sunny village day of food stalls, live music, crowds, community spirit and hundreds of yellow ducks racing down the stream.
By Cotswold Digest
By Alex Twist
By Alex Twist
By Alex Twist