This area in the heart of England has Herefordshire
and Worcestershire to the north. These sleepy counties of fields
and hedgerows have the Malvern hills to the west, the Cotswolds
to their south and the flat plains of the Severn Valley and the
Vale of Evesham in between.
To the east is Oxfordshire, with its famous university
city of honey - coloured colleges and riverside views. The River
Thames flows through the county with the chalk Chilterns, a wooded
ridge across the south - eastern corner. The Oxfordshire Way
is a 65 mile marked trail across this region from Bourton - on
- the - Water in the Cotswolds to Henley - on - Thames in the
Chilterns.
To the south and west are Wiltshire and Avon,
with wonderful rolling chalk downs, important prehistoric sites
and magnificent stately homes. The beautiful cities of Bristol
and Bath are just 12 miles apart.
To the centre of this region is Gloucestershire
with the Cotswolds characterised by charming villages of mellow
stone, built in folds between the rolling wolds.
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