Your hosts, Caroline & Keith Page, were both born locally and, more or less, have always lived in the area - giving them a great knowledge of where to go and what to see. They can also tell you how to get there! For 19 years, Keith worked as a map maker in Gloucestershire for the Ordnance Survey. Within 10 minutes you could be at; Winchcombe - historic Saxon town with medieval castle, ruins of 13th century Hailes Abbey & well-preserved 4000-year old Neolithic burial chamber. Tewkesbury - Elizabethan town with 12th century abbey & Wars of the Roses battle-field. Cotswold Hills AONB - designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Within 15 minutes you could be at; Cheltenham Spa - Georgian spa town, world-famous music, literature, cricket & horse-racing festivals. Evesham - Elizabethan river-side town. Broadway - A honey-stoned Cotswold village. Back to top of page Within 30 minutes you could be at; Gloucester & Worcester - C11th cathedral cities. Honey-stoned Cotswold market towns and villages - including Stow-on-the-Wold, Chipping Campden, Bourton-on-the-Water & Moreton-in-Marsh. Chedworth - one of the UK's best preserved Roman villas. Within 45 minutes you could be at; Stratford-upon-Avon - Home of William Shakespeare & the Swan Theatre. Warwick - A 'living' medieval castle. Hereford- 12th century cathedral housing world's oldest map, the Mappa Mundi. Royal Forest of Dean - one of England's few remaining ancient forests covering 30,000 acres. Blenheim Palace - ancestral home of the Dukes of Marlborough and birthplace of Winston Churchill.