Plan a trip

A weekend in the Cotswolds with kids

Stay in Stow-on-the-Wold. Day 1: Stanway House and Hailes Abbey near Winchcombe (museum); day 2: Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection and The Model Village.

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Day 1 · the Cotswolds

  1. Stanway House Grade I listed, 5.5 km from Winchcombe
  2. Hailes Abbey near Winchcombe (museum) 3.1 km from Winchcombe 3 km from the last stop
If it rains
Tolsey Museum in Burford

Night 1 · Stow-on-the-Wold

8 bus stops within 400 m

Day 2 · the Cotswolds

  1. Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection in Bourton-on-the-Water
  2. The Model Village in Bourton-on-the-Water Next door to the last stop
Lunch
The Old New Inn in Bourton-on-the-Water
If it rains
Chipping Norton Museum in Chipping Norton

How this plan is made

No one picks these by hand and no one pays to be in them. The planner's rules take the places and roads the Cotswolds's pages rank, for a family, any month: one town to stay in, and each day its best stop with the best ones close to it, two a day, with lunch nearby and an indoor stop if it rains. Distances are as the crow flies, so the road is longer. Check opening times on each place's page before you go. How the ranking works.

Questions

Where should I stay for a weekend with kids in the Cotswolds?

Stow-on-the-Wold. It is the town with the best stops within 15 km for this trip, so you don't pack up every morning. Stow-on-the-Wold: 8 bus stops within 400 m.

What should I do first?

Day 1 is Stanway House and Hailes Abbey near Winchcombe (museum): the best stop for this trip, then the best ones within 5 km of it.

Who picked these places?

Nobody. The same rules make every plan from the places and roads the site ranks with one open formula, and no place pays to be in a plan.

How it works, in full

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