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Explore the historic market town of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds with me, as it is a very special town for a number of reasons:
It has a magnificent ‘wool’ church
It has a lovely High Street
The impressive market hall and numerous historic listed buildings
The Cotswold Way footpath begins and ends in the centre of Chipping Campden
The Court Barn Museum
The Arts and Crafts Movement
The Silk Mill
It’s famous people such as C.R Ashlee, the founder of the Guild of Handicraft
Ernest Wilson, the botanist and explorer
The wool merchant William Grevel
The cloth merchant Sir Baptist Hicks
The unusual annual event, the Cotswold Olympicks and the shin kicking competition
It's twin town - Pont- D'Ouilly, Normandy
Nearby are the great gardens of - Hidcote Manor Gardens owned by the National Trust, Kiftsgate Gardens, Sezincote House and Gardens, Batsford Arboretum and Bourton House gardens
www.chippingcampdenonline.org
www.tourandexplore.com
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hidcote www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dovers-hill
www.kiftsgate.co.uk www.sezincote.co.uk www.batsarb.co.uk www.bourtonhouse.com
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