Famous Gardens. Places to Stay. Places to Eat. Location Map. Follow CotswoldInfo. Bourton-on-the-Water Attractions Birdland - Is an authentic zoo for birds, with a remarkable collection of penguins, some of which have come from the owner's islands in the South Atlantic. Greystones Nature Reserve Greystones is a cattle farm managed along organic principles with grazing, silage and hay cutting making up the principle farming system.
Bourton-on-the-Water Walking Route 4 miles approx 2 hours Three small rivers, a nature reserve and a maze in a church. From the village green, walk along the High Street towards the Parish Church. After yards, you arrive at a road. Turn left and walk to the junction with the A Cross the A at the traffic lights, turn right and walk for 30 yards.
Turn left to pass through a gate into a field. Note the footpath sign. Follow the path over two fields to Lower Slaughter. The village lies on your left so walk a short distance upstream along the river. The best way to return to Bourton-on-the-Water is to retrace your steps. When the road becomes a stony track, continue ahead. The aim is to get to the centre of the maze, along half a mile of winding pavement, but there are questions to be answered along the way in order to find the Golden Dragonfly at the end.
Opened in , and created by an ex-landlord of the pub, the model village is a one-ninth scale replica of Bourton itself. Complete with the River Windrush, two churches, pubs, shops and more, the model village shows Bourton off in all its glory, albeit in miniature form! If you enjoy long walks and want to get out of the busy village centre, there are a variety of hikes and walking trails around Bourton-on-the-Water.
One of the most popular walking routes is the Bourton to Slaughters walk which takes in the nearby villages of Lower Slaughter and Upper Slaughter , passing fields, rolling hills and the River Eye along the way. Both of these villages are great places to tick off your Cotswolds bucket list and this circular 6. Greystones Nature Reserve is another place to escape the crowds, and is a real hidden gem.
Situated at The Old Mill, the museum is home to over 40 rare and classic cars and bikes, with the oldest dating back to the early s. There are also various temporary exhibitions throughout the year, and a gift shop and toy collection. Bourton-on-the-Water can get extremely busy and a little overwhelmed with tourists during peak season.
So why not escape the summer crowds and head to the village during winter instead? The annual Christmas lights switch-on usually takes place on the first Friday of December, where the village twinkles with fairy lights and carol singing can be heard. The true landmarks of Bourton-on-the-Water are the five bridges that cross the River, all constructed of local stone.
At the western end of the village green is Mill Bridge built in and originally called Broad or Big Bridge. Next is the footbridge in the centre of the village green called High Bridge and was built in This is followed by Paynes Bridge built in The footbridge, which stands close-by, is called New Bridge and was built in by a local benefactor, named George Frederick Moore who had been a successful tea planter.
In , opposite the Old New Inn, the Coronation Footbridge was built to replace an earlier wooden structure dating back to When the railway was built to connect Cheltenham to the Midlands, a Mr.
Pulham used a horse-drawn charabanc service to bring visitors from the industrial Midlands over the hills from Cheltenham to Bourton-on-the-Water. The very first tourists were on their way to see the Cotswolds. Though the railway station closed in , Pulhams coaches remain part of local life and visitors still come to see our lovely village.
Established Info Services. History of Bourton-on-the-Water. The inn is new no longer; it dates to Behind the New Inn is another popular visitor attraction; a model village, recreating the entire village of Bourton in miniature one-ninth scale, down the most accurate detail.
The model village took 5 years to build and was opened on Coronation Day, At the far end of the village green, near the large war memorial, is the Cotswold Motor Museum, featuring historic vehicles from the early 20th century, including vintage and classic automobiles, motorcycles, and caravans. The museum is housed in the former blacksmith shop used by the Alldays firm from the s. See a recreation of an early garage operated by Jack Lake, Bourton's first mechanic.
There is a programme of 'guest' vehicles, with past guests including James Hunt's F1 car, and the model for Wallace and Gromit's vehicle in 'The Revenge of the Were-rabbit'. Many of the villages that line the High Street date to the 18th and 19th centuries and most are built of the local golden-coloured Cotswold stone, which gives a wonderful warm glow, especially in sunlight.
If you walk along the High Street, past the green, the domed Georgian tower of St Lawrence parish church comes into view. Opposite the church is Bourton Manor, visited by Charles I on several occasions. Bourton's vicar was Thomas Temple, who also served as a chaplain for the royal household and as a tutor to the king's children.
The future Charles II came here in , at the height of the Civil War, and stayed at the manor while his soldiers camped where the Cotswold School's playing fields now stand. A short walk down the High Street from the churchyard brings you to The Mousetrap, a traditional 18th-century inn with blackened beams in the bar.
This is famously the only pub in Britain named The Mousetrap. Local tradition has it that novelist Agatha Christie once visited the inn. Christie, of course, authored 'Mousetrap', a play which has been running continuously in London since Most local people simply call it 'The Fosse'.
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