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Posted in Arts and Crafts, Cotswolds, Heritage on Feb 14th, 2012
William Morris (1834-1896) was a frequent visitor to Broadway during the 1880s. Morris, along with fellow Pre-Raphaelite artists, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, used Broadway Tower on top of the Cotswold escarpment overlooking the village as a summer retreat. Morris began publishing poetry and short stories in 1856 and his poem ‘Love is enough’ [...]
Today is Charles Dickens Bicentenary Day. The day has seen celebrations in Portsmouth, where Dickens was born 200 years ago today, and across all corners of the globe. It is a day to remember Dickens’ connection with the colony of artists in the Cotswold village of Broadway. Broadway resident Fred Barnard illustrated nine Dickens volumes [...]
Posted in Cotswolds, Eco-Tourism, Walking, Wildlife on Feb 3rd, 2012
The Cotswold Voluntary Wardens offer some fascinating guided walks all year round in the Cotswolds AONB. The walks vary in distance and difficulty and are free of charge but donations are always very welcome. The guided walks offer an interesting and most enjoyable way to enjoy the Cotswolds. For a list of February walks click here. Tweet //
Posted in Cotswolds, Cottages, Eco-Tourism, Gardens on Dec 1st, 2011
The new Wychavon Way is being launched in the next couple of weeks and the official finishing place of the popular walk will now be the Village Green in Broadway, where a stone monolith will mark the spot. The Wychavon Way was originally opened to mark The Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977. The route used [...]
Posted in Cotswolds, Cottages, Eco-Tourism on Nov 25th, 2011
Your stay in one of our Cotswold holiday cottages, in the protected landscape of the Cotswolds AONB has a carbon footprint – the quantity of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other climate changing greenhouse gases which are emitted in the burning of fossil fuels for electricity, heating and other activities. You can reduce the footprint of [...]