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 [...]
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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 [...]
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We are delighted to announce that Broadway Manor Cottages has recently signed up to the ‘Our Land’ sustainable tourism initiative. The site, www.our-land.co.uk, aims to promote local sustainable tourism businesses such as ours that have a commitment to their local landscapes and communities. For further information about our environmentally friendly Cotswold holiday cottages in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding [...]
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Posted in Cotswolds, Heritage on Oct 5th, 2011
93 years ago, during the afternoon of Tuesday 27th August 1918, the Lifford Hall in the Cotswold village of Broadway was full to capacity for an afternoon of music and drama in aid of the Fund for the Relief of Belgian Artists. Arranged by the ‘celebrity’ Amercian stage actress and Broadway resident, Mary Anderson (de [...]
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Posted in Cotswolds, Cottages, Events on Sep 7th, 2011
Many of our guests come to Broadway to enjoy walks along the miles of footpaths in the area but others enjoy either spectating or participating in other sporting activities during their stay. The village has a very fine bowling green at the end of Kennel Lane and a flourishing cricket club on the Snowshill Road [...]
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