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The Cotswolds

Minchinhampton sits literally at the heart of the Cotswolds. That glorious corner of England where honey coloured cottages, high rolling hills, beech woods and unspoilt hidden hamlets abound, idyllic rural tranquility. Roman settlements, medieval market towns and Georgian Spas providing heritage and history at every turn.

A superb destination for the tourist and golfer alike. So much to see and do.

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Minchinhampton

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Situated on the eastern fringes of Minchinhampton Common, high above the valleys once prosperous with the production of cloth, this is a very attractive small Cotswold town. Located in southern Gloucestershire 1.5 miles North East of Nailsworth.

Centred on its High Street and old Market Square, the main features of which are the late 17th-century Market House supported on stone columns, the handsome Crown Hotel, and the Post Office, a genuine Queen Anne building.

The interesting church has a truncated spire looking over the Market Square but at the same time stands aloof from it. The church was given Caen's Abbaye aux Dames by William the Conqueror, and then in 1415 passed to Syon Abbey, in whose hands it remained until the Dissolution.

The present building dates from the 12th century and is full of interest. There are old cloth mills in the valleys to the south of Minchinhampton.