Latest articles from Joe Meredith

Afternoon tea in the Cotswolds: 12 of the best places to go

Once the preserve of high society, an afternoon tea is now widely available in cafes, tearooms and restaurants across the UK. This is no less true in the Cotswolds. We pick 12 of the best places to enjoy this indulgent treat in the region

19 famous filming locations in the Cotswolds

Imposing manor houses, quiet medieval villages, idyllic swathes of countryside - the Cotswolds offers a lot for location scouts in the film business. We pick 19 famous filming locations in the Cotswolds, as seen on screens big and small

Top filming locations in the Cotswolds

Imposing manor houses, quiet medieval villages, idyllic swathes of countryside - the Cotswolds offers a lot for location scouts in the film business. Here are the most popular filming locations in the Cotswolds, as seen on screens big and small.

Afternoon tea in the Cotswolds: 19 of the best places to go

Afternoon Tea, once the preserve of high society, is now widely available in cafés, tearooms and restaurants across Britain. This is no less true in the Cotswolds, where you can delight in a cream tea or sip a delicate speciality blend in virtually every town and village in the region. To help you choose, here’s our selection of the best places to enjoy afternoon tea around the Cotswolds.

The best ice cream in the Cotswolds

You might think of the seaside when you think of ice cream, but us landlubbers in the Cotswolds needn’t travel far for a 99. There’s fresh locally-made ice cream being made right across the region, so here’s our pick of the ten best places to grab a scoopful...

The seven wonders of the Cotswolds

The Cotswolds Conservation Board invited the public to nominate their favourite sites from across this pretty region of England. From neolithic stone circles to a popular farmers’ market, here are the seven wonders of the Cotswolds!

Activities for adrenaline junkies in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire might be seen as a sleepy county with rolling green hills and quaint Cotswold-stone villages, but there’s plenty to get your heart racing in this part of South West England. From the vertigo-inducing to the wonderfully weird, here’s our pick of the best activities for adrenaline junkies in Gloucestershire.