Best Hotels in
Cotswolds

Once the private home of garden designer Rosemary Verey, Barnsley House is a supremely refined 18-room hotel surrounded by one of England's most celebrated gardens. The spa, cinema, and kitchen garden restaurant make it a destination in its own right.

• Barnsley Village
• Luxury
• Garden

One of England's oldest coaching inns, this magnificent 16th-century hostelry in the showpiece village of Broadway has been welcoming guests since 1532 and today combines its extraordinary heritage with a superb spa and AA Rosette restaurant.

• Broadway
• Historic
• Spa

A 17th-century Cotswold stone rectory in the impossibly picturesque village of Upper Slaughter, Lords of the Manor offers 26 individually furnished rooms, three acres of gardens, and a restaurant of real quality. Romance and seclusion are guaranteed.

• Upper Slaughter
• Country House
• Romance

An elegant Regency townhouse at the top of Chipping Campden's magnificent High Street, with 29 rooms, a superb spa, and a walled garden restaurant. The town itself — one of the Cotswolds' finest — is on your doorstep.

• Chipping Campden
• Spa
• Boutique

A beautifully restored 17th-century inn in the chocolate-box village of Lower Slaughter, with 31 rooms of genuine character, a mill stream running past the gardens, and an award-winning farm-to-fork restaurant. Walking distance to both Slaughter villages.

• Lower Slaughter
• Inn
• Country

Occupying a 17th-century coaching inn in Bibury — a village William Morris called 'the most beautiful in England' — The Swan delivers refined country house comfort beside the River Coln. Its afternoon tea is among the Cotswolds' finest.

• Bibury
• Riverside
• Afternoon Tea

A beautifully relaxed inn in the often-overlooked wool town of Northleach, The Wheatsheaf balances genuine pub character with carefully designed bedrooms and exceptional food. A favourite among those who prefer real local atmosphere over tourist honeypots.

• Northleach
• Inn
• Gastropub

A 16th-century stone manor in Burford — the 'Gateway to the Cotswolds' — offering 23 rooms with exposed beams and stone fireplaces, a walled garden, and a restaurant focused on Cotswold produce. Full of authentic period character.

• Burford
• Historic Inn
• Garden

A classic Cotswold stone inn in the tourist-friendly 'Venice of the Cotswolds', the Old New Inn offers comfortable, well-priced rooms and a reliably good pub menu. An honest, unpretentious base for exploring the central Cotswolds.

• Bourton-on-the-Water
• Inn
• Central

A Victorian mansion with a boldly contemporary interior transformation, Cowley Manor combines 30 idiosyncratic rooms with 55 acres of Capability Brown-esque grounds and an exceptional spa complex with outdoor pools fed by natural springs. One of the Cotswolds' most distinctive stays.

• Cowley
• Design
• Spa

A charming Cotswold stone pub-with-rooms in the quiet market town of Charlbury, The Bell delivers well-priced comfort, a superb local beer selection, and a kitchen that punches well above its weight. Easy train access from Oxford makes it accessible without a car.

• Charlbury
• Pub Rooms
• Budget