The Cotswolds has always been a special place for David and myself. We’ve spent our entire lives exploring its villages and rolling hills—in every season and every weather. While it certainly has its peak times for walkers and other visitors, we think there’s beauty to be found here at any time of the year 🙂
Alison Howell
Winter is the crunch of hoarfrost underfoot as you step out into cold, crisp air. It’s late sunrises and early sunsets that bathe the still countryside in oranges and reds. Footpaths and villages are quiet while leafless trees stand like sculptures against moody skies. Country inns, trailing woodsmoke from their chimneys, are even cosier, inviting you in to warm up with delicious food in front of a crackling wood fire.
In spring, the countryside bursts back into life. The rolling wolds take on a bright green mantle while woodlands and hedgerows explode with the fresh colours of spring flowers and grasses. The fields echo with the sound of birdsong and newborn lambs. Cool mornings, warm days and a sense of life and renewal in the countryside—that’s springtime in the Cotswolds.
Long warm Cotswolds summers offer plenty of time for unhurried exploration as you wander through lush green fields and meadows full of wildflowers. In villages, cottage gardens look their best; like the fields and hedgerows, they’re bursting with life and colour. Shady woodlands and river valleys tempt you in with cool air and tumbling streams and rivers. Summer is a time to slow down and savour the very best of what the Cotswolds has to offer.
Clear blue autumn skies and hedgerows laden with fruit. Fields of golden wheat, ready to be harvested and a sense of the countryside settling down for winter. The Cotswolds in autumn are more muted, but no less beautiful than summer or spring. In the daytime, you’ll be walking through a landscape of browns, golds, reds and oranges while the cooler nights mean beautiful sunsets, the smell of woodsmoke on the air and a welcome at your local country inns.
If you’d like to hike the beautiful Cotswolds, away from the crowds and the tourist hotspots, visit our trip page or send us an email. We’d love to talk through your plans.
