Welcome to the Town of
Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow-on-the-Wold is a small, but
well-known, market town of about 2000 people set in the Cotswold Hills and near
the north-east corner of the English
Set on a hill top, it stands beside the
Like many of the Cotswold towns and
villages, the houses were built with the very distinctive mellow Cotswold stone
from the local quarries. Many of the buildings date back to the 16th century.
Stow-on-the-Wold lies
between
St Edwards Church was built between
the 11th and 15th centuries, and the 88' high tower was completed in 1447.
St Edwards Hall was built in 1878,
and now houses the Public Library as well being the venue for many activities
in the spacious upstairs hall (see What's on in Stow).
For more information about
Stow-on-the-Wold's rich history, visit the Stow-on-the-Wold History
page, and to see how the town is working towards its future, take a look at our
Community Projects page
(also contains news of roadworks).
The main-line railway to London
Paddington has stations at Kingham (4 miles) and Moreton-in-Marsh (4 miles).
For a more historic and
nostalgic railway journey, Stow-on-the-Wold is only ten miles from the steam
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway at Toddington.
See How to Find Us for
road travel information or click
here for maps of the local area
For the tourist, nearby
places to visit include Moreton-in-Marsh,
Bourton-on-the-Water, Chipping Campden, Winchcombe, Broadway, Northleach, Cirencester, Tewkesbury,
Evesham, Stratford-upon-Avon, Chipping Norton, Banbury, Burford,
Closest of all are the villages
of Broadwell, Donnington, Longborough, Condicote, Upper and
Lower Swell, Maugersbury, and Upper and
For telephone numbers of
local organisations and services see our Local Contacts page.
If you wish to follow a
link to one of the places mentioned here or on another page, please look at our
Links to other Sites.
For information about local
shopping and commerce, including the antiques trade, visit
"Stow-on-the-Web", provided by the Chamber of Commerce, or
"Completely-Cotswold.com/Stow".
Photographs provided by
courtesy of local resident Bob Sharp, and others.
These pages are provided by
the Town Council of Stow-on-the-Wold.
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Email The Town Council: info@stowonthewold.net |
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This page was last updated on03/04/2008 |
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