Photo: Sheep in the paddock

If you prefer to avoid the hustle and crowds of the big cities and are interested in the history of England, there’s no better way to see it than to visit the Cotswolds. What’s a Costwold you ask? Well, technically speaking, it’s a combination of Anglo Saxon words meaning ‘cot’ or sheep enclosure and ‘wold’ or rolling hillside but if you ask anyone who lives in the villages that make up the Cotswold area, they’ll tell you it’s much more than that.