Burford, United Kingdom Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Nine miles north of Lechlade you get your first real taste of the Cotswolds at BURFORD , where the magnificent High Street, which slopes down to the bridge over the River Windrush , holds every variety of golden Cotswold stone. Try to avoid visiting the town in summer, when cars and tourists battle for space, though the huge parish church , originally Norman but remodelled in the fifteenth century, is a delight at any time. An unusual monument to Henry VIII's barber, Edmund Harman, shows four Amazonian Indians, said to be the first representation of native Americans in Britain. Spare a morning to follow the … more »