The Cotswolds is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty extending from Chipping Campden in the North to Bath in the South.  Most old limestone houses and cottages are listed buildings.

Upper and Lower Slaughter are two secluded and very pretty villages just a few miles from Stow on the Wold. The name ‘Slaughter’ has no violent connections but originates from the Old English for ‘slough’, which is a wet area. There is a working water mill which is now a small museum in Lower Slaughter; and in Upper Slaughter there is St Mary’s – a tiny church. A circular walk around both villages is a distance of just over two miles.

Oddington village dates from Saxon times when it was a cultivated Manor and the church of St Nicholas dates back to the 11th Century although it was extended by the Normans and then later still was partly rebuilt in Gothic Style.  The church possesses an important 14th century wall painting of The Last Judgement  or 'Doom'. Oddington is a mile and half from Stow on the Wold.