Bourton-on-the-Water: A quaint and popular village in the English Cotswolds.
Bourton-on-the-Water, Cotswolds, England. This evening, I am posting information on Bourton-on-the-Water, a quintessentially English village and popular visitor attraction in the Cotswolds, about 83 miles N.W. of London and 25 miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon . Bourton has a population of about 3300 and is located in Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village straddles the River Windrush which is spanned by a series of low bridges. Many of the houses are traditional honey-coloured, sourced from local Jurassic limestone. There is a record of the village in AD 714. ‘Bourton’ indicates a fortified place, probably connected to the nearby hill-fort. The affix obviously refers to the River Windrush. Bourton is well endowed with hotels, tourist accommodation, eateries and unique visitor attractions which include: Birdland. Model Village Exhibition. Model Railway Exhibition. Motor Museum and Toy Collection. Dragonfly Maze. Greystones Farm Nature ...