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Cotswolds (także Cotswold Hills) – pasmo wzgórz wapiennych w południowo-środkowej Anglii o długości 145 km i szerokości 40 km. Najwyższe wzniesienie Cleeve Hill ma 330 metrów wysokości. We wzgórzach Cotswolds swój obszar źródłowy ma rzeka Tamiza. Wzgórza są działem wód między dorzeczami rzek Severn i Tamizy. Rejon ...
Cotswolds to obszar ponad 2000 m² w południowo-środkowej Anglii, który objęty jest strefą krajobrazu chronionego Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. I faktycznie jest to obszar wybitnie piękny, który odwiedzany jest corocznie przez tysiące turystów.
History. The largest excavation of Jurassic period echinoderm fossils, including of rare and previously unknown species, occurred at a quarry in the Cotswolds in 2021. [13] [14] There is evidence of Neolithic settlement from burial chambers on Cotswold Edge, and there are remains of Bronze and Iron Age forts. [15]
The Cotswolds – designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Famous for picturesque villages of mellow honey-coloured stone, gentle hills, peaceful pastures and winding rivers. However 362 years ago it was a very different scene, for the Cotswolds were the setting for bloody battles and violent skirmishes during the English Civil War .
27 sty 2023 · The Cotswolds was established as an AONB in 1966, and it is the largest region to hold such a title across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Made up of around 80% farmland, it is clear why the Cotswolds hold such a status.
3 maj 2017 · The Cotswolds was well known throughout Medieval Europe as the source of some of the best wool available. The rolling hills of the region were, and still are, perfect grazing for sheep, and the area became famous for the Cotswold Lion – a native breed of sheep with a distinctive long golden fleece.
7 mar 2016 · Exploring 4,000 years of history across one of Britain’s most iconic landscapes. Everyone knows the Cotswolds, its dramatic escarpment, hills and hidden valleys dancing between the World Heritage City of Bath in the south and Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon in the north.
