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  • Dine at the Manor

    Cotswold Essence dines at the nationally award-winning Conservatory Restaurant at Calcot Manor near Tetbury The Conservatory Restaurant at Calcot Manor was given its 'new look' in May 2004, and despite not knowing what the 'old look' was like, I can't

  • Burglar broke into 103 homes

    THE full extent of a crime spree conducted in numerous North Wiltshire villages by a prolific burglar has been revealed after he was sentenced to a seven-year stretch. David Carlisle, from Modcombe Grove, Henbury, Bristol, pleaded guilty to 103 break-ins

  • Fit for a Queen

    Nothing Typifies the Regent splendour of Cheltenham like the Queens Hotel. Sometimes being a reviewer is a hard job - you get to stay in all the places you've fancied for years! This particularly is a case in point since seeing all the celebrities and

  • Medieval marvel

    Cotswold Essence visits the hotel at the edge of the world-famous Westonbirt Arboretum - what better time of year to visit? I've driven past the Hare & Hounds many times and always thought it a lovely looking place, but never actually made it inside

  • Keeping Christmas local

    Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat... so forget turkeys from Norfolk, as everything you need for a delicious dinner is produced right here in the Cotswolds! Turkey and Geese * Eastbrook Farms Organic Meat Set in the village of Bishopstone on

  • Bags of fun

    Pay Alexia Durtnell a visit and you could bag yourself a right little bargain When Alexia Durtnell started making her own cardigans and bags, little did she know she would soon be turning a fun hobby into a vibrant new fashion business. She is only 28

  • Table Manors

    Cotswold Essence dines at the nationally award-winning Conservatory Restaurant at Calcot Manor near Tetbury The Conservatory Restaurant at Calcot Manor was given its 'new look' in May 2004, and despite not knowing what the 'old look' was like, I can't

  • Table Manors

    Cotswold Essence dines at the nationally award-winning Conservatory Restaurant at Calcot Manor near Tetbury The Conservatory Restaurant at Calcot Manor was given its 'new look' in May 2004, and despite not knowing what the 'old look' was like, I can't

  • From Minch to the Med

    Cotswold Essence discovers a taste of the Mediterranean... in Michinhampton Although it may seem there is nothing in this country to compare to the home-cooked food of rural France, thanks to the eccentric charms of Sophie's Restaurant in Minchinhampton

  • Welcome

    Welcome to issue 5 of Cotswold Essence... online. Call me a big kid, but I get very excited around this time of year. Perhaps it's the anticipation of the fireworks parties around November 5th - and Cirencester's annual shindig is among the best I've

  • Hooray for Hollywell

    With five bedrooms and parking for eight cars, it's a house fit for a movie star... Hollywell House is a five-bedroom £1 million property situated on the edge of the Oxfordshire village of Stanford in the Vale. At the end of a long drive next to the Horse

  • Burglar broke into 103 homes

    THE full extent of a crime spree conducted in numerous North Wiltshire villages by a prolific burglar has been revealed after he was sentenced to a seven-year stretch. David Carlisle, from Modcombe Grove, Henbury, Bristol, pleaded guilty to 103 break-ins

  • Teachers shocked at India bombs

    TCIRENCESTER teachers have told of their shock at witnessing the aftermath of the Indian terrorist bombings. The group from Kingshill School were staying in New Delhi as part of a two week cultural exchange but were on a trip to the Taj Mahal on the day

  • Teachers shocked by India bomb

    CIRENCESTER teachers have told of their shock at witnessing the aftermath of the Indian terrorist bombings. The group from Kingshill School were staying in New Delhi as part of a two week cultural exchange but were on a trip to the Taj Mahal on the day

  • Splash out on this home

    Olympic silver medallist Sharron Davies upped sticks and moved to the Fairford area earlier in the year. Now her six-bedroom barn conversion near Stow-on-the-Wold is up for sale. Hamptons International Country House's Burford department has put a guide

  • Festive Fashion

    The festive season is nearly upon us and fashion stores have some great dresses for the party circuit. Black is back this winter but designers have also created feminine grace and glamour with a range of soft colours in chiffons, silks and satins. Here's