Wakacyjny najem w Heythrop

We've updated this experience to ensure social distancing can take place, limited group sizes down to 2 from the same household and moved some of the activity outdoors. Experience the natural beauty and iconic scenery of the unmissable Cotswolds, from the green rolling hills to honey-coloured limestone villages. Escaping the tourist trail, this guided visitor experience gets to the very heart of the Cotswolds, meeting food and drink producers and living like a local. Take in the wide open views from top of the Cotswold escarpment, visit a distillery to sample local gin and whisky and see how its made. This unique experience takes your on a journey visiting Chipping Campden, Broadway Tower, The Cotswolds Distillery, Snowshill and less well-known villages of Ratley and Ebrington. Enjoy a locally sourced ploughman’s cheese and ham lunch in an award winning English pub with a pint of the local beer, followed by a visit to a Cotswold vineyard to sample a local sparkling wine, before returning back to Banbury railway station. Ideal for visiting the Cotswolds if you are staying in London. We can time the experience around your train arrival and departure. Other things to note If there is somewhere on the trip you would especially like to visit please let us know and we can see if we can fit this in too.

Larkswold is a Cotswold Crafting destination for those who wish to experience a workshop in a relaxing and restorative environment, run by friendly, well-informed locals. During our Candle Making Workshop you will learn how to make poured candles, adding essential oils, colours & your choice of decorations to ensure your candles are totally unique to you. Ideal for gifts or to keep! This activity is ideal for couples, or families with children over 10 years. Long wooden tables in our beautifully decorated marquee allow plenty of space, and the coffee is always on to enjoy with our delicious homemade cakes, all included. Our aim is to send you away feeling rejuvenated, refreshed & happy with your creations, and with a wealth of local knowledge! Other things to note You do not need any experience to successfully make your own candles. We will lead you through the process.

Discover the beauty of the Cotswolds with the help of a local artist. We will meet at a location around Historic Burford, being guided by the elements! I will bring a stock of paper, a variety of drawing implements, and things to sit on, but please bring your own sketch book and pencils if you would prefer. We will spend the time exploring beautiful locations of iconic Burford and the surrounding area. (Wet-weather options will be available if necessary). Working in a small relaxed group, the inspiring yet intimate relationship with your sketchbook will be revealed to you, and you will go away with a lasting and unique memory of the Cotswolds far beyond the average tourists' experience. Other things to note We shall spend the time outside, hopefully whatever the weather, so have suitable clothing, suncreams, comfortable shoes, and some drinks and snacks with you. Ideally, bring your own sketchbook, the sketches you produce will mean far more to you if you can preserve them in a book.

Spend some wild time in the woods learning to craft the perfect campfire. This fire craft experience is an amazing activity for families and small groups of up to 6 people. Everyone can join in, have fun and learn new skills together. Sitting around a campfire brings people together and crafting your own fore adds a sense of adventure. Your group session will be led by a highly experienced instructor who will take you through the stages of building a fire – tailored to the age and abilities of your group. You will have your own rustic shelter – so you can craft your fire in any weather. Once your fire it lit you can toast marshmallows around the fire or spend time roaming our woods, look for the deer, squirrels and foxes, build dens or have a go on our giant swing. After a brief fire safety discussion, our skilled instructors will tailor the experience to suit your group. For families with younger children the fire craft will focus on what is needed to start a fire, how to get the right materials together and start it without using a match. Older kids and adults will be coached on axe and knife skills, to safely chop some logs and craft kindling that will really get a fire burning.

We've updated this experience to ensure social distancing can take place, limited group sizes down to 2 from the same household and moved some of the activity outdoors. Step inside a 15th century Cotswold thatched cottage to learn to bake English scones. See how the owners of the cottage have lovely restored the old farm labourer’s home and hear stories of the cottage’s ancestry. Whist enjoying making the scones using vintage cooking utensils in the cottage kitchen, there is also chance to sample some local English wine, while waiting for the scones to bake in the oven. While the scones are cooling, enjoy a short guided walking tour around the Cotswold ironstone village of Hanwell, visiting a 13th century church and a castle where King James l and Oliver Cromwell both stayed, followed by your cream tea picnic with homemade jam and clotted cream in the Oxfordshire countryside. Other things to note Come hungry for history, heritage and of course scones with lashing of homemade jam and clotted cream! Yum!