Broadway Tower
An 18th-century castle-style folly on the Cotswolds' second-highest point. On a clear day, you can see more than a dozen counties from the top.
Broadway Tower was built in 1798 to 1799 as an ornamental, castle-style folly on Broadway Hill, about 312 m above sea level. It is the second-highest point in the Cotswolds. The tower houses exhibitions, and on clear days you can see more than ten counties from the top. William Morris, a leader of the Arts and Crafts movement, once holidayed here. Below the tower are a deer park and a Second World War nuclear bunker, both open to visitors. Admission is about £10. The broad main street of Broadway village at the foot of the hill is known as the 'Pearl of the Cotswolds'. You can walk up from the village along the Cotswold Way in about 40 minutes.
Opening hours
About 10:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Chipping Campden
- Upper and Lower Slaughter
- Sudeley Castle
- Stow-on-the-Wold
- Bourton-on-the-Water
- Bibury
- Burford
- Tewkesbury Abbey