Chipping Campden
The best-preserved wool town in the Cotswolds, with a 1627 market hall and a curved high street. It is the starting point of the Cotswold Way.
Chipping Campden is a prosperous town built on the medieval wool trade. Its curved main street is lined with honey-coloured stone houses from the 14th to 17th centuries, and it is considered the best-preserved street in the Cotswolds. The market hall in the centre dates from 1627, and the stone slabs under its arcades have been worn uneven by footsteps. St James' Church to the north is a typical 'wool church'. The town is the northern starting point of the 164-km Cotswold Way, whose end is in Bath. It lies about 8 km from Broadway Tower, and the two can be visited together.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Broadway Tower
- Stow-on-the-Wold
- Upper and Lower Slaughter
- Bourton-on-the-Water
- Sudeley Castle
- Burford
- Bibury
- Cirencester