From Winston Churchill to British and American war heroes, traitor kings, witchcraft and murder to Harry Potter.
Behind the world-famous beauty of the English Cotswolds are found dark secrets and mysterious, untold stories.
All this is waiting to be explored on our unique Cotswold Historical Guided Tours.
MORNING TOUR departs 9am from Moreton-in-Marsh
Batsford, Blockley, Chipping Campden, Snowshill, Long Compton, Great Rollright, Hook Norton, Great Tew
“A wonderful 5-star experience”. This historical guided tour combines a great day out in the beautiful English Cotswolds with the dark shadows of monster dictators who once set Europe ablaze and still might again.
We’ll meet the heroes who saved us and those who chose betrayal.
Winston Churchill went ballistic about a genius hero of D-Day, Chipping Campden
World-famous Overlord Embroidery, conceived in Batsford
Little Compton hideaway for a traitor king and his American lover
Hollywood makes snowfall in July, Snowshill
Sinister Nazi friends of British Royals, Little Compton
Vladimir Putin’s gratitude to "the best spy we ever had”, Great Rollright
‘Blood and Guts’ Patton’s secret visit to Blockley, 1944
U.S. 6th Armored Division, Operation Overlord training, Moreton-in-Marsh
Chastleton House, scene of a great escape
Chipping Campden’s Market Hall
Lavender used in Roman soldiers' First Aid kits, near Broadway Tower
Americans heading for Utah Beach from Moreton-in-Marsh
Hook Norton Brewery dray horses still haul beer
Hero soldiers of the Red Ball Express, Sezincote
Hagrid and Harry Potter’s motorbike and sidecar, Northwick Park
Oppenheimer’s deadly stolen secret, Great Rollright
Durham Light Infantry, ‘Dirty Little Imps’, Long Compton into blitzkrieg
Mystery crash of Flying Fortress, Great Rollright
A Royal bus stop
Remember Adlestrop
Anglo-Saxon pond in Wyck Rissington
Battle of Agincourt hero’s tomb, Icomb
Elton John ‘Rocket Man’ lifts-off, Moreton-in-Marsh
Execution of King Charles set in motion after the Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold
Genesis of QI, Falkland Arms, Great Tew
Forgotten massacre, Wereth Eleven, Over Norton to Belgium 1944
The Fosse Way, once the frontier of the Roman Empire
Upper Slaughter, once home to U.S. 6th Armored medics
Doors of Durin, Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Stow-on-the-Wold
Punishment by stocks is still legal, Moreton-in-Marsh
Secret lost paradise, Donnington
Spitfire legacy, Lower Slaughter
Rollright Stones Saxon lady
Upper Slaughter bombed by the Luftwaffe
Where the Battle of Waterloo was won
AFTERNOON TOUR departs Moreton-in-Marsh 12.30pm
Moreton-in-Marsh, Stow-on-the-Wold, The Slaughters, Wyck Rissington, Adlestrop, Rollright Stones, Chipping Norton, Great Tew
“Michael did a wonderful job of showing us unique places and filling us in on the history”.
This guided tour explores the myths, legends and secrets of the Cotswolds. Who was the witch of Rollright? Why is this landscape actually Middle Earth from Lord of the Rings?
Trip Advisor review 2023
We promise an unforgettable day out for all the family
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