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Northleach Market Town located in
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Northleach is a small town in the
Cotswolds, within easy access of Cheltenham, Oxford, Gloucester, Cirencester,
Stow on the Wold and Bourton on the Water.
It is an ideal stopping over
place for those keen to explore the many attractions in the area, and is within
easy access of the M40 to London, M5 south to Bristol or M5 north to Birmingham.
The Cotswolds
is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) which means
it is recognised
as being some of our finest countryside and is protected as a special
landscape, of national importance.
A Special Place
- The
Cotswolds AONB covers 2.038 sq kms (790 sq miles)
- People have
lived here for more than 6,000 years
- Today most
of the area Is farmland
- More than
half of the country's flower-rich Jurassic limestone grassland is
in the Cotswolds
- There are
Internationally important beech and yew woods
- Cotswold
stone buildings are known alt over the world
- Dry stone
watts cover more than 6,000 kms (4,000 miles)
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