Chipping Campden is one of the most beautiful and historic wool market towns of the North Cotswolds. It is famous for the curving high street and mellow stone houses and sits in a fold in the Cotswold Hills, straddling the River Cam in an area of outstanding natural beauty, the surrounding countryside is breathtaking. Cultural events are held throughout the year, such as the Chipping Campden Music Festival, the Open Gardens weekend and the Robert Dover's Olimpick Games, described as “the first stirrings of Britain’s Olympic beginnings”. Stratford on Avon and Blenheim Palace, the birthplaces of Shakespeare and Churchill, are cultural gems situated nearby, as are the dreaming spires of Oxford. Cheltenham and the famous racing festival lie 15 miles away.Places of Historic InterestBlenheim Palace, Woodstock Broadway Tower, a folly situated 1024 (312m) above sea level, it is the second highest point on the Cotswold ridgeChastleton House, Moreton-in-Marsh (National Trust) Chedworth Roman Villa Dover's Hill, a natural limestone amphitheatre and venue for the annual Cotswold Olimpick gamesShakespeare's Stratford Tourist office at Bridgefoot Snowshill Manor, Snowshill Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe Upton House, Edge Hill Warwick Castle, Warwick GardensBatsford Arboretum, Batsford - a rare and beautiful collection of trees, shrubs and wildflowers - particularly stunning in October and NovemberBourton House Gardens, Bourton-on-the-Hill Hidcote Children and FamiliesCotswold Wildlife Park, Burford Miniature Village and Birdland, Bourton-on-the-Water Cotswold Farm Park and Guiting Power Steam Railway, Toddington, Nr WinchcombeGolfBrailes Golf Club, Sutton Lane, Brailes, near Banbury : Broadway Golf Club, Willersey Hill, Broadway, Worcs (5 minute drive)Burford Golf Club, Burford, Oxon Chipping Norton Golf Club, Southcombe, Chipping Norton Horse Racing at Cheltenham, Stratford and Warwick racecoursesHorse Riding ~ lots locallyTheatreRoyal Shakespeare Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham Chipping Norton Theatre, Chipping Norton Apollo Theatre, Oxford Oxford Playhouse, Oxford Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry Theatre Royal, Bath