Heart of The Cotswolds tour, with pub lunch
Savour and enjoy a truly memorable experience of the Cotswolds with your own private guided tour. Combine icons such as Stow on the Wold and The Slaughters with plenty of hidden villages and country pubs which lie off the beaten track and typical tourist trails.




About your Private Day Tour
The Cotswolds are famous worldwide for their beautiful stone walls and villages. With our Cotswolds born local driver guide you’ll combine the classic sights of The Cotswolds with journeys off the beaten track to discover the true heart of this stunning area.
Your day begins with morning coffee in a rustic Cotswolds stone barn before exploring places that include Stow on the Wold, Lower Slaughter and Upper Slaughter and a host of less well known villages, equally if not prettier. There will be plenty of opportunities to pause and stroll and take photographs, crowd free.
You’ll combine your tour of the heart of The Cotswolds with a delicious pub lunch (included) at one of our handpicked Cotswolds country inns.
Price:- For two guests from £495 per person, for 3 guests from £365 per person with your own private guide. For solos, and 4 to 6 guests please enquire.
Included:- Pick up and return Kemble Train Station (for connections to London Paddington in 69 minutes), or your accommodation by arrangement, a warm expert local driver guide, a day’s private tour for you and your party, incorporating Stow on the Wold, The Slaughters and hidden local villages, morning coffee and a pub lunch and drink.
Practicalities
Pick up - Suggested
9.50 am from Kemble train station (Connections to London Paddington in 69 minutes)
Alternatively, we can arrange pick up and drop off from your accommodation / location.
Return
To Kemble Train Station 4.30 to 5.30 pm.
Refreshments and lunch included
Are included with morning coffee and a light pub lunch and drink.
Availability
This tour is available to book all week, Sunday through to Saturday.
How to book
Please complete our enquiry form →
Combine the classic sights of the heart of The Cotswolds with beautiful stone villages which lie off the tourist trail.
Why not add an overnight stay and enjoy Stonehenge the next day?
Explore more deeply, add an overnight stay at one of our handpicked country inns or hotels and enjoy the wonders of Stonehenge the following day.
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Itinerary
9.30 am You’ll be met and welcomed at Kemble Train Station in the Cotswolds (69 minutes direct to London Paddington) or your accommodation.
Mid morning – Enjoy coffee in a rustic Cotswolds barn, a delightful setting as we talk over the day’s plans.
We take a scenic drive through less well known but equally as pretty and historic villages of The Cotswolds, pausing on route for a short stroll and to take photographs.
Late morning – Visit the Cotswolds wool town of Northleach. Here we’ll take a short stroll and explore the stunning church.
1 pm A delicious lunch at a country pub
In the afternoon enjoy a scenic drive through a variety of beautiful Cotswolds villages that will lead us to the iconic Stow on the Wold. Time here to explore at your leisure.
Onwards, to spectacular villages including Lower and Upper Slaughter and others which lie off the tourist trails. Enjoy these before we return you to Kemble train station for your onward travel or your accommodation.
This tour is perfect if you have one day available. If you have longer to spend, do take a look at our 1 night 2 day tour, Story of The Cotswolds.
https://driveandstroll.co.uk/tour/the-story-of-the-cotswolds-1-night-2-days/
