See the mag ical Cotswolds with Countryfile’s Adam Henson
YOUR ITINERARY DAY 1 Arrive in the Cotswolds DAY 2 Sezincote House and Batsford Arboretum DAY 3 Cotswolds Farm Park DAY 4 Painswick Rococo
Garden DAY 5 Sudeley Castle and Gardens
THE tranquil rolling countryside of the Cotswolds is home to many of Britain’s most spectacular gardens. On this superb five-day tour, you’ll have the chance to explore some of the best, while enjoying unforgettable experiences among the honey-coloured stone villages and buzzing market towns.
The highlight of your tour will be a special welcome to Cotswold Farm Park from its owner, the Countryfile presenter Adam Henson. Adam was born on the 1,600-acre farm, which belonged to his father Joe, and he now runs it with his business partner Duncan.
Adam, who regularly presents his Adam’s Farm segment on Countryfile from Cotswold Farm Park and has written a number of books, will join you for a private lunch and give a talk about his conservation work and sustainable farming, as well as his role as a TV presenter.
This trip will include an indulgent afternoon tea at the historic Lygon Arms Hotel in beautiful Broadway, and free time to enjoy Chipping Campden, one of the area’s most delightful market towns.
The itinerary also includes visits to Batsford Arboretum, Sezincote
House and Gardens, Painswick Rococo Garden, Grade I-listed Sudeley Castle and Gardens, and Chedworth Roman Villa.
REASONS TO BOOK
Meet Adam Henson: Adam will welcome you to Cotswold Farm Park, which has been in his family for almost 60 years and holds the UK’s leading collection of rare breed animals. He will give a talk about life combining farming and TV presenting.
Join Adam for lunch: At the farm, you will enjoy a delicious private lunch with Adam in the charming setting before you have the opportunity to explore for yourself.
Explore Batsford Arboretum: Home to one of the UK’s first comprehensive bamboo collections, thanks to original wild garden creator A.B. FreemanMitford, Batsford’s display covers a wide range of plants from around the world, with an emphasis on the Far East. There are more than 2,850 labelled specimens, including about 1,300 different trees, such as the eyepopping Japanese maple, and shrubs and bamboos.
Afternoon tea: With its pretty high street lined with horse chestnut trees, a mixture of period houses and picturesque, honey-coloured Cotswolds stone cottages, the beautiful and historic village of Broadway is a memorable place to visit. There you’ll enjoy afternoon tea in The Lygon Arms Hotel, where both
Oliver Cromwell and King Charles I stayed at different times during the English Civil War.
Explore the finest gardens: Visit several of the Cotswolds’ loveliest gardens, including Painswick Rococo Garden and Sezincote House and Gardens. Painswick Rococo Garden was laid out by Benjamin Hyett II, who owned Painswick House in the 18th Century, and was painted by artist Thomas Robins in 1748.
This painting allowed the garden to be restored in the late 1980s under the direction of Painswick’s current owner, Lord Dickinson. Known as ‘India in the Cotswolds’, Sezincote covers 3,500 acres of rolling Cotswolds countryside with a 200-yearold Mogul Indian palace at its centre among a romantic landscape of temples, grottos, waterfalls and canals reminiscent of the Taj Mahal.