Bourton-on-the-Water

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Bourton-on-the-Water
Bourton-on-the-Water (Gloucestershire)
Bourton-on-the-Water

Bourton-on-the-Water shown within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference SP167209
Shire county Gloucestershire
Region South West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER
Postcode district GL54
Dialling code 01451
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance Great Western
European Parliament South West England
Website: http://www.bourtoninfo.com/
List of places: UK • England • Gloucestershire

Coordinates: 51°53′11″N 1°45′32″W / 51.88641, -1.75877

Bourton-on-the-Water is a village in Gloucestershire, England in the picturesque Cotswolds area. It is known affectionately as the Venice of the Cotswolds.

Bourton has a number of tourist attractions:

  • The River Windrush runs through the middle of the village, in landscaped setting and is spanned by several small but very attractive road and footbridges.
  • The model village is an exact 1:10 replica of the village and includes a model of the model village itself (a model within a model).
  • The Model Railway.
  • The Cotswold Motor Museum (home of Brum).
  • Birdland, an ornithological theme park, which is a collection of a wide variety of birds, from penguins through parrots to passerine (perching) birds. Children can feed the large fish. There are regular bird-of-prey displays.
  • The Dragonfly Maze
  • On the fourth Sunday of each month, there is a farmers' market.
A pedestrian bridge across the River Windrush at Bourton-on-the-Water.
A pedestrian bridge across the River Windrush at Bourton-on-the-Water.

Long distance walks start, finish or pass through Bourton-on-the-Water. One such route that begins its 100-mile route north is the Heart of England Way.

Bourton is also home to The Cotswold School, a co-educational comprehensive school.

Part of the one-tenth scale model of the village

A view of Bourton-on-the-Water

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