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Lower Slaughter
Lower Slaughter

Lower Slaughter


Summary
A classic Cotswold village, with lovely cottages of Cotswold stone beside the sleepy River Eye.

The village
Lower Slaughter has been called the most beautiful village in England. While that assessment is certainly open to debate, there's no questioning the quiet beauty of this small Cotswold village near Bourton on the Water.

The name of the village may seem disconcerting at first; it has nothing to do with death, but is a modern mangling of the old English for "slough". The only "attraction" in Lower Slaughter is the Old Mill, with its restored water wheel and distinctive red brick tower. The Mill now houses a tea shop, a small store, and museum.

The real attraction of Lower Slaughter is the village itself, with cottages of Cotswold stone beside the slow-moving River Eye, really no more than a stream, crossed by two narrow footbridges.

Lower Slaughter
Lower Slaughter

The church, dedicated to St Mary, is lovely - there's that word again - with a tall spire (see images in the Photo Gallery). An enjoyable footpath joins Lower Slaughter with Upper Slaughter a mile or so away.

For a better look at the beauty of Lower Slaughter, please visit our Lower Slaughter Photo Gallery.

Notes
I have visited Lower Slaughter many times, and always left with a sense of peace. This is truly a beautiful little village. Come at evening of a long summer's day, and watch the golden sunlight strike the Cotswold stone cottages and reflect off the placid waters of the Eye, and see if you don't agree.

Lower Slaughter Photo Gallery >>

Location
off the A429

Location map for Lower Slaughter

Details
Lower Slaughter
Cotswolds
Gloucestershire
England

OS SP163 225


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    Nearest Hotels to Lower Slaughter

Washbourne Court Hotel Lower Slaughter Washbourne Court Hotel - 0 miles away
Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire
Stay from: 100.00
Lower Slaughter Manor - A Von Essen Hotel Lower Slaughter Lower Slaughter Manor - A Von Essen Hotel - 0.2 miles away
Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire
Stay from: 195.00
Lords of the Manor Stow-on-the-Wold Lords of the Manor - 0.6 miles away
Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire
Stay from: 150.00

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Nearest Attractions

Upper Slaughter
0.7 miles (Town)

Bourton on the Water
1.3 miles (Town)

Wyck Rissington
1.6 miles (Village)

Little Rissington
2.5 miles (Town)

Stow on the Wold
2.6 miles (Town)

Icomb
3 miles (Town)

Naunton
3.2 miles (Town)

Notgrove
3.5 miles (Village)

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