Today, I head out to England's 💘 "prettiest village" 💘 in the south of the Cotswolds, Castle Combe 😍. Not only is it pretty, but there is so much to see and do 🚶♂️. In this video I cover all of the sights that this quintisentially English village has to offer 👏 ... including the village itself, the Roman villa, the Roman bridge, the church, the Manor House, the castle and the race circuit 😁
Chapters:
00:19 - Intro
01:23 - Location in the Cotswolds
01:42 - Fosse Way
02:33 - Roman Villa
07:09 - Roman Bridge
08:16 - Castle Combe village
10:49 - St. Andrew's Church
14:03 - The Manor House
16:29 - The Castle
27:39 - The Race Circuit
28:28 - Outro
Castle Combe has been called 'The Prettiest Village in England' and with good reason; visitors have been coming to enjoy its charms for at least a century and the small street leading from the Market Cross down to the By Brook is as picturesque today as it ever was.
Castle Combe’s history goes back much further than this though. The site of the castle is above today’s village, but little other than earthworks now mark its one time presence. Originally it was a British hill fort which became occupied by the Romans due to its proximity to The Fosse Way. After the Romans, came the Normans, who built the fort up into a Castle.
By the Middle Ages the village in the valley had become an important centre for the wool industry. The spinsters and weavers lived in the cottages (hence names such as "Weaver’s House") and the river, still known as By Brook, provided the power to run the mills.
In more recent times the village has played host to many filming activities, the most famous of these being ‘Doctor Doolittle’ filmed in and around the village in 1966. More recently the village has had a major role in 'War Horse', 'Stardust','The Wolf Man' and an advert for Solvil et Titus.
The village is also a sanctuary to wildlife as it is a conservation area and enjoys the beauty of nature at its very best.
The village houses are all of typical Cotswold type, constructed in stone with thick walls and roofs made from split natural stone tiles. The properties are many hundreds of years old and are listed as ancient monuments. Strict rules apply to preserve the beauty and character of Castle Combe for later generations to admire.
Castle Combe is situated on the southern-most edge of the Cotswolds and is approximately 12 miles from the Georgian city of Bath. Nearby there are many sites of historical interest such as Avebury, Stonehenge and the Wiltshire White Horses.
The stately homes and gardens of Bowood House, Longleat and Stourhead are also well worth a visit.
And Castle Combe presents this charming scene,
of hill, woods and meadows cloth'd in green.
Here grand terrestrial scenes, almost celestial nice,
makes Castle Combe, sweet vale, an earthy Paradise.
By Edward Dowling (19th Century)
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Truckle Hill Roman Villa: [ Ссылка ]
St. Andrew's Church: [ Ссылка ]
Race Circuit: [ Ссылка ]
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