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Both sit in Crudwell, a few steps apart, and both come with the same warm welcome. The difference is really about how much you want
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Both sit in Crudwell, a few steps apart, and both come with the same warm welcome. The difference is really about how much you want

It’s a straightforward thing to get right, really. A comfortable room. A good breakfast. Somewhere nice to sit outside. A meal in the evening that’s

Cheltenham Racecourse sits in the Cotswold hills, and if you’re staying at Pettifers in Crudwell, you’re cunningly well placed for it. The autumn racing season

The Northern Cotswolds gets most of the attention. Bourton-on-the-Water car parks in July. The Chipping Campden tour-group shuffle Bibury-blocked. Beautiful places, genuinely, but not especially

The southern Cotswolds does this particular kind of weekend very well. You know the shape of it: a proper morning out somewhere beautiful, a walk

Westonbirt is one of those places that people visit once and go back to seasonally for the rest of their lives. Spring blossom, summer shade,

August in Malmesbury is busier than it looks on a map. The town runs its Carnival programme across the whole month; not a single day

If you’re training for an endurance event this summer and looking for somewhere to base yourself, the area around Crudwell puts you within reach of

The Crudwell Strawberry Fayre takes place on the village green, right outside the front door of Pettifers Hotel. In 2026 it’s on Saturday 11th and