Church of St Mary the Virgin

The Cotswolds


Bibury’s Saxon-built church has been much altered since its original construction, but many 8th-century features are still visible among the 12th-, 13th- and 15th-century additions. It’s just off the B4425 in the village centre.


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1. Arlington Row

0.22 MILES

Bibury's most famous attraction, this ravishing row of rustic cottages – as seen in movies like Stardust – was originally a 14th-century wool store,…

2. Arlington Mill

0.35 MILES

Cloth produced at nearby Arlington Row was sent for de-greasing at this 17th-century mill, beside the trout farm on the west bank of the river. Now a…

3. Bibury Trout Farm

0.35 MILES

At this long-standing trout farm, where the B4425 crosses the River Coln, visitors can wander the grounds and, between 10am and 5pm from April to…

4. Church of St Peter & St Paul

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The grandeur and complexity of this masterpiece of the Cotswold Perpendicular style testifies to its wool-era wealth. Although the chancel and 30m tower…

5. Cotswolds Discovery Centre

5.28 MILES

Housed in Northleach’s Old Prison, at the northwest end of town, the official visitor centre for the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)…

6. Chedworth Roman Villa

5.92 MILES

This large and luxurious Roman villa was rediscovered by a gamekeeper in 1864. Though the earliest section dates to around AD 175, it was at its most…

7. St John the Baptist’s Church

6.52 MILES

One of England's largest parish churches, the cathedral-like St John's boasts an outstanding Perpendicular Gothic tower with flying buttresses (c 1400),…

8. New Brewery Arts

6.58 MILES

At this very central converted Victorian brewery, you can pop in to over a dozen craft studios and observe jewellers, sculptors, glass-blowers and so on…