Castle Combe

A Cotswold stone village in the By Brook valley, with a market cross at its heart and almost nothing built since about 1600.

From King's Cross St Pancras: 2 h 46 min by train · 2 h 43 min by car

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Time there: 1–1.5 h to see all 2 places

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St Andrew's Church

Church · A Grade I listed 15th-century church with a pinnacled tower, a crusader-era effigy and a faceless medieval clock.

Market Cross and The Street

Old streets · The 14th-century market cross and the row of stone cottages running down beside the By Brook are the view the village is famous for.

Quick facts

Often called the prettiest village in England, it has Cotswold stone cottages along the By Brook and no new houses in its historic centre since about 1600.

The village has been a film location for Doctor Dolittle, War Horse, Stardust and Slow Horses, where it plays Upshott.

St Andrew's Church, Grade I listed and built mainly in the 15th century, keeps a working medieval clock with no face.

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