It’s hard to remember a time when the Cotswolds weren’t the gold standard for a British countryside holiday: the pub-going, hill-walking, Clue-playing kind that draws travelers hand over fist and has yielded some of the best hotels in the UK (more on that later). From the less developed swoops and dells in the south Cotswolds, to the postcard villages in the north, there are plenty of locally treasured restaurants to sniff out.

Some such spots: The Killingworth Castle Pub (a favorite of Alex Eagle , creative director of her eponymous brand who has a house in Woodstock) and Juliet for oysters (recommended by Luke Edward Hall , an artist, designer, and creative director of Chateau Orlando who rents a cottage on the border of Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire). Don’t miss the very many i

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