The 'edge' of the Cotswolds

Emerging from the freezing mist here in Gloucestershire is the tower of St Mary's, the parish church of Wotton-under-Edge. This historic market town gets the ‘edge’ in its name from its position, tucked snugly beneath the high Cotswold escarpment, an outcrop of Jurassic rocks. Nestled between hills and woodland and positioned on the 102-mile Cotswold Way footpath, it’s a popular spot from which to explore the wider Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, England’s second-largest protected landscape.
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