Green rolling hills, dry stone walls, villages of honey coloured stone, riverside meadows ablaze with wild flowers, a landscape dotted with buildings and monuments commemorating figures from the past and market towns alive with the bustle and vitality of modern life. The perfect place to be active or relax and unwind.

Breathtaking natural scenery offering excellent walking, cycling and riding routes to take you through the boundless rolling countryside.

The area has a wealth of attractions and is particularly rich in history and heritage. Blenheim Palace, a World heritage Site, and ancestral home of Winston Churchill is one of England's major attractions, but there are other fine houses with charms of their own - Chastleton House, one of Britain's finest Jacobean houses; Kelmscott Manor, the evocative country home of William Morris; and Rousham House with its fine landscaped gardens.

For those wanting to travel further back in time still there are the mysterious Rollright Stones, a prehistoric stone circle; the Roman Villa at North Leigh; the haunting ruins at Minster Lovell. For the young or the young at heart there is the Cotswold Wildlife Park and Cogges Manor Farm Museum.

Those with artistic inclinations will enjoy Aston Pottery and the Cotswold Woollen Weavers. With a wide variety of museums and so much more you really are spoilt for choice.

The Oxfordshire Cotswolds is a nationally recognised centre for antiques but the lively market towns of Burford, Chipping Norton and Woodstock also boast a whole host of other small speciality shops and boutiques that make shopping here a real pleasure.

Over recent years the area has seen a surge in events large and small to the area with well over a thousand events taking place each year. Notably in 2008, the CLA Game Fair returns to Blenheim Palace and the Cornbury Festival once again look set to impress with musical talent.

With excellent accommodation, ranging from traditional country inns to canal boats and self-catering cottages to campsites as well as quality hotels, the Oxfordshire Cotswolds is the perfect destination for both a day trip or an overnight visit or longer break.

It is also an ideal touring base for Oxford, Stratford, Cheltenham and London.

There are Visitor Information Centres (VICs) in Burford,Woodstock and Witney where our highly trained and professional staff are on hand to answer all your queries and help you plan your visit.

The Oxfordshire Cotswolds has now developed a brand-new user-friendly website www.oxfordshirecotswolds.org making it competitive with destinations across the country.

The website has everything you need to plan a visit to the area from eating out to itinerary planning, as well as the tradition attractions, events and accommodation searches.

For more information on the area, visit www.oxfordshirecotswolds.org