Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Cotswold · Region: South West
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| Place | Bourton-on-the-Water |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Cotswold |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.884854 |
| Longitude | -1.758019 |
| Place Type | Village |
Bourton-on-the-Water unfolds as a series of low-slung, honey-coloured limestone facades mirrored in the shallow, clear currents of the River Windrush. It lies 3.5 miles south-south-west of Stow-on-the-Wold (from Stow-on-the-Wold: bearing 206°T, OS grid SP 167 207), and is situated south of Lower Slaughter village. The water runs over a bed of polished stones, cooling the air that drifts past the Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection, where the stillness of vintage metal sits in sharp contrast to the restless, liquid motion of the stream. Visitors often walk toward The Model Village, a miniature stone-wrought echo of the streets they have just traversed, offering a strange, silent perspective on the architecture of the place. Beyond the bankside, the landscape flattens into the expansive, ancient footprint of the Salmonsbury Camp, where the earth still holds the hidden geometry of an Iron Age fortified enclosure. The light here catches the pale, porous oolite, turning the walls to a warm, buttered gold as the afternoon sun wanes. Bourton-on-the-Water retains a composure born of centuries, its rhythm defined by the persistent, soft bubbling of the river against the low bridges. A quiet gravity anchors the ground, reminding those who pass that the limestone beneath their feet was once the floor of a prehistoric sea.
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Explore Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.884854, -1.758019. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |