Things to do in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
Anyone searching for the heritage of the Middle Ages, will find it in Chipping Campden. Take a walk along High Street and a step back in time.
Varying in size from cottages with dormer windows, to splendid large gabled houses with monastic looking doorways set in stone arches, many retain their original oriel or mullioned windows.
Not surprisingly, offers from visiting tourists have been made to buy it, dismantle and transport it across the world and have it re-assembled - and who could be blamed for wanting this historic 'gem' in their home town.
The Market Hall was built in 1627 by Sir Baptist Hicks, later first Lord Campden, his family owned it until 1942 when it was purchased by the National Trust.
His gift of the attractive Alms Houses just off High Street were built in 1624, they survive in excellent condition.
During the Civil War Sir Baptist ordered the house to be burnt down, declaring he would rather have it burnt to the ground than fall into the hands of the Parliamentarians.
The tall nave arcades with soaring columns, the clerestory and chancel arch were built with fine craftsmanship in the 15th century, when Campden's prosperity from the wool trade was at its zenith.
Sir Baptist Hicks presented the pulpit in 1612, and later, the Flemish-made brass lectern. The South Chapel contain effigies of him and his wife.
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Days Out in Chipping Campden
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Hidcote Manor Garden (2 Miles)*
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Broadway Tower & Country Park (3 Miles)*
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Batsford Arboretum (4 Miles)*
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Cotswold Falconry Centre (4 Miles)*
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Bourton House Garden (5 Miles)*
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Snowshill Manor (5 Miles)*
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Stanway House and Fountain (7 Miles)*
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Stanway Water Garden (7 Miles)*
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway (8 Miles)*
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Cotswold Farm Park (9 Miles)*
Places to Visit near Chipping Campden
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Mickleton (2 Miles)*
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Broadway (3 Miles)*
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Stretton-on-Fosse (4 Miles)*
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Admington (4 Miles)*
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Bourton-on-the-Hill (5 Miles)*
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Moreton-in-Marsh (5 Miles)*
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Weston-on-Avon (6 Miles)*
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Shipston on Stour (7 Miles)*
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Evesham (7 Miles)*
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Harvington (8 Miles)*
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