Broadway

A famous Cotswold beauty spot, and popular throughout the year. Its main  street runs down the scarp from the wooded Fish Hill and into the Vale of  Evesham.

Rid of it's through traffic by the completion of the village bypass, Broadway  High Street is now a quieter and even more pleasant place for villagers and  visitors alike.

Impressive stone buildings line the route - including the world-famous Lygon  Arms Hotel where both Charles I and Cromwell are reputted to have stayed.

In the 18th century the village was an important staging post on the London  to Worcester coaching route. The arrival of the railway in the 1850s spelt the  end of the coaches but started to bring in tourists to the now fashionable  village that also became a centre for writers, artists and craftsmen.

Broadway Tower - a folly built by the sixth Earl of Coventry in the 18th  century - and now a tourist attraction, dominates the skyline. From the top of  the tower there are spectacular views across more than a dozen counties.