
The Cotswolds - Shopping in Nailsworth, Nailsworth, England
I left the area when I was eighteen (see previous post “All About Me”) and didn’t return until later in life when I was divorced with two children.
We settled here in 2005 and despite having all these wonderful Cotswold villages on our door step we soon got absorbed in everyday life and they just became the “norm”.
Now I’ve taken early retirement I have more time to actually explore all these wonderful places properly, in tourist rather than local mode. This week I visited Nailsworth:-
This market town lies in a wooded valley on the A46, just over 20 miles north of Bath and to the east of Stroud, in the Southern Cotswolds.
Nailsworth is a small but very welcoming town and like its nearby neighbour Stroud was once noted for its involvement in the Cotswolds wool trade. Many mills were built and used during the successful wool and cloth trade, but they have now been converted to new uses such as restaurants and hotels, like Egypt Mill, which stands near the centre of town. As a result of this history it is said to have the largest number of working water wheels per square mile in the country. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
We settled here in 2005 and despite having all these wonderful Cotswold villages on our door step we soon got absorbed in everyday life and they just became the “norm”.
Now I’ve taken early retirement I have more time to actually explore all these wonderful places properly, in tourist rather than local mode. This week I visited Nailsworth:-
This market town lies in a wooded valley on the A46, just over 20 miles north of Bath and to the east of Stroud, in the Southern Cotswolds.
Nailsworth is a small but very welcoming town and like its nearby neighbour Stroud was once noted for its involvement in the Cotswolds wool trade. Many mills were built and used during the successful wool and cloth trade, but they have now been converted to new uses such as restaurants and hotels, like Egypt Mill, which stands near the centre of town. As a result of this history it is said to have the largest number of working water wheels per square mile in the country. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: The Cotswolds - Shopping in Nailsworth
Guide Location: England » Nailsworth
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Author: Tina Walker
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Guide Location: England » Nailsworth
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Tina Walker
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Domestic Science
- The Canteen
- Market Street
- Bath Road
- Yellow Lighted Bookshop
- Red Hen
- William’s Food Hall
- Penny Rupert Gardens
- Hobbs House Bakery
- Walkers Butchers
- Mortimer Gardens
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