Bourton-on-the-Water model village
Bourton-on-the-Water model village is a scale model village in the grounds of the Old New Inn in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England.
Bourton-on-the-Water model village is a scale model village in the grounds of the Old New Inn in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. One of the first model villages in the country, it was started in 1936 and completed in 1940. The model represents the core of Bourton-on-the-Water as it appeared in 1936 in 1:9 scale, rotated 90° in orientation from the actual village it is in. The model village contains around 100 buildings. It is open to the public and includes exhibitions of other models on smaller scales.
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Worth seeing in and around Bourton-on-the-Water model village
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Birdland Park and Gardens
Birdland Park and Gardens, often called Birdland, is a wildlife park in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. First opened in 1957, the park moved to its current site in 1989.
400 m · zoo in Bourton-on-the-Water · Wikipedia - 02Cotswold Motoring Museum
The Cotswold Motoring Museum is a museum in the Cotswolds village of Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. It features motoring history of the 20th century.
300 m · museum in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Laurence
The Anglican Church of St Laurence at Wyck Rissington in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England, was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
2.4 km · church in Cotswold, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bourton-on-the-Water model village
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 63 km · Bristol (BRS), 87 km · London Luton (LTN), 95 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Bourton-on-the-Water model village67 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £9–12
- London → Bourton-on-the-Water model village120 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · £12–16
- Bristol → Bourton-on-the-Water model village75 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £8–11
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