Bourton-on-the-water
Bourton-on-the-Water We heard great things about Bourton-on-the-Water, a charming village located in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. And it didn't disappoint. The name Cotswold has been popularly attributed to mean "sheep enclosure in rolling hillsides". The Cotswold is England's third largest protected landscape and is defined by the bedrock of Jurassic limestone that creates a type of grassland habitat rare in the UK and is quarried for the oolitic limestone rich in fossilized sea urchins, which turns into a characteristic golden or honey-colored when weathered. The name Bourton comes from the Saxon word " burgh" which means a fort or camp and " ton" which means a village or settlement. As the name suggests, flowing gently through the heart of Bourton-on-the-Water is the crystal clear waters of the Windrush river. Sometime in the early 16th Century, the river was channeled through the center of the village in order to p