Canon EOS 250D | 20mm | 1/800s | f/7.1 | ISO 100 {Photo 1} Canon EOS 250D | 35mm | 1/250s | f/7.1 | ISO 100 {Photo 2} Both taken on 18/08/2020. Lower Slaughter is a classic Cotswold village, with lovely honey-coloured cottages beside the sleepy slow-moving River Eye, and has been called the most beautiful village in England. While that claim is certainly open to debate, there's no questioning the quiet beauty of this small Cotswold village. Indeed, it has remarkably remained unspoiled and free from hordes of tour buses that descend like swarms on neighbouring villages like Bourton-on-the-Water. This blessed tranquility may be to do with the fact that the lanes leading to the village are pretty narrow, which help to keep out large vehicles. Or you may be forgiven for thinking that this picturesque, picture-book village isn't overwhelmed with tourists because of its somewhat disconcerting name. It actually stems from the Old English name for a wet land 'slough' or 'slothre' – the Old English for 'muddy place' – upon which the village lies. Lower Slaughter truly is a beauty spot that deserves to be visited, at best during the winter months when there shouldn't be heavy traffic. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: Take the train from London Paddington station, Oxford or Reading for Great Malvern and get off at Moreton-in-Marsh. Then catch the nr. 801 bus to Lower Slaughter with 'Pulhams Coaches'. ______________________________________ #LowerSlaughter #TheSlaughters #TheCotswolds #Cotswolds #VisitTheCotswolds #England #Britain #UnitedKingdom #GreatBritain #Architecture #Gloucestershire #QuintessentiallyBritish #Kings_Villages #Alluring_Villages #Divine_Villages #VisitGreatBritain #Loves_Britain #InstaBritain #VisitGloucestershire #Tourism #TravelResponsibly #IgersBritain #CapturingBritain #PhotosOfBritain #LoveGreatBritain #England_Insta #EnglandTravel #EnglandTourism #TravelPhotography #BBCTravel (at Lower Slaughter, The Cotswolds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMDblDkFfcF/?igshid=7oif3dwtnle5