Area 1,164 km² | ||
Colleges and Universities Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester College Points of interest Hidcote Manor Garden, Cotswolds, Westonbirt Arboretum, Birdland Park and Gardens, The Model Village Destinations Cirencester, Bourton‑on‑the‑Water, Bibury, Moreton‑in‑Marsh, Stow‑on‑the‑Wold | ||
Cotswold is a local government district in Gloucestershire in England. It is named after the wider Cotswolds region. Its main town is Cirencester.
Map of Cotswold District, UK
It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the urban district of Cirencester with Cirencester Rural District, North Cotswold Rural District, Northleach Rural District and Tetbury Rural District.
Eighty per cent of the district lies within the River Thames catchment area, with the Thames itself and several tributaries including the River Windrush and River Leach running through the district. Lechlade in an important point on the river as the upstream limit of navigation. In the 2007 floods in the UK, rivers were the source of flooding of 53 per cent of the locations affected and the Thames at Lechlade reached record levels with over 100 reports of flooding.