Book : The Cotswolds
(Explorer Maps) by Ordnance Survey.
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Horse Trials Office, Badminton Horse Trials, Badminton, Glos.
GL9 1DF. Tel: 0870 2423438. The Badminton Horse Trials is a three-day
event, and takes place in May each year in the park of Badminton
House, the seat of the Dukes of Beaufort in Gloucestershire.
The event started in 1949.www.badminton-horse.co.uk.
Westonbirt Arboretum,
Tetbury, Gloucestershire GL8 8QS. Tel: 01666 880 220. Westonbirt
Arboretum is a wonderful world of trees. There are 18,000 of
them from all over the world, planted from 1829 to the present
day, producing 600 acres of beautifully landscaped Cotswold countryside.
Location: About 7 miles north of Badminton.
Horton Court, Horton, nr Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire
BS37 6QR. Tel: 01179 372501. Norman hall and 12th-century ambulatory.
Probably the oldest rectory in England. National Trust. Charges
apply. About 3 miles west of Badminton.
Castle Combe Circuit,
Castle Combe, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 7EY. Tel: 01249 782417.
Circuit activities here at Castle Combe Circuit include Race
Car Meetings, Motorcycle Race Meetings, both Motorbike and Car
Track Days, and Driving Experiences, where you can feel the thrill
of driving our race cars around a race circuit. About 5 miles
south of Badminton.
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