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Cotswolds

American  
[kots-wohldz, -wuhldz] / ˈkɒts woʊldz, -wəldz /

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. a range of hills in SW England, in Gloucestershire.


Cotswolds British  
/ -wəldz, ˈkɒtsˌwəʊldz /

plural noun

  1. a range of low hills in SW England, mainly in Gloucestershire: formerly a centre of the wool industry

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Chalk areas across the country - from the Yorkshire Wolds to the Wessex Downs - are all reporting levels either at expected or below normal for this time of year, with the Cotswolds particularly struggling.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Kyle Scheele, a 40-year-old from Springfield, Mo., came to the U.K. with his wife for a five-day hike through the Cotswolds, prepared for rainy days in the 60s and 70s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

That good Father, a Catholic priest blessing the Cotswolds, comes from a series of stories G.K.

From Salon Jun. 16, 2026

Growing maintenance costs, tax changes and workers returning to the office have forced sellers to cut prices on large, luxurious estates from the Cotswolds to the northern Home Counties.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

The village lies at the foot of the Cotswolds, and near this spot, in quiet retreat, William Tyndale translated the New Testament.

From The King's Post Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present time by Tombs, Robert Charles

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