Cotswolds
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The Cotswolds is a region of central South West England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper River Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and the Vale of Evesham. The area is defined by the bedrock of Jurassic limestone that creates a type of grassland habitat that is quarried for the golden-coloured Cotswold stone. The predominantly rural landscape contains stone-built villages, towns, stately homes and gardens featuring the local stone.
Castle Combe, a Cotswolds village with buildings made of Cotswold stone
Bibury, a characteristic Cotswold village
Row houses of Cotswold stone in Broadway, Worcestershire. The quaint buildings of the village attract numerous tourists.
Broadway row houses of Cotswold stone
River Thames
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The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At 215 miles (346 km), it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn.
City of London with Tower Bridge
Image of the deity Æsus on the Gallo-Roman "Pillar of the Boatmen"
A statue of Old Father Thames by Raffaelle Monti at St John's Lock, Lechlade
Sculpture of Tamesis. Downstream keystone of the central arch of Henley Bridge