Fosse Gallery

The Fosse Gallery sits just outside Stow-on-the-Wold, a proper little art space that punches above its weight for a Cotswolds village setting. Inside you'll find contemporary work - paintings, sculpture, installations - rotating through the year, so there's always something different on the walls. It's the kind of place where you can actually spend time with pieces rather than rushing through crowds.

This works best for people who genuinely care about art. If you're after a quick tourist tick-box, you'll be disappointed. Art enthusiasts and anyone staying in the area for a few days will find it worth an afternoon visit, especially when the light's good through the gallery windows. The space feels intimate without being cramped.

You're looking at maybe an hour to ninety minutes if you're engaged with the work - longer if there's a piece that properly grabs you. The location means it slots easily into a broader Stow-on-the-Wold morning: gallery, lunch at one of the high street cafés, then back to your glamping. Cotswolds Meadow Glamping is only 3.4 miles away, making it a five-minute drive, and Bluewood Lodges sits at 5.2 miles if you're after the hot tub option.

Specific opening times and admission prices aren't locked down here, so ring ahead before you visit - nothing worse than showing up to a closed gallery on a Saturday afternoon. But for anyone staying in the Cotswolds wanting to escape the Guinness Book of Records crowds at Bourton-on-the-Water, this is a genuine local discovery.