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Lower Slaughter
A hamlet of stone cottages along a slow stream, with footbridges, a ford and an old water mill.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Lower Slaughter, near Bourton-on-the-WaterDirections
- Getting There
- A 40-minute field walk from Bourton-on-the-Water, or 5 minutes by car.
Why Go
The little River Eye flows between lawns and cottages, under small stone bridges, to a 19th-century mill with its waterwheel. A path follows the stream across the fields to its twin, Upper Slaughter, in about 20 minutes.
Nearby in The Cotswolds
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