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The Great Western Arms
The Great Western is the pub nearest to the cottage, and its food and service has proven very popular with visitors. The couple who run it are incredibly hard-working and do everything to ensure that the pub is a real asset to the community.
You can see it from the cottage, but to get to it you need to walk about 200 yards.
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Blockley church
A little further on, you come to the church, a typical Cotswold stone tower. Occasionally, concerts are held here. You might have noticed it in the background of the previous picture. It is right at the centre of the village, just below the village green.
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Village green
This is the large, sloping village green. You can see the war memorial and behind it a very attractive row of houses overlooking the green.
From the green you have some fine vistas of the surrounding hills.
To the right and behind is the bowling green. Behind the camera is the village shop and post office.
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Blockley's shop
The shop and cafe is open every day, from 8am weekdays, 8.30 at weekends; late opening until 7pm on Fridays. It sells bread, milk, newspapers, etc plus a range of other basic items and includes a post office and an off-licence. The shop is pictured here at its official opening; this follows a period when the previous post office was in decline.
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The high street
Once the high street had many shops. But, despite its name, the high street doesn't actually lead anywhere. Hence it is very tranquil, a long row of attractive houses arranged on either side. A little further from the church is ...
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The Crown Hotel
This is Blockley's other pub, which as it is a hotel also has a separate restaurant. It is a very attractive building.
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A view of Blockley
This is taken from a footpath above the village, to the East. Looking down, you can see that the village is laid out along the course of Blockley Brook. It is the brook which, despite being just a gentle stream, powered all the mills that once provided employment to several hundred workers. Silk was the main product of the mills.
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