The water in question, is the River Windrush, which flows through the middle of the village. It is regularly voted one of the prettiest villages in England. As well as the beauty of the place, with its old houses in the warm honey-coloured local stone, there are several visitor attractions, including a bird park, model village, motor museum and dollshouse museum. It's also well supplied with cafes and restaurants.
It's a lovely place, but for me, in the summer months it is simply too full of tourists and coaches to really appreciate it
So here's some old pictures from the 50s! Behind the Old New Inn (yes really! it dates from 1712) is a popular visitor attraction; a model village, recreating the entire village of Bourton in miniature one-ninth scale, down the most accurate detail. The model village took 5 years to build and was opened on Coronation Day, 1937.
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