NOTES FOR DRIVERS
Gloucester to Cheltenham.—Level; excellent surface.
There are no hills of any importance all the way to Oxford, but the surface is rather rough between Andoversford and Burford. The road falls nearly all the way from Northleach to Oxford.
PLACES OF INTEREST ON THE ROUTE
Cheltenham.—A watering-place dating from the eighteenth century. Spa; promenades; St. Mary's Church, Decorated.
Northleach.—Picturesque Cotswold village-town. Perpendicular church, with famous brasses of wool-merchants and remarkably fine porch.
Burford.—A very interesting and picturesque old town; several old houses; market hall; church, large and irregular, Norman, Early English, and Perpendicular; Priory ruins.
Asthall Barrow.—A prominent prehistoric mound.
Witney.—A pleasant and unusually charming old town, famous for blankets. Church very picturesque, chiefly Early English; old market house.
Eynsham.—A quaint old village with old market house, church, and picturesque houses. Red Lion Inn with quaint sign.