Often referred to as the “Jewel of the Cotswolds”, Broadway is a charming village in the English county of Worcestershire. It’s named after its wide main street lined with red chestnut trees and centuries-old buildings constructed from local limestone.
Occupying a former coaching inn on the High Street is the Broadway Museum & Art Gallery, where you can learn about the village’s historic wool trade and its popularity as a stopover between London and Luton. In addition to medieval furnishings, ceramics and curiosities, the museum exhibits Japanese watercolours and paintings by John Singer Sargent.
For elevated views of the Cotswolds, climb the 20-metre-high Broadway Tower, a castle-inspired structure designed by James Wyatt in 1794. It stands at the centre of a deer-filled country park and lies along the Cotswold Way, a 164-kilometre-long footpath that links Bath with Chipping Camden.
Getting there
Broadway is around an hour’s drive from Birmingham and Birmingham Airport, which has flights to destinations across the globe. Regular buses connect to Broadway and the village is small enough to explore on foot. The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway offers leisurely rides between Broadway and Cheltenham Racecourse.