If this medieval Church in Stow-on-the-Wold doesn’t scream Tolkien, I don’t know what will. 6 COTSWOLDS LOCATIONS THAT INSPIRED LORD OF THE RINGS St Edwards Church If you’re a fellow lover of all things Lord of the Rings and are looking for some inspiration on places to visit, here are a few you should definitely add to your bucket list. Jess and I recently visited the Cotswolds ourselves, and set out to find as many Tolkien related places as we could. With rolling hills, quaint villages, and lush wooded areas in abundance, it’s difficult to think you’re anywhere but Middle-Earth. The Cotswolds inadvertently became a big part of Tolkien’s life, and a source of great inspiration for his work – and if you’ve ever visited the area, it’s not hard to see why. His brother Hilary had a fruit farm there, so the author would pack up his Morris Cowley and take his entire family on road trips from Oxford to Bag End (Yes, his aunt had a cottage called Bag End) through the Cotswolds. However, Tolkien had family in Evesham – a small market town in Worchestershire – and he would visit often throughout his lifetime. The Lord of the Rings author grew up in the city of Birmingham, then spent most of his time in Oxford, so they are the locations most associated with him. The Cotswolds probably isn’t the first place that comes to mind when you think of J.R.R.
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