
While the Beckhams, Jeremy Clarkson and Amanda Holden all lay claim to homes in the famous bit of the Cotswolds — around Chipping Norton and Soho Farmhouse — word on the cobbled street is that the north, north Cotswolds is where it’s at.
I should know. I live here, having swapped a terraced house in Tooting, London, for a grown-up home in Surrey, then finally jumping ship to seriously upgrade again (for not much more than we sold for) five years later.