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The Rissingtons

A group of villages just outside Bourton-on-the-Water – once three but now four with the new village of Upper Rissington emerging from the former Little Rissington RAF base along the hilltop between the Windrush and the Evenlode Valleys. Great and Little Rissington are picturesque Cotswold villages with some fine cottages and farmhouses while Wyck Rissington on the Oxfordshire Way enjoys a large open central green and a church where the composer Gustav Holst was organist a century ago.

Little Rissington

A quiet village, with some beautiful Cotswold stone cottages, the most notable thing about Little Rissington is probably the beautiful 12th century church of St Peter’s which has a longstanding connection to the RAF. Part of the graveyard has an area and memorial dedicated to WWII servicemen and there is also a stained-glass window inside the church which shows aeronautic symbols. The church is now set apart from the main village but still enjoys some lovely views towards Bourton.

Shops, Pubs & Entertainment

Although there is no local pub in Little Rissington there are many options for pubs, restaurants and tea/coffee shops nearby in Bourton and Stow not forgetting the popular Lamb Inn at picturesque Great Rissington. For local shopping there’s a Co-op food store just 5 miles away at the Upper Rissington Business Park, as well as many other useful small businesses, but other shops can be found at Bourton and there’s a large Tesco Superstore at Stow-on-the-Wold.