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Vineyard itinerary · Cotswolds and West Midlands
Spend a Friday in the southern Cotswolds around Stroud and Cirencester, then cross into the Herefordshire borders for a Saturday of vineyards around Ledbury and Newent. The days are set by when each vineyard opens, so the order matters.
Opening days and prices checked on each vineyard’s own website in October 2026. See every Cotswolds and West Midlands vineyard for more.
Start with a glass at a small estate east of Cirencester, then head west to Woodchester for a tour with lunch.
Morning
The cellar door at Poulton opens Tuesday to Friday, 9am to 4pm, and Saturday, 11am to 3pm, with the estate’s wines by the glass and to buy, no booking needed. From June to mid September a 90-minute tour and tasting runs at 11am (£30), and from October to May a winter tasting (£20) runs on set dates; both are booked online and are for over-18s. No dogs other than guide dogs.
No need to book
Lunchtime and afternoon
Tours at the vineyard on Convent Lane are pre-booked only, with no drop-ins. On Fridays from April to October book the Classic Tour and Tasting with grazing lunch (£50, or £30 without lunch), or the Premium Tour and Tasting (£40); start times are shown when you book. Tours are for over-18s, and the cellar door shop on the Bath Road at Inchbrook opens Monday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm.
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Food: The grazing lunch hamper with a glass of wine on Woodchester Valley’s Friday tour; otherwise eat in Cirencester before you leave.
Getting between them: About 40 minutes from Poulton to Woodchester, and about 15 minutes from Cirencester to Poulton.
Three vineyards within about 20 minutes of each other on the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire border, with lunch among the vines at Three Choirs. Keep tastings small, as this is a full day.
Late morning
Coddington’s 1750s wine cellar opens for tastings on Fridays and Saturdays, 11am to 3pm, from late March to early October; book through its website. The shop opens the same days, and the garden is part of the visit. It is closed for winter and reopens on 26 March 2027.
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Lunch
At weekends, non-residents can book the self-guided tasting and lunch, 12pm to 2pm: five still and sparkling wines of your choice with small plates and sharing boards, and a walk on the vineyard trail, from £45 a head with a £25 minimum food spend, for up to six people. Pre-booking is essential, online or on 01531 890223.
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Afternoon
The two-hour hosted tour and tasting (£30) runs at 2pm on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays: a walk through the vineyard and the winery, then a tasting with local cheeses and chocolates. Book online and give at least 24 hours’ notice to change; there are stairs to the tasting room and dogs can go only in the vineyard. Tours run to the end of October and reopen in March.
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Food: Lunch is the tasting and small plates at Three Choirs; the brasserie also serves weekend lunch from 12pm to 2pm, booked ahead. Ledbury has plenty of pubs and restaurants for the evening.
Getting between them: About 25 minutes from Coddington to Three Choirs, then about 20 minutes from Three Choirs to 1276 Wines on the Little Marcle Road outside Ledbury.
Coddington closes until 26 March 2027 and 1276 Wines pauses tours from November until March, so in winter focus on the Cotswold side. Woodchester Valley runs fewer tours, including Friday 11am tours with an optional fish and chips lunch from November and dog-walk tours on set Sundays, and its cellar door shop stays open; Poulton Hill holds winter tastings (£20) on set dates. Three Choirs keeps its weekend tasting lunches and restaurant.
Coming up, from the vineyards’ own websites. All vineyard events.
Open day
Walk the vineyard with your dog, then taste three wines. A welcome drink is included.
Sundays 8 November 2026, 17 January, 21 February and 14 March 2027 · 11am · £20 a head · Book ahead
Christmas
Christmas shopping at the cellar door with a welcome drink and mince pies, plus a gift-wrapping workshop.
Wednesdays 2 and 9 December 2026 · £10 a head · Book ahead
Tasting
A tutored tasting of the full Woodchester range, introduced by the founder or winemaker, with a sparkling welcome and a grazing platter. Vegetarian and vegan options are available.
Sunday 13 December 2026 · 12 noon · £75 a head · Book ahead
Three Choirs has vineyard view rooms and lodges, Coddington lets Hop Cottage and Vine Lodge for two, Woodchester Valley has holiday stays in its vineyard barns, and Poulton Hill has rooms in the house. Otherwise look in Cirencester or Stroud for the first night and Ledbury for the second.
Cottages in and around Ledbury and Malvern, within a short drive of Coddington, 1276 Wines and Three Choirs.
Mostly yes. Woodchester Valley tours, Coddington tastings, Three Choirs’ tasting lunch and 1276 Wines’ tours are all booked ahead. Poulton Hill’s cellar door needs no booking.
Friday and Saturday. Poulton Hill opens Tuesday to Saturday, Coddington on Fridays and Saturdays, Three Choirs’ non-resident tasting lunch at weekends, and 1276 Wines’ tours on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday afternoons.
Partly. Stroud, Kemble and Ledbury have stations, but you will need taxis to reach the vineyards, and a car is far easier for moving between the Cotswolds and Herefordshire.
Yes. Three Choirs has rooms and lodges, Coddington has two cottages for two, Woodchester Valley has vineyard barns and Poulton Hill has rooms.
Woodchester Valley (fewer tours, cellar door shop open), Poulton Hill’s cellar door and winter tastings, and Three Choirs’ weekend lunches. Coddington and 1276 Wines close for tours until March.
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