The much larger area referred to as the Cotswolds encompasses nearly 800 sqmi. The population of the National Landscape area was 139,000 in 2016.

History

The largest excavation of Jurassic period echinoderm fossils, including of rare and previously unknown species, occurred at a quarry in the Cotswolds in 2021. There is evidence of Neolithic settlement from burial

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