Have you been to Chipping Norton lately? Once little more than an agrarian backwater, the land of Jilly Cooper’s novels is now a billionaire playground: a smorgasbord of ex-politicos and A-listers drawn to luxury shopping (Bicester), luxury groceries (Daylesford) and private members’ clubs ( Estelle Manor ). Ever since the invention of Rupert Campbell-Black (below) , the land of Burford and Cirencester has dazzled the collective imagination as a place of glamour, power and sex. Yet with Britain becoming a hotter travel destination in every sense of the word, that reputation has reached fever pitch — and the Cotswolds, where the American Vice President J. D. Vance rented a house this summer, is beginning to feel saturated.

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