# The Cotswolds App

> An independent, community-driven visitor guide to the Cotswolds — a searchable directory of towns and villages, pubs, cafés, places to stay, walking and cycling routes, attractions, and heritage sites. Interactive map, itineraries, community reviews and photos, and offline-capable PWA.

## Main pages

- [Home](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/): Featured places, category groups, top-rated spotlight, and map teaser.
- [Directory](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/directory): Searchable, filterable list of every published place across the Cotswolds.
- [Interactive map](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/map): Full-viewport Leaflet map with clustered markers, category filters, search, and region overlays.
- [Near me](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/near-me): Geolocated list of nearby places with distance, direction arrows, and optional live compass.
- [Categories](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/categories): Browse places by the eight category groups (Towns & Villages, Eat & Drink, Stay, Attractions, Activities, Shops, Services, Heritage).
- [Cotswolds region guide](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/cotswolds-region): Practical regional overview covering geography, key areas, and base-planning advice for visitors.
- [Cotswolds history](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/cotswolds-history): A concise timeline of the region from wool-trade prosperity to today’s village-and-market-town visitor landscape.
- [Top 5 Cotswolds attractions](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/cotswolds-attractions): A quick-start list of five headline attractions to help first-time visitors build a balanced itinerary.
- [Camping and caravanning in the Cotswolds](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/cotswolds-camping): Guide to camping and caravan sites across the Cotswolds with a full-width interactive map of all campsite locations.
- [Itineraries](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/itineraries): User-created multi-stop trip itineraries with road-snapped driving routes and shareable public links.
- [Install as a PWA](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/install): Platform-specific instructions for installing The Cotswolds App as a progressive web app on iOS, Android, and desktop.

## Category groups

- [Towns & Villages](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/directory?group=settlements): Directory filtered to towns & villages.
- [Eat & Drink](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/directory?group=eat-and-drink): Directory filtered to eat & drink.
- [Shopping](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/directory?group=shopping): Directory filtered to shopping.
- [Stay](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/directory?group=stay): Directory filtered to stay.
- [Visit](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/directory?group=visit): Directory filtered to visit.
- [Activities](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/directory?group=activities): Directory filtered to activities.
- [Events & Culture](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/directory?group=events-and-culture): Directory filtered to events & culture.
- [Services](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/directory?group=services): Directory filtered to services.

## Top-rated places

- [Abbots Wood](https://thecotswoldsapp.com/abbots-wood): Hamlet · 4.0/5 from 1 review — This small settlement sits between Cheltenham and the Forest of Dean, offering a quieter alternative to the busier parts of the Cotswolds.

## Notes for LLMs

- Sitemap (every published place with `lastmod`): https://thecotswoldsapp.com/sitemap.xml
- Place detail pages live at the root path: `/{slug}` (e.g. `/bourton-on-the-water`). All slugs in the sitemap resolve to a rendered place page.
- Ratings are community-submitted "sheep ratings" (1–5 sheep); the app uses sheep in place of stars.
- Content is authored, moderated, and enriched from open sources (Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons) with AI-assisted rewriting — visitor reviews and photos are moderated before public display.