Award-winning TV star Jeremy Clarkson has shared his thoughts on celebrities that are choosing to buy properties in the Cotswolds and move to the picturesque region
The beautiful Cotswolds never ceases to wow visitors thanks to it’s picturesque, sweet chocolate-box villages with cosy countryside pubs and incredible gardens. Some have become so obsessed with the incredible region that they have decided to call it home – including a number of celebrities.
The Beckhams have set up home as has Kate Moss. Simon Cowell is also rumoured to have a home in the Cotswolds. Plus the King famously has a home in Tetbury. It seems US celebrities have also shown an interest as Ellen DeGeneres is rumoured to have bought a £15million Cotswolds farmhouse, while Taylor Swift rented a mansion in the Cotswolds during her Eras tour in 2024.
And recently, it’s been reported that Beyoncé and Jay-Z are in the final stages of purchasing land with the intent to build a “mega-estate” on the edge of Wigginton, an Oxfordshire village which currently boasts a population of under 200.
Mr and Mrs Carter, who are reportedly worth around $3.4billion (£2.5billion) – making them the richest celebrity couple in the world – are reportedly paying a £7.5million fee for property. The couple reportedly began searching for new places to live during the LA wildfires earlier this year.
It seems that the quiet nature of the area appeals to people, but could celebrities moving to the Cotswolds change it?
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Speaking to The Times, an employee of The Falkland Arms in Great Tew, where the Beckhams live, said: “We love our local clientele and we don’t want the couple’s [Jay-Z and Beyonce’s] arrival to bring in a different sort.”
Recently former Top Gear star and Cotswolds farmer Jeremy Clarkson shared his take on the countryside spot becoming more popular with A-Listers. Clarkson moved to the Cotswolds in 2008 when he bought the 1,000-acre Diddly Squat Farm in Chipping Norton, West Oxfordshire. He and his partner Lisa Hogan live in a mansion on the estate.
While celebrating his Amazon Prime video show, Clarkson’s Farm, winning Best Factual Entertainment Programme at the National Television Awards recently, Jeremy was asked what he thought about Beyoncé and Jay-Z buying a home in the Costwolds.
In a clip shared on TikTok by Yahoo News, Jeremy said: “I have literally no clue who they are. I mean I’ve vaguely heard of Beyonce Jay-Zed but I honestly don’t know who they are.”
He added: “And everybody says the Cotswolds is being taken over by celebrities and… you just think, well I don’t see them. I look out of my window in a morning and I don’t see them.”
Source: Mirror
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