Chipping Campden is a little market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its classy terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. ("Chipping" is from Old English ceping, "a market, a market-place"; the exact same component is located in other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and also Chipping (currently High) Wycombe. A rich woollen trading centre in the center Ages, Chipping Campden took pleasure in the patronage of affluent wool vendors (see also woollen church), most significantly William Greville (d. 1401). Today it is a prominent Cotswold vacationer destination with old inns, hotels, expert shops and dining establishments. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured limestone structures, built from the smooth in your area quarried oolitic limestone called Cotswold stone, and flaunts a wealth of fine vernacular architecture. Much of the community centre is a Sanctuary which has actually assisted to maintain the initial structures. The community is completion factor of the Cotswold Means, a 102-mile Long-distance footpath. Chipping Campden has hosted its very own Olimpick Games because 1612. The overall ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,888.