Chipping Campden is a tiny market town in the Cotswold area of Gloucestershire, England. It is noteworthy for its stylish terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. ("Chipping" is from Old English ceping, "a market, a market-place"; the same element is found in other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury as well as Chipping (currently High) Wycombe. An abundant woollen trading centre in the Middle Ages, Chipping Campden appreciated the patronage of wealthy wool vendors (see likewise woollen church), most notably William Greville (d. 1401). Today it is a preferred Cotswold visitor destination with old inns, hotels, professional stores and also dining establishments. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured limestone structures, constructed from the smooth locally quarried oolitic limestone called Cotswold rock, and also flaunts a riches of fine vernacular style. Much of the community centre is a Sanctuary which has aided to maintain the initial buildings. The town is the end factor of the Cotswold Means, a 102-mile Long-distance footpath. Chipping Campden has held its very own Olimpick Games given that 1612. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,888.