Authors Tony Wray and David Stratford have compiled a visitor's guide to some special destination spots of England, with Bourton-on-the-Water heading the list: Bourton on the Water: Towns and Villages of England. The Bourton-on-the-Water Walkabout by Peter Reardon, takes you on one of the Cotswold's village trails, where you can take a long distance walk, or just travel a few hundred yards and back.

Read a travel book/memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning Alice Steinbach. Without Reservations: The Travels Of An Independent Woman takes you to Paris, Milan, and through several of England's towns and villages, including Bourton-on-the-Water. If you're a fan of Rick Steves, travel author and host of the PBS travel series, you'll find his book Rick Steves Great Britain 2006 both enjoyable and helpful. Agatha Raisin And The Quiche Of Death by M.C. Beaton, is one of a series of lighthearted mysery novels that happens to be set in Bourton-on-the-Water. 

Lonely Planet Britain is by a conglomeration of authors, and brings the best of all of them into one book, with information on accomodations, eateries, and also some good information on walking tours in and around Bourton-on-the-Water. There's even a section on tracing your ancestry for those who just know they are descended from some wealthy earl or duke with a castle just waiting to be claimed. A Guide To The Cotswold by Richard Sale is yet another resource for traveling to or near Bourton-on-the-Water. He provides lots of information on area history, legends, sites open to the public, and residents and farms of interest.