Lodging in Chipping Campden or Stow-On-The-Wold for 3 nights?

We stayed in Chipping Campden for six days and used it as a base to see the Cotswolds, Oxford, Blenheim Palace and Stratford upon Avon.

We stayed at the Volunteer Inn, which has reasonable rates, spacious and modern rooms/baths. Also, it has the best pub in town and a wonderful Indian Restaurant.

For details of the local brewery's pubs around North Cotswolds see
www.donnington-brewery.com

We drove through Chipping Campden and I was a bit disappointed. We went on a bicycle tour a few days later with a guide, and walked around Stow on the Wold. It seemed much livelier. Maybe I missed something, but based on our limited interaction, I preferred Stow on the Wold, hands down.

We just stayed in Chipping Campden and loved it. We did various walks and visited gardens.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hidcote and then https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/snowshill-manor-and-garden. We had great meals at various pubs and all the locals we met were very kind. We did go to Stow on the Wold and was not as impressed with the town. We did really like Broadway and Bourton on the Water was a great town too.

I stayed in the Old Stocks Hotel on a visit to the Cotswolds several years ago, and was very pleased with it. At that time the decor was somewhat "rustic" (which I didn't mind) and it had a great restaurant and pub. I had a car and as I recall, there was free parking in the back. It seems to have been updated since then as it looks very different than what I remember - https://www.oldstocksinn.com/ .

The town had some interesting shops and I quite enjoyed wandering about and exploring.

Chipping Campden is smaller, quieter, which can be nice and peaceful.
Stow is much larger, with more shops and cafes.
Broadway would be another good place to stay; plenty of shops and cafes there.
Places to visit:
Bourton-on-the-Water, which is lovely.
Winchcombe and Sudeley Castle.