The book offers three options for walking in the heart of this
wonderful area: a 94-mile (151-km) grand tour starting from Cheltenham,
and two shorter circuits. These options cater for walkers who want to
spend eight, six or four days. There are good rail links from London,
Oxford and Birmingham and lots of welcoming pubs and B&Bs.
This guidebook contains all you need to plan and enjoy
your trip:
- detailed route description, plus summaries with distance, terrain and food/drink stops
- large-scale mapping (1:50,000) on 20 pages
- planning information for transport and accommodation
- detail about Cotswold stone, sheep and wildlife
- the culture of the Cotswold region
- lavishly illustrated, with 110 colour photographs
- rucksack-friendly format, printed on rainproof paper.
The grand tour goes clockwise from Cheltenham, passing through the
finest of the northern Cotswold villages of Winchcombe, Broadway,
Chipping Campden, Moreton-in-Marsh, Stow-on-the-Wold and
Bourton-on-the-Water. From Bourton, the grand tour continues through
Northleach, Cirencester, Painswick to end at Cheltenham. However the
Cheltenham circuit returns direct from Bourton via Guiting Power for a
58-mile (94-km) circuit, and the Winchcombe circuit is shorter still at
45 miles (72 km).
