A guidebook to 30 circular walks in the Cotswolds, the largest Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty in England. Ranging from 4 to 12 miles in
length, the routes are graded from easy to strenuous, offering something
for every walker. Fourteen of the routes described include sections of
the Cotswold Way National Trail, a 102-mile walk that winds its way from
Chipping Campden to Bath.
Step-by-step route descriptions are accompanied by 1:50,000 mapping. There is plenty of information on the many points
of interest passed en route, including Roman ruins, ancient stone
circles, Neolithic long barrows and historic villages. Also included is a
useful route table summary, information on accommodation, and details
on the region’s geology, landscape, plants and wildlife.
Covering 790 square miles, the Cotswolds is home to lush
green hills, picturesque valleys and beautiful beech woodlands. The
impressive Edge – a remarkable limestone escarpment – offers ethereal
views across the Vales of the Severn, Berkeley and Gloucester to the
Malverns and the distant mountains of Wales.
Walk 1 Chipping Campden, Broadway and Broadway Tower
Walk 2 Bredon Hill
Walk 3 Stanton, Stanway and Snowshill
Walk 4 Long Compton and the Rollright Stones
Walk 5 Winchcombe, Hailes Abbey and Sudeley Castle
Walk 6 Winchcombe, Cleeve Common and Belas Knap
Walk 7 Temple Guiting, Guiting Wood and Guiting Power
Walk 8 Bourton-on-the-Water, the Slaughters and Naunton
Walk 9 Leckhampton Hill and Crickley Hill
Walk 10 Chedworth, Withington and the Roman Villa
Walk 11 Cranham, Cooper’s Hill and Painswick Beacon
Walk 12 Brimpsfield and Caudle Green
Walk 13 Painswick, Edge and Painswick Beacon
Walk 14 Miserden and Edgeworth
Walk 15 Laurie Lee’s Slad Valley
Walk 16 Haresfield Beacon
Walk 17 Toadsmoor, Bisley and the Golden Valley
Walk 18 Leonard Stanley, Coaley Peak and Selsley Common
Walk 19 Sapperton, Pinbury Park and Edgeworth
Walk 20 Minchinhampton and Rodborough Commons
Walk 21 Nailsworth and Avening
Walk 22 Uley Bury, Dursley and Stinchcombe Hill
Walk 23 Kingscote, Ozleworth and Ozleworth Bottom
Walk 24 Wotton-under-Edge, Wortley and North Nibley
Walk 25 Dyrham Park and West Littleton
Walk 26 Swainswick Valley and Little Solsbury Hill
Walk 27 Box, Slaughterford and Colerne
Walk 28 Saltford, North Stoke, Weston
Walk 29 Bath Skyline
Walk 30 Bradford-on-Avon and Farleigh Hungerford Castle
