Walking in the Cotswolds: 30 circular walks in the Cotswolds AONB

by Damian Hall

Overview

A guidebook to 30 circular day walks in the Cotswolds. Exploring the Cotswolds National Landscape across Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, there’s something for beginner and experienced walkers alike.

The walks range in length from 9–19km (6–12 miles) and take between 3 and 6 hours to complete. Suggested extensions and shortcuts are also given for many routes allowing you to adapt the walks to you.

• 1:50,000 OS maps included for each walk
• Detailed information on refreshments and public transport are given for each walk
• Easy access from Cheltenham, Gloucester and Bath
• Local points of interest are featured including sections of the Cotswold Way National Trail

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783623334
Publisher:	Cicerone Press
Publication date:	02/14/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Damian Hall is a freelance outdoor journalist who grew up in Nailsworth and still lives in the Cotswolds. He has completed many of the world's famous and not-so-famous long-distance walks, including Everest Base Camp trek for his honeymoon and Australia's Six Foot Track. He contributes regularly to outdoor and fitness publications, including Country Walking and Outdoor Fitness, and writes walking guidebooks, including the official Pennine Way guide, a guide to the Somerset Coast Path and Cicerone's Walking in the Cotswolds.
Damian Hall is an athlete, author and activist who grew up in Nailsworth and still lives in the Cotswolds. Before he was competing in the world's toughest ultramarathons such as the Spine Race, UTMB and the Barkley Marathons, he completed many of the world's famous long-distance walking trails, such as Everest Base Camp trek, the Inca Trail and Australia's Six Foot Track, where a hungry possum stole his walking boot.  He mainly works as a running coach now, but has written regularly about outdoor, travel and fitness for The Guardian , The Telegraph , Runner's World , Country Walking ,  Rough Guides and others. His books include Cicerone's Walking in the Cotswolds , In It For The Long Run , We Can't Run Away from This , and the official Pennine Way guide.  He is a co-founder of The Green Runners and he has a tea problem. More at www.ultradamo.com .

Table of Contents

Map key Overview map Introduction Geology and landscape Plants and wildlife The impact of man When to visit Getting around Where to stay Terrain and what to take Maps Using this guide 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 Appendix A Route summary table Appendix B Long- and medium-distance walks in the Cotswolds Appendix C Bibliography and further reading Appendix D Websites and further information 0 0 2016-01-08T17:11:00Z 1 256 1460 Cicerone Press 12 3 1713 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}