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Walking Ebrington Loop - from the Ebrington Arms Pub

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Ebrington Loop - from the Ebrington Arms Pub
↔10.91 km ↗+137 m ↘-128 m ◔3h 30 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Ebrington (Gloucestershire)

Hidden Gem: A circular walk from a lovely village pub.

The walk takes in the lovely rolling Cotswold fields, before a view of Foxcote Manor and a walk along the top of the Cotswold Escarpment, taking in breathtaking views North out as far as Birmingham and Coventry.
Drop down to the lovely National Trust property at Hidcote for tea and cake, before a return through fields and hamlets to sit by the pub fire with a well earned pint.

Walking River Severn and Apperley from Tewkesbury

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River Severn and Apperley from Tewkesbury
↔12.09 km ↗+41 m ↘-37 m ◔3h 35 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Tewkesbury (Gloucestershire)

The River Severn provides a focus for this walk which starts from the attractive town of Tewkesbury with its wonderful Abbey. The outward route follows the Severn Way following the river to reach Apperley. Here the walk turns inland and continues across fields to Deerhurst and back to the start. The walk also offers good views to the Malvern Hills which line the western skyline.

Walking Blockley to Hinchwick

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↔16.99 km ↗+323 m ↘-333 m ◔5h 45 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Blockley (Gloucestershire)

A beautiful circular Cotswold walk with a few surprises.

Walking The source of the River Thames from Sapperton

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The source of the River Thames from Sapperton
↔18.18 km ↗+159 m ↘-163 m ◔5h 40 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Sapperton (Gloucestershire)

A Cotswolds walk that is full of interest starting from the village of Sapperton and using sections of six long distance paths to complete the route.

Walking Along River Windrush, Nauton, Upper and Lower Slaughter

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Along River Windrush, Nauton, Upper and Lower Slaughter
↔16.65 km ↗+137 m ↘-138 m ◔5h 10 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Bourton-on-the-Water (Gloucestershire)

This easy but quite long circular walk from Bourton-on-the-Water uses a peaceful section of Windrush Way along the river before you follow a section of Warden's Way visiting typical Cotswold villages including Nauton, Upper Slaughter, Lower Slaughter and Bourton-on-the-Water as well!

Walking Around the Cotswold village of Hillesley

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↔10.33 km ↗+143 m ↘-145 m ◔3h 20 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Hillesley and Tresham (Gloucestershire)

This is a circular walk starting in the Cotswold village of Hillesley. The route takes you up the Cotswold escarpment, over fields, through quiet lanes and valleys, to the villages of Alderly and Wortley, before returning to Hillesley. The Cotswold's are a range of hills that rise from the Severn Valley. The “Wolds,” or rolling hills, is an AONB in the west country of the UK. Here the past is evident in the many honey-coloured stone villages and farms.

Walking English Bicknor

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↔5.72 km ↗+152 m ↘-161 m ◔2h 05 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from English Bicknor (Gloucestershire)

Dramatic cliffs, superb views and riverside walking with a wrapping of internationally protected woodlands and sprinkling of industrial ruins.

Walking Mallards Pike Lake and Staple-edge Wood

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Mallards Pike Lake and Staple-edge Wood
↔8.67 km ↗+137 m ↘-138 m ◔2h 50 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from West Dean (Gloucestershire)

This circular walk from Mallards Pike Lake provides a good way to discover preserved Staple-edge Hill using tracks and paths in Staple-edge Wood.

Walking Speech House Lake and New Fancy Colliery Screens

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Speech House Lake and New Fancy Colliery Screens
↔8.57 km ↗+95 m ↘-91 m ◔2h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from West Dean (Gloucestershire)

This circular walk uses well-marked paths and track across the Forest of Dean where you will discover a beautiful lake and an old colliery site on your way!

Walking Kingscote and Conygre Woods from Horsley

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Kingscote and Conygre Woods from Horsley
↔7.52 km ↗+106 m ↘-113 m ◔2h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Horsley (Gloucestershire)

This Gloucestershire walk from Horsley explores surrounding woods using well-marked paths and bridleways.

Walking Lasborough, Ozleworth and Marlees Brooks from Newington

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Lasborough, Ozleworth and Marlees Brooks from Newington
↔8.56 km ↗+139 m ↘-139 m ◔2h 50 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Kingscote (Gloucestershire)

This circular walk from Newington provides a good way to discover two quiet valleys along Ozleworth and Marlees Brooks.

Walking A circular walk at the southern end of the Cotswolds

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↔12.47 km ↗+84 m ↘-87 m ◔3h 50 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Hillesley and Tresham (Gloucestershire)

This circular walk set in the southern end of the English Cotswold, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The walk is a mixture of open fields, quiet country lanes, with one section of the walk using pathways within the National Arboretum at Westonbirt. The walk passes through two Cotswold villages : Tresham and Leighterton.

Walking Newark Park, Wotton Under Edge

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↔12.67 km ↗+287 m ↘-287 m ◔4h 25 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Wotton-under-Edge (Gloucestershire)

This circular walk starts from the National Trust car park at Newark Park, Wotton under Edge. On leaving the estate, the route makes its way downhill towards Ozleworth Park, down into Ozleworth Bottom, before climbing up Hen’s Ridge and linking up with the Monarch’s and the Cotswold Way, before returning to Newark Park.

Walking Cotswolds - Hailes Abbey

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↔7.80 km ↗+183 m ↘-176 m ◔2h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Stanway (Gloucestershire)

A walk in the heart of the Cotswolds, its countryside, its hills and its woods from the ruins of Hailes Abbey, taken over from the National Trust. This circuit takes part of the Cotswolds Way, an SGR hiking trail that crosses the Cotswolds from North to South for 164 km (from Chipping Campden to Bath).

Walking Bagendon and the Churn Valley

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↔5.40 km ↗+55 m ↘-58 m ◔1h 40 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from North Cerney (Gloucestershire)

Walk down the valley and then divert to a picture-perfect Cotswold hamlet and church.

Walking Foxholes Nature Reserve

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↔7.10 km ↗+44 m ↘-45 m ◔2h 10 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Bledington (Gloucestershire)

Farmland walking to an ancient woodland reserve rich in flora and fauna.

Walking Compton Abdale Circular Walk

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↔6.72 km ↗+171 m ↘-172 m ◔2h 25 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Compton Abdale (Gloucestershire)

Circular Road Walk from Compton Abdale to Withington and back.

Walking Windrush valley

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↔9.67 km ↗+154 m ↘-158 m ◔3h 10 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Barrington (Gloucestershire)

Explore rolling Cotswold country, with three idyllic villages and a grand estate.

Walking Cam Peak, Cam Long Down and Uley Bury

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Cam Peak, Cam Long Down and Uley Bury
↔6.76 km ↗+220 m ↘-218 m ◔2h 35 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Cam (Gloucestershire)

This Gloucestershire circular walk with ascents and descents explores Dursley countryside and surrounding hills with superb views using a section of Cotswold Way. On a clear day, you can even admire River Severn and the Brecon Beacons in Wales from several tops!

Walking Slad circular from Woolpack Inn

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↔4.10 km ↗+135 m ↘-129 m ◔1h 35 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)

Circular walk, Up hill and down. Great views and some points of interest such as a Fairy Grotto, poems., badger paintings, and a variety of great views.

Walking Cabtree Hill and Woorgreens Lake

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Cabtree Hill and Woorgreens Lake
↔7.38 km ↗+63 m ↘-60 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Cinderford (Gloucestershire)

This circular walk in the forest of Dean provides a good way to discover paths and tracks along a section of Gloucestershire Way and Woorgreens Nature Reserve.

Walking Sherborne Park

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↔4.00 km ↗+52 m ↘-52 m ◔1h 20 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Sherborne (Gloucestershire)

A well-marked family walk around parkland on National Trust property.

Walking Westwell

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↔6.63 km ↗+40 m ↘-40 m ◔2h 00 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Barrington (Gloucestershire)

Cross open farmland to a quiet village with a pond, just over the border in Oxfordshire.

Walking The Barringtons

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↔4.53 km ↗+54 m ↘-61 m ◔1h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Barrington (Gloucestershire)

Two superb Cotswold stone villages on either side of the River Windrush.

Walking Hammonds Farm to Stroud

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↔1.87 km ↗+22 m ↘-44 m ◔0h 35 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)

A short, one-way stroll down into Stroud for sightseeing, shopping or to visit the Farmer’s Market. Return the same way, or by car or taxi.

Walking Wickridge & Painswick

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↔9.34 km ↗+192 m ↘-194 m ◔3h 15 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)

A climb to Wickridge for views of Stroud, followed by a level section and then descent with further fine views to Painswick. After climbing to the town, the return is along the stream and then on a mostly level path along the valley. The walk can be extended to Painswick House and gardens.

Walking Cotswold Way - Stroud

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↔15.01 km ↗+388 m ↘-388 m ◔5h 25 ▲Difficult
⚑Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)

After a level stroll above the Painswick Valley, this route drops to cross the stream then climbs to the popular Edgemoor Arms. It then joins the Cotswold Way for an extended promenade along the wooded escarpment, including a visit to the fine viewpoint of Haresfield Beacon.

Walking Pitchcombe & White’s Hill

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↔3.89 km ↗+107 m ↘-106 m ◔1h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)

A circular walk on either side of the Painswick Valley, visiting the villages of Pitchcombe and White’s Hill.

Walking Cranham - Sheepscombe

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↔7.92 km ↗+278 m ↘-279 m ◔3h 05 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)

A circular walk around Sheepscombe area and Cranham with glorious views to Painswick and Sheepscombe.

Walking Saltridge Wood - Sheepscombe

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↔3.70 km ↗+163 m ↘-162 m ◔1h 30 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)

A circular walk with glorious views to Painswick and Sheepscombe.

Walking Far End

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↔1.12 km ↗+39 m ↘-39 m ◔0h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)

Circular walk in the Sheepscombe area between woodlands nearby Laurie Lee Field.

Walking Painswick

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↔10.19 km ↗+327 m ↘-327 m ◔3h 50 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)

A circular walk between Sheepscombe and Painswick Beacon area.

Walking Cotswold Way - Sheepscombe

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↔20.94 km ↗+478 m ↘-479 m ◔7h 20 ▲Difficult
⚑Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)

A circular walk around Sheepscombe area via Painswick Beacon and woodlands.

Walking Foston’s Ash & Cranham

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↔8.73 km ↗+228 m ↘-227 m ◔3h 10 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)

A circular walk around Sheepscombe area between woodlands and Cranham village.

Walking Bagendon, Woodmancote & Rendcomb

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↔12.88 km ↗+155 m ↘-148 m ◔4h 05 ▲Difficult
⚑Departure from North Cerney (Gloucestershire)

Explore four contrasting Cotswold villages in and around the glorious Churn valley.

Walking North Cerney village

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↔2.36 km ↗+68 m ↘-69 m ◔0h 50 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from North Cerney (Gloucestershire)

Stroll round this lovely Cotswold village, with a visit to its well-preserved medieval church.

Walking Bathurst Arms to Butchers Arms via Bagendon and the Duntisbournes

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↔20.27 km ↗+433 m ↘-422 m ◔7h 00 ▲Difficult
⚑Departure from North Cerney (Gloucestershire)

A one-way walk part of the 'Costwold Challenge' a one-day linear or two-day circular walk between two superb Gloucestershire inns.

Walking Butchers Arms to Bathurst Arms via Winstone and Rendcomb

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↔19.03 km ↗+279 m ↘-287 m ◔6h 15 ▲Difficult
⚑Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)

A one-way walk part of the 'Costwold Challenge' a one-day linear or two-day circular walk between two superb Gloucestershire inns.

Walking Bibury and the Coln valley

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↔10.50 km ↗+83 m ↘-82 m ◔3h 15 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Coln St. Aldwyns (Gloucestershire)

A high-level route to picture-perfect Bibury, returning along the Coln valley.

Walking Quenington and the Coln

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↔8.77 km ↗+42 m ↘-47 m ◔2h 40 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Coln St. Aldwyns (Gloucestershire)

To a historic village with a medieval gatehouse and Norman church, with a riverside return.

Walking Coln St. Aldwyns

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↔1.84 km ↗+15 m ↘-15 m ◔0h 35 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Coln St. Aldwyns (Gloucestershire)

A short stroll round this pretty Cotswold stone village on the River Coln.

Walking Staunton & English Bicknor

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↔18.46 km ↗+353 m ↘-354 m ◔6h 15 ▲Difficult
⚑Departure from West Dean (Gloucestershire)

Featuring the impressive Suck Stone and Near Hearkening Rocks, two medieval churches, a lengthy section along the Wye, the Yat Rock viewpoint and a quiet stream valley, this walk offers an in-depth introduction to the landscapes of the Forest of Dean.

Walking King Arthur’s Cave

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↔12.89 km ↗+342 m ↘-349 m ◔4h 40 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from West Dean (Gloucestershire)

The outward route is the quickest and easiest route to Symonds Yat. The return is more adventurous, seeking out the impressive King Arthur’s Cave and secret viewpoints over the Wye Gorge.

Walking Symonds Yat via Biblins

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↔9.26 km ↗+203 m ↘-207 m ◔3h 15 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from West Dean (Gloucestershire)

The most straightforward route to and from Symonds Yat, featuring an old mine, a significant riverside stretch and of course the classic viewpoint of Symonds Yat. Look out for Peregrine Falcons and Goshawks overhead.

Walking Yat Rock

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↔2.60 km ↗+115 m ↘-114 m ◔1h 05 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from English Bicknor (Gloucestershire)

A steep descent and ascent from the car park at Yat Rock to the River Wye at Symonds Yat East.

Walking Westcote and Icomb

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↔10.44 km ↗+99 m ↘-93 m ◔3h 15 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Bledington (Gloucestershire)

Explore four gorgeous Cotswold villages with superb views over the Evenlode valley.

Walking Evenlode circular

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↔4.10 km ↗+8 m ↘-8 m ◔1h 10 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Bledington (Gloucestershire)

Pleasant level walking through the village and the watermeadows of the River Evenlode.

Walking Farmcote Estate

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↔4.32 km ↗+153 m ↘-199 m ◔1h 40 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Temple Guiting (Gloucestershire)

Short circular walk around part of Farmcote Estate. Count the white gates.

Walking Circular walk near Hampnett

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↔6.00 km ↗+158 m ↘-160 m ◔2h 10 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Hampnett (Gloucestershire)

Good tracks, easy walking, fairly flat, open countryside.

Walking Wimberry from Mile End

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↔4.33 km ↗+86 m ↘-85 m ◔1h 30 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Coleford (Gloucestershire)

Starting at Mile End in the Forest of Dean visit the magical old quarries that have been reclaimed by nature. If you mooch about here you may find an old WW2 firing range used by the home guard. Continue down the valley where you may see old mines, then turn sharp right by a high old stone wall. The narrow path takes you back up to Perch Enclosure with magnificent pine trees. Take the loop around, past the old campsite and back onto the track where you started.