The Cotswold Way
The Cotswold Way runs for 102 miles and follows the Cotswold ridge and escarpment edge for its length. Most of the route falls within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, passing through beautiful countryside using a mixture of well-marked footpaths and tracks. Indeed, The Cotswold Way is claimed to be the best marked longdistance trail in England! The walk reaches its highest point on Cleeve Hill above Cheltenham at 330m. And don’t be fooled into thinking the rolling Cotswolds aren’t for serious walkers – this trail involves plenty of ups and downs as the route rises and falls off the higher escarpment ground. The most popular way to do the walk is from north to south, starting at Chipping
Campden and finishing at Bath. Done in the opposite direction you are going ‘against the flow’, but it is generally quieter. The Cotswold Way has plenty of accommodation options and a choice of baggage transfer services.
8-DAY ITINERARY
DAY 1 Chipping Campden to Wood Stanway (20km) DAY 2 Wood Stanway to Cleeve Hill (18.5km) DAY 3 Cleeve Hill to Birdlip (25km) DAY 4 Birdlip to Edge (14.5km) DAY 5 Edge to Dursley (22.5km) DAY 6 Dursley to Hawkesbury Upton (24km) DAY 7 Hawkesbury Upton to Cold Ashton (22.5km) DAY 8 Cold Ashton to Bath (17.5km)