Guidebook to walking the Cotswold Way National Trail. Between Chipping Campden and Bath, the 102 mile route explores the Cotswolds AONB. Described in both directions over 13 stages, the Cotswold Way can be walked year round and is suitable for beginner trekkers. Includes separate OS 1:25,000 map booklet of the route.
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Guidebook to walking the 102 mile (163km) Cotswold Way National Trail between Chipping Campden and Bath, across the Cotswolds AONB. The guidebook - which includes both a guide to the route and a separate OS 1:25,000 map booklet - describes the route in both directions.
The route is described over 13 stages, each following the Cotswold escarpment, with dramatic and far-reaching views across the Severn Vale towards the Welsh hills, plunging down to visit honey-coloured villages, old market towns and the elegant and historic city of Bath. The longest of the 13 stages is 10 miles, the shortest 6 miles: these are dictated by the existence of overnight accommodation. For the determined, the trail can be walked in as little as five days.
The Cotswold Way offers a wonderful walker's landscape, featuring beautiful woodland, pretty cottages and ancient battlefields. The route can be walked all year round, and is suitable for walkers of all abilities. The stage-by-stage route description is accompanied by maps at a scale of 1:100,000 (1cm to 1 mile) and full colour photographs. The guidebook also includes a map booklet showing the full route on 1:25,000 OS map extracts.
A trek planner gives at a glance information about facilities, public transport and accommodation available along the way, and there is plenty of background information on local geology, wildlife and history.
For nearly 50 years Cicerone have been producing guidebooks on recognised treks, regions, areas and general tips for hikers.
We have used them countless times and they've always provided excellent insight and knowledge that you only get through experience, giving you the edge to make your trip a success and more enjoyable too.
If you're a gram counter you can easily remove sections of the book to take with you making your own ultra-lightweight guidebook with only the essential sections that you require.
The Cotswold Way is a waymarked lowland walk suitable for all abilities: suggested day sections are in the region of 6-10 miles (10-16km)
Must See
Hailes Abbey, Belas Knap, Crickley Hill, Haresfield Beacon, Sudley Castle, Broadway, views of Kelston Round Hill, roman baths (Bath)
Edition: Fourth
Number of pages: 240
Size: 17.2 x 11.6 x 1.4cm
Weighs 340g
Contents
Introduction The Cotswold Way Planning your trip Choosing an itinerary Which way to walk? When to go? Self-guided or guided? Getting there and getting around First nights and last nights Accommodation Facilities en route Baggage transfer service What to take The Cotswold Way Hall of Fame Planning day by day Using this guide Additional mapping Waymarking Health, safety and emergencies Mobile phones, wi-fi and the internet The Country Code All about the Cotswolds Geology Plants and wildlife Man in the landscape Southbound: Chipping Campden to Bath Introduction Stage 1 Chipping Campden to Stanton Stage 2 Stanton to Winchcombe Stage 3 Winchcombe to Cleeve Hill Stage 4 Cleeve Hill to Dowdeswell (A40) Stage 5 Dowdeswell (A40) to Birdlip Stage 6 Birdlip to Painswick Stage 7 Painswick to Middleyard (King’s Stanley) Stage 8 Middleyard (King’s Stanley) to Dursley Stage 9 Dursley to Wotton-under-Edge Stage 10 Wotton-under-Edge to Hawkesbury Upton Stage 11 Hawkesbury Upton to Tormarton Stage 12 Tormarton to Cold Ashton Stage 13 Cold Ashton to Bath Northbound: Bath to Chipping Campden Introduction Stage 1 Bath to Cold Ashton Stage 2 Cold Ashton to Tormarton Stage 3 Tormarton to Hawkesbury Upton Stage 4 Hawkesbury Upton to Wotton-under-Edge Stage 5 Wotton-under-Edge to Dursley Stage 6 Dursley to Middleyard (King’s Stanley) Stage 7 Middleyard (King’s Stanley) to Painswick Stage 8 Painswick to Birdlip Stage 9 Birdlip to Dowdeswell (A40) Stage 10 Dowdeswell (A40) to Cleeve Hill Stage 11 Cleeve Hill to Winchcombe Stage 12 Winchcombe to Stanton Stage 13 Stanton to Chipping Campden
Appendix A Useful contacts Appendix B Accommodation along the route Appendix C Further reading
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