9 Day Cotswold Way Self Guided Itinerary - 7 walking days & 8 nights

Stage	Journey Details	Distance in Miles/Kms
Day 1 Arrive Chipping Campden	Travel to Chipping Campden where your first night’s accommodation is booked. Have a relaxing evening before your start
Day 2 Chipping Campden to Winchcombe	Walking from Chipping Campden, you walk through the picturesque town of Broadway with its honey coloured houses and fine old English tea rooms. The trail continues to Stanton, past Hailes Abbey to Winchcombe.	17/27
Day 3 Winchcombe to Seven Springs	Winchcombe, an unspoilt small town with a selection of shops and inns. Nearby is Sudeley Castle, dating back to the 12th century. The trail continues to Belas Knap, winds its way over and follows the escarpment before dropping down to Dowdeswell Reservoir.	13/21
Day 4 Seven Springs to Painswick	Today’s walk passes through woodland, the Roman Villa at Witcombe, a bath house and fine mosaics have been unearthed. Cooper’s Hill offers fine views and formed part of a large 500bc Iron Age encampment.	16/26
Day 5 Painswick to Uley/Dursley	Painswick, a fine small market town with streets dating back to the 13th century. The local stone is light grey giving the town a different feel for a normal Cotswold town. This section of the trail offers some fine views especially the views from Haresfield Beacon over the Severn valley. The walk is quite hilly but rewards you with fine vistas and historic sites, including a Neolithic long barrow and Iron Age fort.	15/24
Day 6 Uley/Dursley to Hawkesbury	Dursley, a town once famous for its wool and cloth. This section of the trail offers lovely views of the Severn valley and the Forest of Dean. The town of Wotton-under-Edge dates back to Saxon times, the town has a fine mixture of old buildings plus a selection of pubs, shops and places to eat. This part of the Cotswolds were once very important centres for cloth and woollen industries.	15/24
Day 7 Hawkesbury to Cold Ashton	This section is very rural with views towards Bristol and the Severn Bridge crossings. The trail passes over Sodbury Hill Fort with 11 acres of ramparts and ditches with Iron Age and Roman origins. The walk pasess through Dodington Park, landscaped by Capability Brown. The trail passes Dyrham Park (NT), famous for deer and a fine Tudor mansion and is worth visiting.	14/22
Day 8   Cold Ashton to Bath	The route now descends into a lovely valley at Lower Hamswell then climbs to the Civil War battle site of Lansdown and levels out past an ancient hill fort and Bath race course. It slowly descends through farmland down to the fine regency Spa city of Bath and the conclusion of the route at Bath Abbey.	10/16
Day 9 Depart after breakfast	Explore Bath before leaving.

Cost £560 per person based upon 2 sharing

(single supplement £140 per person)

Upgrades are available for your overnight accommodation. Please contact us for further information.

• Transfers back to car or station

• We will tailor your holiday to fit in with your arrival/departure dates

• Arrange parking facilities

• This holiday is available throughout the year and in either direction.

Travel arrangements:

Rail

The nearest railway station to Chipping Campden is Moreton-in-the-Marsh. The journey is 1.75 hours from London (Paddington).

Other stations servicing the Cotswolds are at Cheltenham, Stroud and Bath.

Returning from Bath, there are frequent trains to London (Paddington) of 1.5 hours.

Bus or Taxi service

There is a bus service or taxi from Moreton-in-the-Marsh station to Chipping Campden

Transfers can be arranged by us from Moreton-in-the-Marsh or Cheltenham to Chipping Campden.

Air

Heathrow is the most convenient with rail connections to Moreton-in-the-Marsh via Reading.

Birmingham International Airport has rail connections to Cheltenham via New Street station.

Car

There is long term parking at Chipping Campden or we can arrange parking for you.

  

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