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#183 of 300 · Cotswolds National Landscape

Cotswold Way

United KingdomGloucestershire, Worcestershire and Somerset

A National Trail along the Cotswold escarpment from Chipping Campden to Bath Abbey, linking honey-coloured stone villages, Broadway Tower, Iron Age hillforts and Cleeve Hill, with long views west over the Severn Vale.

Distance
164 km
Point to point
Ascent
3,800 m
High point 330 m
Time
8 days
Multi-day trek
Difficulty
Moderate
Sustained climbing or a long day, no exposure.
Best months
Apr–Oct
When the route is usually in condition
Start
Chipping Campden
Finish: Bath Abbey

Route

Topographic map of Cotswold Way, from Chipping Campden to Bath AbbeyChipping CampdenBroadway TowerBroadwayWinchcombeCleeve HillLeckhampton HillBirdlipPainswickDursleyWotton-under-EdgeHawkesbury UptonOld SodburyTormartonCold AshtonBath AbbeyStart: Chipping CampdenFinish: Bath Abbey© OpenStreetMap contributors, SRTM · © OpenTopoMap
StartFinishWaypoints joined by straight lines, not a GPS track.
  1. Chipping Campden
  2. Broadway Tower
  3. Broadway
  4. Winchcombe
  5. Cleeve Hill
  6. Leckhampton Hill
  7. Birdlip
  8. Painswick
  9. Dursley
  10. Wotton-under-Edge
  11. Hawkesbury Upton
  12. Old Sodbury
  13. Tormarton
  14. Cold Ashton
  15. Bath Abbey

Wildlife along the route

This hike hasn't been surveyed yet. Its species list is built from iNaturalist records around the route by the survey script — see how the data is made.

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