Details of a selection
of Walks throughout Gloucestershire.
Description:
On the DEFRA web site
you can find details - and maps - for Gloucestershire walks,
rides and areas of open access provided under the Countryside
Stewardship and Environmentally Sensitive Areas Schemes.
Start: Framilode on the River Severn Finish:
Circencester
Description:
From Framilode on the
River Severn to the edge of the Cotswolds, rising through the
Golden Valley to the summit of the hills with spectacular views.
Distance:
Contact details:
Gloucester Tourist Information
Centre
Telephone:
01452 396572
Guide name:
The Three Choirs
Way
Type of walk:
Start: Gloucester Finish: Worcester
Description:
A long distance footpath
between Gloucester, Herefordshire and Worcester with the theme
of poetry and music linked by three cathedrals.
Distance:
Contact details:
Gloucester Tourist Information
Centre
Telephone:
01452 396572
Guide name:
The Severn Way Walking
Experience
Type of walk:
Start: Plynlimon, Wales Finish: Bristol
Description:
The longest riverside
walk in Britain from the source to the sea. Pick out any section
to walk of the best of English and Welsh countryside.
Distance:
210 miles
Contact details:
Gloucester Tourist Information
Centre
Telephone:
01452 396572
Guide name:
The Cotswold Way
Type of walk:
Start: Bath Finish: Chipping Campden
Description:
This long distance walking
trail runs between the city of Bath in the South and the town
of Chipping Campden in the north. It has been a national trail
by the government, and is only one of thirteen National Trails
in England awarded the title in the past 50 years.
Distance:
Approx 100 miles long
Contact details:
Cotswold Way National
Trail Office
Telephone:
01453 827004/827013
Guide name:
Cotswolds & Severn
Vale
Type of walk:
10 Circular Walks
Description:
10 circular waymarked
routes through the beautiful countryside of the Cotswolds and
the Severn Way via flood plains, rivers, town and village.
This memorable walk
extends through the diverse Forest of Dean, the Severn Vales
and the Cotswolds. The three areas are among the most picturesque
in Britain and walkers are guaranteed a diverse range of picturesque
and diverse scenery.
Footpaths between
Winchcombe and Bourton on the Water
Type of walk:
14 routes
Description:
Walk the Warden's Way
and the Windrush Way through the Slaughters, meaning pool or
muddy place. A series of intriguing walks.
Distance:
13 to 14 miles
Contact details:
Cotswold Visitor Information
Centre
Telephone:
01451 831082
Price:
£1.50
Guide name:
The Wysis Way
Type of walk:
Start: Monmouth Finish: Thameshead
Description:
Climb the Kymin across
the Forest of Dean and traverse Offa's Dyke to the Thames Path
and find the source of the river Thames.
Distance:
55 miles
Contact details:
Cotswold Visitor Information
Centre
Telephone:
01451 831082
Guide name:
Daffodil Walk
Type of walk:
Start: Dymock Finish: Dymock
Description:
A circular walk from
Dymock, which was home to the Dymock Poets including Edward
Thomas, Robert Frost and Rupert Brooke. This trail offers a
rich tapestry of ponds & streams, meadows and lakes and
woods & Orchards.
This is a circular walk
from Wenchford picnic site and includes a forest pond, a free
mine, and a viewpoint offering a wonderful panorama of the forest,
with glimpses of the Severn Vale and Cotswold Hills. The walk
is fairly steep in places.
This is a waymarked
circular footpath, which completely encircles Cheltenham. The
walk was devised by the local council and the Ramblers Association.
There is obviously a complementary mix of urban and countryside
scenery, which is sure to please all walkers.
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