Cotswold Round

A 217-mile long-distance walk making a complete circuit around the boundary of the Cotswold Hills, from Banbury in the northeast to Bath in the southwest. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.

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Statistics and Files

Start: Banbury Cross
Grid Ref: SP 453 405
Distance: 217 miles (349 km)
Climbing: 7,826 metres
Time: 90–108 hours
Duration: 14–21 days
GPX Route File Google Earth File About the Cotswolds (Wikipedia)

Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL14 Wye Valley and Forest of Dean
OL45 The Cotswolds
155 Bristol and Bath
156 Chippenham and Bradford-on-Avon
167 Thornbury, Dursley and Yate
168 Stroud, Tetbury and Malmesbury
179 Gloucester, Cheltenham and Stroud
191 Banbury, Bicester and Chipping Norton
205 Stratford-upon-Avon, Evesham and Alcester
206 Edge Hill and Fenny Compton

Summary

The Cotswold Round is a circular long-distance walk devised by the Macmillan Way Association to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Relief. The Round incorporates established long-distance paths including the Cross Cotswold Pathway, the Cotswold Way, the Cotswold Link, and the Heart of England Way for parts of its circuit. Starting in Banbury, the walk visits North Newington, Broughton Park, Epwell, Whichford, Long Compton, Chastleton, Adlestrop, Lower and Upper Oddington, Maugesbury, Lower Slaughter, Cold Aston, Turkdean, Hampnett, Yanworth, Chedworth, Rendcomb, Woodmancote, Duntisbourne Rouse, Sapperton, Cherington, Avening, Westonbirt Arboretum, Sherston, Luckington, Littleton Drew, Castle Combe, Slaughterford, Middlehill, Bath, North Stoke, Cold Ashton, Dyrham, Tormarton, Old Sodbury, Little Sodbury, Horton, Hawkesbury Upton, Alderley, Wortley, Wotton-under-Edge, North Nibley, Stinchcombe Hill, Dursley, Cam Long Down, Hetty Pegler’s Tump, Pen Hill, Middleyard, Stroud, Standish Wood, Haresfield Hill, Painswick, Cooper’s Hill, Witcombe Wood, Birdlip Hill, Crickley Hill, Leckhampton Hill, Hartley Hill, Seven Springs, Wistley Hill, Ravensgate Hill, Lineover Wood, Bill Smyllies Reserve, Cleeve Hill, Belas Knap, Winchcombe, Hailes, Wood Stanway, Stanway, Stanton, Broadway, Chipping Campden, Hidcote Boyce, Darlingscott, Honington, Whatcote, Upper and Middle Tysoe, Hornton, Horley, and Drayton.

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