Guided routes

Tuesday, 1st July, 2025 – Start: 10:00 am

Across the wolds – a Withington to Foxcote round

Bourton-on-the-water

Length

7 miles

Duration

3.5 to 4 hours

Difficulty

Moderate

Tuesday, 1st July, 2025 – Start: 10:00 am

Across the wolds – a Withington to Foxcote classic Cotswold round

  Start and meet at the Withington Jubilee Village Hall car park Withington Village (Jubilee) Hall, Withington, GL54 4BP. Entrance is 100m on the RHS after the Mill Inn This walk is a little longer than many and bringing a snack and drink to enjoy at Foxcote would be good.

Bourton-on-the-water

Length

7 miles

Duration

4 to hours

Difficulty

Moderate

Friday, 4th July, 2025 – Start: 10:00 am

Shorter and Steadier 2025 7 Chedworth

Bourton-on-the-water

Length

3.5 miles

Duration

2.5 to hours

Difficulty

Easy

Thursday, 10th July, 2025 – Start: 10:00 am

Sodbury Fort, Lyegrove and Badminton

A walk around open Cotswold countryside and through an ancient fort.

Bath

Length

7.5 miles

Duration

4 to 4.25 hours

Difficulty

Moderate

Tuesday, 15th July, 2025 – Start: 10:00 am

Box Tramp

A walk around the footpaths of Box parish. Bring a drink and mid-morning snack. Parking at Box Parish Recreation Ground car park SN13 8NT. This walk is also accessible by bus from Bath, Corsham, Chippenham (31/X231) and Bath, Devizes and Melksham (273).

Bath

Length

5 miles

Duration

3 to 3.5 hours

Difficulty

Moderate

Tuesday, 22nd July, 2025 – Start: 10:00 am

Walking the Ways 5 (of 5)

The last in a series of circular walks exploring the Wardens’ and Windrush Ways, which both end in Bourton. On this walk we go to Lower Slaughter on the Windrush Way, before returning to Bourton on the Wardens’ Way. We then explore to the east of Bourton using the Oxfordshire Way.

Bourton-on-the-water

Length

9 miles

Duration

5 to 5.5 hours

Difficulty

Moderate

Wednesday, 23rd July, 2025 – Start: 10:00 am

Sherston Streams

Old Sodbury

Length

6.0 miles

Duration

3.5 hours

Difficulty

Easy

Friday, 1st August, 2025 – Start: 10:00 am

Shorter and Steadier 2025 8. Wardens Wood

On reaching a small quiet lane we turn west and start a gentle climb toward the ruins of Wontley Farm. Here we join a very ancient track known as the Wahlweg (Welsh Way) which leads us back to our start-point and again offers some outstanding views. This is one of…

Bourton-on-the-water

Length

3 miles

Duration

2.5 to 2 hours

Difficulty

Moderate

Tuesday, 5th August, 2025 – Start: 10:00 am

Colerne Tuesday Tramp

A walk around the various footpaths of Colerne Parish. Bring a mid-morning munchie. Park at the pub or the adjacent Constitutional Club.

Bath

Length

5 miles

Duration

3 to 3.5 hours

Difficulty

Moderate

Wednesday, 6th August, 2025 – Start: 10:00 am

North Stoke and the Lansdown escarpment

A hike around open Cotswold country through a battlefield site and a pretty village. Starting from the Lansdown Park and Ride site at the pavilion (a parking charge is applicable), we cross to the site of a civil war battle before walking along the north-facing escarpment with views of the…

Bath

Length

7.5 miles

Duration

4 to 4.5 hours

Difficulty

Moderate

Tuesday, 19th August, 2025 – Start: 10:00 am

Box Tramp

A walk around the footpaths of Box parish. Bring a drink and mid-morning snack. Parking at Box Parish Recreation Ground car park SN13 8NT. This walk is also accessible by bus from Bath, Corsham, Chippenham (31/X231) and Bath, Devizes and Melksham (273).

Bath

Length

5 miles

Duration

3 to 3.5 hours

Difficulty

Moderate

Tuesday, 2nd September, 2025 – Start: 10:00 am

Colerne Tuesday Tramp

A walk around the various footpaths of Colerne Parish. Bring a mid-morning munchie. Park at the pub or the adjacent Constitutional Club.

Bath

Length

5 miles

Duration

3 to 3.5 hours

Difficulty

Moderate