Cotswold Gateways Cirencester’s Green Spaces
Nicole Daw - Community

Cotswold Gateways Cirencester’s Green Spaces
Easy Circular walk linking Cirencester's green spaces & historic centre. About 3 miles allow 90 minutes. One short climb - timber and soil steps Start in Abbey Grounds
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Start
The walk starts at West Market Place, to the rear of the Parish Church. Enter the Abbey Grounds and follow the main path, turning left where the path splits in two.
Norman Arch
The C12th Norman Arch is ahead, the only surviving visible building from the Augustinian Abbey. Take the path that passes the children’s playground on your left and the lake on your right and enjoy the views across the lake of the Abbey Grounds and Parish church. Continuing on this path you will pass the earthwork remains of the Roman Wall of Corinium.
Roman Wall
Continue into the residential area. Stay on the left hand pavement and follow this road (Corinium Gate) to the junction with London Road. This is a busy road and best crossed away from the roundabout on the left. Once crossed, you continue along Beeches Road crossing to the left side pavement with the public car park on your right.
Old Beeches Road Bridge
Follow this for a few minutes and continue on the foot path that runs parallel to the road. This will take you past the old bridge over the River Churn. Continue on, climbing the steps to emerge back on the road. Take care crossing here on the bend. Go straight over the road and follow the tree lined path ahead of you
City Bank Nature Reserve
Continue down the slope to the bottom, passing City Bank Nature Reserve on your right. You will come to the junction of three paths.
Junction of paths
The middle path will take you along the top of the former Roman town wall and the right path will take you down in to the open green space of the nature reserve, accessed through a gate. Either way you cross the stream, to emerge into City Bank Road.
Follow this to the junction, turning right on to Watermoor Road. Passing Watermoor Corner, continue down Watermoor Rd and turn in to Stepstairs Lane then turn right on to Trinity Road. An alternative route is to stay on Watermoor Rd until you reach Holy Trinity Church and you can cut through the churchyard to Trinity Rd.
Trinity Road
Stay on this following it as it curves left and up to meet Sheep Street, passing the Old Lock Up on the way
Cirencester Lockup
Turn left and go over the bridge over the dual carriageway. Turn sharp right immediately you have crossed the bridge into Cotswold Avenue following this round to the left
Querns Road
Here you will see the Georgian era Obelisk on your right.
Continue to a gate signposted to the Roman Amphitheatre with a gravel path beyond. Take this path, following it down through the green space and the amphitheatre on your right.
Amphitheatre
Follow the track around to the left and then right to the entrance into Querns Wood, a community woodland.
Entrance to Querns Wood
Go through the woodland to a junction with other paths, turning left where signposted Four Acres. This takes you up some steps (not suitable for wheelchairs). You emerge at the edge of Four Acre Field and continue straight on, exiting the field on to Chesterton Lane.
Continue to end of Chesterton Lane
Keep on the right hand pavement and follow the lane to the end. The A419 is ahead and you bear right, using the subway to get to the other side. Your route back into town follows this path nearly all of the way, with Cirencester Park on your left for most of it.
Permissive entrance to Cirencester Park. Leisure Centre
The Park is worth a detour and can be accessed about a third of the way down through a permissive gate (8am – 5pm).
Leisure Centre on your right
Yew Hedge - Bear left onto Park Lane
When you reach the edge of the centre of the town keep left, following Park Lane alongside a magnificent Yew Hedge
Bear right past Corinium Museum
Go past the Corinium Museum on your left
Bear left into Black Jack St
Black Jack Street
Market Place and end of walk