Cotswold Way - Sodbury To Bath
Details
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 21.24 mi
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Average duration: 11h 05
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Back to start: No
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Ascent: + 1,549 ft
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Descent: - 1,745 ft
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Highest point: 768 ft
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Lowest point: 92 ft
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Country: United Kingdom
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Area: Cotswolds
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City: Sodbury
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Start: N 51.541992° / W 2.393713°
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End: N 51.382198° / W 2.360553°
Waypoints
- S : mi 0 - alt. 318 ft - Start on
- 1 : mi 0 - alt. 318 ft - Turn left onto St Johns Way
- 2 : mi 0.34 - alt. 299 ft - Turn left
- 3 : mi 1.01 - alt. 312 ft - Keep left
- 4 : mi 1.31 - alt. 322 ft - Turn right
- 5 : mi 2.01 - alt. 377 ft - Turn right
- 6 : mi 2.1 - alt. 390 ft - Turn right
- 7 : mi 2.18 - alt. 390 ft - Turn slight right onto Cotswold Lane
- 8 : mi 2.19 - alt. 390 ft - Turn right onto Badminton Road, A432
- 9 : mi 2.19 - alt. 390 ft - Turn left onto Chapel Lane
- 10 : mi 2.43 - alt. 374 ft - Turn left
- 11 : mi 2.78 - alt. 453 ft - Turn slight left
- 12 : mi 2.79 - alt. 449 ft - Turn right onto Catchpot Lane
- 13 : mi 2.93 - alt. 397 ft - Turn left
- 14 : mi 4.29 - alt. 554 ft - Turn slight left
- 15 : mi 4.42 - alt. 541 ft - Turn right
- 16 : mi 4.49 - alt. 535 ft - Turn right onto High Street
- 17 : mi 5 - alt. 538 ft - Turn right onto Lapdown Lane
- 18 : mi 5.24 - alt. 531 ft - Keep right
- 19 : mi 5.92 - alt. 610 ft - Turn right onto Beacon Lane
- 20 : mi 6.27 - alt. 640 ft - Turn right onto A46
- 21 : mi 6.31 - alt. 636 ft - Turn right
- 22 : mi 6.33 - alt. 640 ft - Keep right
- 23 : mi 6.4 - alt. 640 ft - Keep left
- 24 : mi 6.4 - alt. 640 ft - Turn left
- 25 : mi 7.39 - alt. 633 ft - Turn left
- 26 : mi 7.4 - alt. 636 ft - Turn right onto Field Lane
- 27 : mi 7.62 - alt. 623 ft - Turn right
- 28 : mi 7.63 - alt. 623 ft - Keep left
- 29 : mi 8.36 - alt. 410 ft - Turn slight left onto Upper Street
- 30 : mi 8.41 - alt. 413 ft - Keep right onto Upper Street
- 31 : mi 8.54 - alt. 394 ft - Keep right onto Upper Street
- 32 : mi 8.55 - alt. 394 ft - Turn slight left onto Sands Hill
- 33 : mi 8.57 - alt. 394 ft - Turn slight left onto Sands Hill
- 34 : mi 8.64 - alt. 433 ft - Keep right
- 35 : mi 9.67 - alt. 627 ft - Keep left
- 36 : mi 9.88 - alt. 673 ft - Turn left onto Gorse Lane
- 37 : mi 9.94 - alt. 669 ft - Turn right
- 38 : mi 10.31 - alt. 630 ft - Turn left
- 39 : mi 10.32 - alt. 623 ft - Keep right
- 40 : mi 10.55 - alt. 673 ft - Turn left
- 41 : mi 10.71 - alt. 669 ft - Turn left onto A420
- 42 : mi 10.77 - alt. 666 ft - Turn right
- 43 : mi 10.9 - alt. 666 ft - Turn left onto A420
- 44 : mi 10.9 - alt. 666 ft - Turn left
- 45 : mi 11.11 - alt. 673 ft - Turn right onto Hyde's Lane
- 46 : mi 11.43 - alt. 705 ft - Keep left
- 47 : mi 12.08 - alt. 571 ft - Turn slight left onto Greenway Lane
- 48 : mi 12.37 - alt. 367 ft - Keep left
- 49 : mi 12.77 - alt. 335 ft - Turn left onto Hall Lane
- 50 : mi 12.8 - alt. 325 ft - Keep right onto Hall Lane
- 51 : mi 12.85 - alt. 302 ft - Turn right
- 52 : mi 13.3 - alt. 610 ft - Turn right
- 53 : mi 13.61 - alt. 692 ft - Keep right
- 54 : mi 14.09 - alt. 761 ft - Turn right
- 55 : mi 14.16 - alt. 758 ft - Turn right
- 56 : mi 14.36 - alt. 764 ft - Turn right
- 57 : mi 14.39 - alt. 755 ft - Keep left
- 58 : mi 14.68 - alt. 758 ft - Turn sharp left
- 59 : mi 14.94 - alt. 741 ft - Turn left
- 60 : mi 14.96 - alt. 745 ft - Turn sharp right
- 61 : mi 14.97 - alt. 745 ft - Turn right
- 62 : mi 15.3 - alt. 764 ft - Turn slight right
- 63 : mi 15.3 - alt. 764 ft - Turn slight right
- 64 : mi 15.42 - alt. 751 ft - Turn left
- 65 : mi 15.95 - alt. 663 ft - Turn left
- 66 : mi 16.17 - alt. 682 ft - Turn sharp left
- 67 : mi 16.83 - alt. 745 ft - Turn right
- 68 : mi 17.09 - alt. 640 ft - Turn slight right
- 69 : mi 17.51 - alt. 643 ft - Turn slight left
- 70 : mi 18.19 - alt. 400 ft - Keep right
- 71 : mi 18.56 - alt. 335 ft - Keep left
- 72 : mi 18.82 - alt. 213 ft - Turn left onto Penn Hill Road
- 73 : mi 18.87 - alt. 203 ft - Turn left onto Penn Hill Road
- 74 : mi 18.94 - alt. 171 ft - Turn right onto Crown Road
- 75 : mi 18.94 - alt. 171 ft - Turn left onto High Street
- 76 : mi 18.97 - alt. 167 ft - Turn left onto Trafalgar Road
- 77 : mi 18.97 - alt. 171 ft - Turn right onto Church Street
- 78 : mi 19.09 - alt. 197 ft - Keep left
- 79 : mi 19.1 - alt. 200 ft - Turn slight left
- 80 : mi 19.11 - alt. 203 ft - Turn slight left
- 81 : mi 19.14 - alt. 213 ft - Turn right
- 82 : mi 19.14 - alt. 213 ft - Turn left onto Church Road
- 83 : mi 19.25 - alt. 266 ft - Turn right onto Purlewent Drive
- 84 : mi 19.25 - alt. 266 ft - Turn left
- 85 : mi 19.31 - alt. 315 ft - Keep right
- 86 : mi 19.45 - alt. 302 ft - Turn slight right
- 87 : mi 19.71 - alt. 374 ft - Turn right onto Summerhill Road
- 88 : mi 19.8 - alt. 381 ft - Turn right onto Sion Hill
- 89 : mi 19.97 - alt. 322 ft - Turn right
- 90 : mi 20.08 - alt. 256 ft - Keep right
- 91 : mi 20.24 - alt. 177 ft - Turn right onto Weston Road
- 92 : mi 20.25 - alt. 177 ft - Turn left
- 93 : mi 20.26 - alt. 171 ft - Turn slight left
- 94 : mi 20.43 - alt. 128 ft - Keep left
- 95 : mi 20.54 - alt. 121 ft - Turn left onto Marlborough Buildings
- 96 : mi 20.57 - alt. 125 ft - Turn right
- 97 : mi 20.71 - alt. 148 ft - Turn left onto Gravel Walk
- 98 : mi 20.74 - alt. 157 ft - Turn right
- 99 : mi 20.75 - alt. 157 ft - Turn left
- 100 : mi 20.75 - alt. 157 ft - Turn right onto Brock Street
- 101 : mi 20.85 - alt. 154 ft - Turn right onto The Circus
- 102 : mi 20.9 - alt. 154 ft - Turn right onto Gay Street
- 103 : mi 21.08 - alt. 92 ft - Turn left
- 104 : mi 21.08 - alt. 95 ft - Turn left onto Wood Street
- 105 : mi 21.11 - alt. 95 ft - Turn slight right onto Wood Street
- 106 : mi 21.12 - alt. 95 ft - Turn left onto Quiet Street
- 107 : mi 21.15 - alt. 98 ft - Turn right onto Old Bond Street
- 108 : mi 21.17 - alt. 98 ft - Keep right onto Burton Street
- 109 : mi 21.21 - alt. 95 ft - Turn slight left onto Burton Street
- 110 : mi 21.21 - alt. 95 ft - Turn right onto Union Street
- E : mi 21.24 - alt. 92 ft
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Around the Cotswold village of Hillesley
This is a circular walk starting in the Cotswold village of Hillesley. The route takes you up the Cotswold escarpment, over fields, through quiet lanes and valleys, to the villages of Alderly and Wortley, before returning to Hillesley. The Cotswold's are a range of hills that rise from the Severn Valley. The “Wolds,” or rolling hills, is an AONB in the west country of the UK. Here the past is evident in the many honey-coloured stone villages and farms.
Cotswold villages of Doynton and Dyrham
Doynton is a village situated at the southern end of the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, approximately 14.5km (9.0) miles from Bath. The walk starts from the Holy Trinity Church, Doynton, and takes you up the Cotswold escarpment, over fields, through quiet lanes and valleys, to the village of Dyrham, before returning to Doynton
At the southern end of the Cotswolds
This circular walk set in the southern end of the English Cotswold, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The walk is a mixture of open fields, quiet country lanes, with one section of the walk using pathways within the National Arboretum at Westonbirt. The walk passes through two Cotswold villages : Tresham and Leighterton.
Newark Park, Wotton Under Edge
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Barn Wood
Contoured walk with a focus on 18th century historic features in semi-ancient woodland.
Stoke Park
Hilly, with extensive views over and beyond the park landscape, mainly on open land.
Swineford Picnic Site
From Swineford Picnic Area, the route climbs up through the village of Upton Cheyney; from here it's over fields, passing Beach House, and on to Coldharbour Farm. Return is back down the valley, up the other side via the humorously named – Grandmother’s Rock Lane, then onto the less humorous - Hanging Hill, up to Lansdown. Then a short section of the Cotswold Way. On leaving the Cotswold Way the route continues downhill to the village of North Stoke to pick and back to the Swineford Car Park.
Around Battlefields
This walk starts at Lansdown Golf Club and takes in part of The Cotswold Way and spectacular views out across the scenery. It also takes you past sites of historic interest in the Battle of Lansdown.
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