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Dowdeswell walks
Alpacas and other animals
Visorando Member 
3.20 mi
+210 ft
-207 ft
1h 40
Moderate
Departure from Coberley (Gloucestershire)
A circular walk through two beautiful Cotswold villages past an Alpaca herd or two. Look out for more animals in the parkland near Cowley and head over the hill and down through the valley of sheep. Beautiful in May when the hawthorn is in flower. If you are lucky you'll spot orchids on the downs too.
Leckhampton Hill, Hartley Hill and Coberley from Hartley Lane car park
Visorando Member 
5.81 mi
+581 ft
-581 ft
3h 10
Easy
Departure from Shurdington (Gloucestershire)
This circular walk uses a section of Cotswold Way with great views of Cheltenham from Leckhampton Hill which is an impressive Iron Age hillfort! Then you will use paths and tracks inland close to Coberley and South Hills.
Compton Abdale
Visorando Member 4.18 mi
+584 ft
-584 ft
2h 25
Moderate
Departure from Compton Abdale (Gloucestershire)
Circular Road Walk from Compton Abdale to Withington and back.
Farmcote Estate
Visorando Member 2.68 mi
+236 ft
-213 ft
1h 25
Easy
Departure from Temple Guiting (Gloucestershire)
Short circular walk around part of Farmcote Estate. Count the white gates.
Sudeley Castle and Salter's Hill from Winchcombe
Visorando Member 
6.93 mi
+843 ft
-846 ft
3h 55
Moderate
Departure from Winchcombe (Gloucestershire)
This circular walk from Winchcombe goes past Sudeley Castle and leads to great countryside viewpoints including Salter's Hill viewpoint using sections of Windrush Way and Gloucestershire Way.
Near Hampnett
Visorando Member 3.73 mi
+236 ft
-240 ft
1h 55
Easy
Departure from Hampnett (Gloucestershire)
Good tracks, easy walking, fairly flat, open countryside.
Bagendon, Woodmancote & Rendcomb
Association / Club / Walk leader 8.00 mi
+518 ft
-518 ft
4h 10
Difficult
Departure from North Cerney (Gloucestershire)
Explore four contrasting Cotswold villages in and around the glorious Churn valley.
Bathurst Arms to Butchers Arms via Bagendon and the Duntisbournes
Association / Club / Walk leader 12.59 mi
+1,591 ft
-1,555 ft
7h 10
Difficult
Departure from North Cerney (Gloucestershire)
A one-way walk part of the 'Costwold Challenge' a one-day linear or two-day circular walk between two superb Gloucestershire inns.
Bagendon and the Churn Valley
Association / Club / Walk leader 3.36 mi
+197 ft
-200 ft
1h 45
Moderate
Departure from North Cerney (Gloucestershire)
Walk down the valley and then divert to a picture-perfect Cotswold hamlet and church.
North Cerney village
Association / Club / Walk leader 1.46 mi
+253 ft
-253 ft
0h 55
Easy
Departure from North Cerney (Gloucestershire)
Stroll round this lovely Cotswold village, with a visit to its well-preserved medieval church.
Cotswolds - Hailes Abbey
Visorando Member 
4.84 mi
+600 ft
-577 ft
2h 45
Easy
Departure from Stanway (Gloucestershire)
A walk in the heart of the Cotswolds, its countryside, its hills and its woods from the ruins of Hailes Abbey, taken over from the National Trust. This circuit takes part of the Cotswolds Way, a hiking trail that crosses the Cotswolds from North to South for 164 km (from Chipping Campden to Bath).
Thomas Cromwell and Hailes Abbey
Visorando Member 4.88 mi
+581 ft
-571 ft
2h 45
Easy
Departure from Stanway (Gloucestershire)
How an important abbey was destroyed by a King's Commissioner.
A walk full of history (see practical information section).
Cranham - Sheepscombe
Association / Club / Walk leader 4.92 mi
+912 ft
-915 ft
3h 05
Easy
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
A circular walk around Sheepscombe area and Cranham with glorious views to Painswick and Sheepscombe.
Cotswold Way - Sheepscombe
Association / Club / Walk leader 13.01 mi
+1,585 ft
-1,588 ft
7h 20
Difficult
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
A circular walk around Sheepscombe area via Painswick Beacon and woodlands.
Painswick
Association / Club / Walk leader 6.33 mi
+1,099 ft
-1,096 ft
3h 50
Moderate
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
A circular walk between Sheepscombe and Painswick Beacon area.
Saltridge Wood - Sheepscombe
Association / Club / Walk leader 2.30 mi
+538 ft
-531 ft
1h 30
Easy
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
A circular walk with glorious views to Painswick and Sheepscombe.
Butchers Arms to Bathurst Arms via Winstone and Rendcomb
Association / Club / Walk leader 11.83 mi
+1,010 ft
-1,066 ft
6h 20
Difficult
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
A one-way walk part of the 'Costwold Challenge' a one-day linear or two-day circular walk between two superb Gloucestershire inns.
Far End
Association / Club / Walk leader 0.69 mi
+135 ft
-138 ft
0h 25
Easy
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
Circular walk in the Sheepscombe area between woodlands nearby Laurie Lee Field.
Foston’s Ash & Cranham
Association / Club / Walk leader 5.42 mi
+719 ft
-715 ft
3h 05
Moderate
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
A circular walk around Sheepscombe area between woodlands and Cranham village.
The source of the River Thames from Sapperton
Visorando Member 
11.29 mi
+620 ft
-633 ft
5h 45
Moderate
Departure from Sapperton (Gloucestershire)
A Cotswolds walk that is full of interest starting from the village of Sapperton and using sections of six long distance paths to complete the route.
Slad circular from Woolpack Inn
Visorando Member 2.55 mi
+502 ft
-489 ft
1h 35
Moderate
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
Circular walk, Up hill and down. Great views and some points of interest such as a Fairy Grotto, poems., badger paintings, and a variety of great views.
Along River Coln from Bibury
Visorando Member 
5.86 mi
+276 ft
-276 ft
2h 55
Easy
Departure from Bibury (Gloucestershire)
This circular walk starts in Bibury, a traditional rural village with a lovely church you will discover. Then, you will walk along quiet River Coln before you go back to the village using paths in copses and fields.
River Severn and Apperley from Tewkesbury
Visorando Member 
7.51 mi
+135 ft
-121 ft
3h 35
Moderate
Departure from Tewkesbury (Gloucestershire)
The River Severn provides a focus for this walk which starts from the attractive town of Tewkesbury with its wonderful Abbey. The outward route follows the Severn Way following the river to reach Apperley. Here the walk turns inland and continues across fields to Deerhurst and back to the start. The walk also offers good views to the Malvern Hills which line the western skyline.
More walks in Dowdeswell
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- Alderton
- Ampney Crucis
- Ampney St. Mary
- Andoversford
- Ashchurch Rural
- Badgeworth
- Bagendon
- Barnsley
- Baunton
- Bibury
- Birdlip
- Bishop's Cleeve
- Bisley-with-Lypiatt
- Boddington
- Brimpsfield
- Brockworth
- Bushley
- Chalford
- Charlton Kings
- Chedworth
- Cheltenham
- Churchdown
- Coberley
- Colesbourne
- Coln St. Dennis
- Compton Abdale
- Cotswold District
- Cowley
- Cranham
- Cutsdean
- Daglingworth
- Dumbleton
- Duntisbourne Abbots
- Duntisbourne Rouse
- Edgeworth
- Elkstone
- Elmstone Hardwicke
- Gotherington
- Great Witcombe
- Gretton
- Guiting Power
- Hampnett
- Hawling
- Hazleton
- Hucclecote
- Leckhampton
- Leigh
- Miserden
- Naunton
- North Cerney
- Northway
- Notgrove
- Oxenton
- Painswick
- Prescott
- Prestbury