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Stroud walks
Cam Peak, Cam Long Down and Uley Bury
Visorando Member 
4.20 mi
+774 ft
-764 ft
2h 35
Easy
Departure from Cam (Gloucestershire)
This Gloucestershire circular walk with ascents and descents explores Dursley countryside and surrounding hills with superb views using a section of Cotswold Way. On a clear day, you can even admire River Severn and the Brecon Beacons in Wales from several tops!
Kingscote and Conygre Woods from Horsley
Visorando Member 
4.67 mi
+427 ft
-443 ft
2h 30
Easy
Departure from Horsley (Gloucestershire)
This Gloucestershire walk from Horsley explores surrounding woods using well-marked paths and bridleways.
Wickridge & Painswick
Association / Club / Walk leader 5.81 mi
+659 ft
-673 ft
3h 15
Moderate
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
A climb to Wickridge for views of Stroud, followed by a level section and then descent with further fine views to Painswick. After climbing to the town, the return is along the stream and then on a mostly level path along the valley. The walk can be extended to Painswick House and gardens.
Pitchcombe & White’s Hill
Association / Club / Walk leader 2.41 mi
+344 ft
-348 ft
1h 25
Easy
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
A circular walk on either side of the Painswick Valley, visiting the villages of Pitchcombe and White’s Hill.
Cotswold Way - Stroud
Association / Club / Walk leader 9.32 mi
+1,345 ft
-1,348 ft
5h 30
Difficult
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
After a level stroll above the Painswick Valley, this route drops to cross the stream then climbs to the popular Edgemoor Arms. It then joins the Cotswold Way for an extended promenade along the wooded escarpment, including a visit to the fine viewpoint of Haresfield Beacon.
Hammonds Farm to Stroud
Association / Club / Walk leader 1.16 mi
+79 ft
-161 ft
0h 35
Easy
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
A short, one-way stroll down into Stroud for sightseeing, shopping or to visit the Farmer’s Market. Return the same way, or by car or taxi.
Lasborough, Ozleworth and Marlees Brooks from Newington
Visorando Member 
5.32 mi
+479 ft
-502 ft
2h 50
Easy
Departure from Kingscote (Gloucestershire)
This circular walk from Newington provides a good way to discover two quiet valleys along Ozleworth and Marlees Brooks.
Newark Park, Wotton Under Edge
Visorando Member 7.87 mi
+896 ft
-886 ft
4h 25
Moderate
Departure from Wotton-under-Edge (Gloucestershire)
This circular walk starts from the National Trust car park at Newark Park, Wotton under Edge. On leaving the estate, the route makes its way downhill towards Ozleworth Park, down into Ozleworth Bottom, before climbing up Hen’s Ridge and linking up with the Monarch’s and the Cotswold Way, before returning to Newark Park.
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.
At the southern end of the Cotswolds
Visorando Member 7.75 mi
+312 ft
-299 ft
3h 50
Moderate
Departure from Hillesley and Tresham (Gloucestershire)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Around the Cotswold village of Hillesley
Visorando Member 6.42 mi
+522 ft
-528 ft
3h 25
Moderate
Departure from Hillesley and Tresham (Gloucestershire)
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.
More walks in Stroud
Discover also walks in surrounding cities:
- Alderley
- Alkington
- Arlingham
- Avening
- Awre
- Badgeworth
- Berkeley
- Beverston
- Bisley-with-Lypiatt
- Blaisdon
- Boxwell with Leighterton
- Brimscombe and Thrupp
- Brockworth
- Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon
- Cainscross
- Cam
- Chalford
- Charfield
- Churcham
- Coaley
- Cranham
- Cromhall
- Didmarton
- Dursley
- Eastington
- Easton Grey
- Elmore
- Falfield
- Forest of Dean
- Frampton on Severn
- Fretherne with Saul
- Frocester
- Gloucester
- Great Witcombe
- Hamfallow
- Hardwicke
- Harescombe
- Haresfield
- Hawkesbury
- Hillesley and Tresham
- Hinton
- Horsley
- Hucclecote
- Hunts Grove
- King's Stanley
- Kingscote
- Kingswood
- Leonard Stanley
- Littledean
- Long Newnton
- Longney and Epney
- Minchinhampton
- Minsterworth
- Moreton Valence
- Nailsworth
- Newnham
- North Nibley
- Nympsfield
- Owlpen
- Ozleworth
- Painswick
- Pitchcombe
- Quedgeley
- Randwick and Westrip
- Rangeworthy
- Rodborough
- Sherston
- Shipton Moyne
- Slimbridge
- Sopworth
- Standish
- Stinchcombe
- Stonehouse
- Stroud
- Tetbury
- Tetbury Upton
- Tortworth
- Tytherington
- Uley
- Upton St. Leonards
- Westbury-on-Severn
- Westonbirt with Lasborough
- Whiteshill and Ruscombe
- Whitminster
- Wickwar
- Woodchester
- Wotton-under-Edge