Self-Guided Tours


SELF GUIDED TOURS / THE BEST OF THE COTSWOLDS


An eight night (or fewer if preferred) circular walking tour of the Cotswolds with shorter walking days

Leave any day you like subject to accommodation availability The Best of the Cotswolds includes all the finest villages of the northern Cotswolds in manageable stages for people who prefer shorter walking days. You can do the full 8 night itinerary or just a part of it, with the price adjusted accordingly. You may also do a 9 night version.
TO BOOK:  contact info@cotswoldwalks.com or Tel: (44) (0)1242 518888
PRICE:         £480.00pp in B+B with private bathrooms. 
INCLUDED: 8 nights B & B, luggage transportation each walking day, route notes and maps, local back-up
Day 1: Arrive Moreton-in-Marsh for overnightDay 2: Moreton in Marsh to Stow-on-the-Wold - 7.5 miles (12 kms) Cross the high wolds to Stow-on-the-Wold, complete with village stocks and picturesque square, via the fantastic Mogul manor house at Sezincote and a number of pretty hamlets. Overnight Stow-on-the-WoldDay 3: Stow-on-the-Wold to Bourton-on-the-Water. - 5.5 miles - (9 kms)Today's route from Stow-on-the-Wold is a leisurely downhill walk across meadows to picturesque Lower Slaughter with its working mill and on to Bourton-on-the-Water, with its many attractions. Overnight Bourton-on-the-WaterDay 4: Bourton-on-the-Water to Guiting Power - 6.5 miles (10.5 kms)The route follows the River Windrush to the village of Naunton with its ancient dovecote and on to lovely Guiting Power, where the church has a fine Norman arch. Overnight Guiting PowerDay 5: Guiting Power to Winchcombe - 6.5 miles (10.5 kms)Walk through woods and fields before the dramatic descent to the ancient Saxon capital of Winchcombe, close to Sudeley Castle, last resting place of Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth wife. Overnight in Winchcombe, with its fascinating church and local museums.Day 6: Winchcombe to Stanton - 8 miles (13 kms) or Broadway - 12 miles (19 kms)Follow the pilgrims' route to Hailes Abbey, then over the hills to Jacobean Stanway House, with its magnificent gatehouse and medieval tithe barn and on to idyllic Stanton. Stay in the small village of Stanton or the coaching village of Broadway, where an array of fine houses and inns flank the 'broad way'Day 7: Stanton or Broadway to Chipping Campden - 10.5 miles (17 kms) or 6.5 miles (10.5 kms)Walk up to Broadway Tower, the 18th century folly from where there are fine views across the vale before descending to Chipping Campden, the loveliest of all Cotswold villages, with its covered market place, beautiful 'wool' church, almshouses and silversmith. Overnight in Chipping Campden.Day 8: Chipping Campden to Moreton in Marsh - 7.5 miles (12 kms)Pass through the charming villages of Broad Campden and Blockley and descend to Batsford, where you may visit the arboretum and falconry centre. Finally, a pleasant stroll across meadows to Moreton in Marsh. Overnight Moreton in MarshDay 9: Departure after breakfast.