Cotswold Way - Stroud
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
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.
Pitchcombe & White’s Hill
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
A circular walk on either side of the Painswick Valley, visiting the villages of Pitchcombe and White’s Hill.
Wickridge & Painswick
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.
Slad circular from Woolpack Inn
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.
Foston’s Ash & Cranham
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
A circular walk around Sheepscombe area between woodlands and Cranham village.
Far End
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
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
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
A circular walk with glorious views to Painswick and Sheepscombe.
Painswick
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
A circular walk between Sheepscombe and Painswick Beacon area.
Cotswold Way - Sheepscombe
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
A circular walk around Sheepscombe area via Painswick Beacon and woodlands.
Cranham - Sheepscombe
Departure from Painswick (Gloucestershire)
A circular walk around Sheepscombe area and Cranham with glorious views to Painswick and Sheepscombe.
Kingscote and Conygre Woods from Horsley
Departure from Horsley (Gloucestershire)
This Gloucestershire walk from Horsley explores surrounding woods using well-marked paths and bridleways.
Cam Peak, Cam Long Down and Uley Bury
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!
The source of the River Thames from Sapperton
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.
Lasborough, Ozleworth and Marlees Brooks from Newington
Departure from Kingscote (Gloucestershire)
This circular walk from Newington provides a good way to discover two quiet valleys along Ozleworth and Marlees Brooks.
Leckhampton Hill, Hartley Hill and Coberley from Hartley Lane car park
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.
Alpacas and other animals
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.
Newark Park, Wotton Under Edge
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.
At the southern end of the Cotswolds
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.
More walks in Whiteshill and Ruscombe
Discover also walks in surrounding cities:
- Alderley
- Arlingham
- Ashley
- Avening
- Badgeworth
- Beverston
- Birdlip
- Bisley-with-Lypiatt
- Boxwell with Leighterton
- Brimpsfield
- Brimscombe and Thrupp
- Brockworth
- Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon
- Cainscross
- Cam
- Chalford
- Charfield
- Cheltenham
- Cherington
- Churcham
- Churchdown
- Coaley
- Coberley
- Cowley
- Cranham
- Crudwell
- Down Hatherley
- Dursley
- Eastington
- Edgeworth
- Elmore
- Frampton on Severn
- Fretherne with Saul
- Frocester
- Gloucester
- Great Witcombe
- Hardwicke
- Harescombe
- Haresfield
- Highnam
- Horsley
- Hucclecote
- Huntley
- Hunts Grove
- Innsworth
- King's Stanley
- Kingscote
- Kingswood
- Leckhampton
- Leonard Stanley
- Long Newnton
- Longford
- Longney and Epney
- Maisemore
- Minchinhampton
- Minsterworth
- Miserden
- Moreton Valence
- Nailsworth
- North Nibley
- Nympsfield
- Owlpen
- Ozleworth
- Painswick
- Pitchcombe
- Quedgeley
- Randwick and Westrip
- Rodborough
- Rodmarton
- Rudford and Highleadon
- Sandhurst
- Sapperton
- Shurdington
- Slimbridge
- Standish
- Staverton
- Stinchcombe
- Stonehouse
- Stroud
- Stroud
- Syde
- Taynton
- Tetbury
- Tetbury Upton
- Tibberton
- Twigworth
- Uley
- Up Hatherley
- Upton St. Leonards
- Westbury-on-Severn
- Westonbirt with Lasborough
- Whitminster
- Woodchester
- Wotton-under-Edge