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Cycle the Cotswolds: Oxford to Bath - Private Group Adventure

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Activity Level

Easy & Moderate

See our Activity Level Guidelines to check if this holiday is right for you.

Comfort Level

Classic

Activity

Cycling

Overview

Pedal through a rural paradise, passing timeless villages and picturesque pubs on the way

Discover Oxford, the Cotswolds and Bath, three picture-perfect illustrations of quintessential Englishness, on this culture-filled cycling adventure. We start in the university city of Oxford, where more than 30 prime ministers and 55 Nobel Prize winners attended world-acclaimed colleges, before beginning our cycling from beautiful Burford. It’s then into the Cotswolds, a rural idyll cradling a nostalgic mix of historic villages, rolling countryside and, of course, centuries-old pubs. We end our cycling in Bath, where we tour the 2,000-year-old Roman spa complex and admire the iconic honey-stone Georgian buildings.

This tour is specially designed as a private departure and can be operated on a date of your choice. Please contact our sales team for prices and more information, or visit our Private Group Adventures page.

Key Information

What's Included

  • All breakfasts and two dinners
  • All accommodation
  • Luggage transfer and support vehicle
  • Tour leader throughout (two leaders for groups of six or more)
  • Local bike hire

6 days of Cycling

Highlights

  • Cycle the Cotswolds, one of England’s most beautiful counties, on a journey from Oxford to Bath
  • Walk in the footsteps of prime ministers and Nobel Prize winners on a tour around the university city of Oxford
  • Explore Bath’s 2,000-year-old spa complex, among the best-preserved Roman ruins in the world
  • Walk through Bibury, named the most beautiful village in England by William Morris
  • Discover the riverside village of Bourton-on-the-Water, nicknamed the Venice of the Cotswolds
  • Visit Bampton, where the village scenes in Downton Abbey were shot

Itinerary

Cycle the Cotswolds: Oxford to Bath – Private Group Adventure
  • First Destination: Oxford
  • Next Destination: Bath
  • Meals included:Breakfast, Dinner
  • Meals included:Breakfast
  • Meals included:Breakfast
  • Meals included:Breakfast
  • Meals included:Breakfast, Dinner
  • Meals included:Breakfast
  • First Destination: Oxford
  • Next Destination: Bath

We meet at Oxford Train Station at 11am, where you can store your luggage in our vehicle. Please wear cycling clothing but not shoes, they can be changed later.

We then take a walking tour of Oxford, where we visit one of the prestigious colleges, stop at the historic Turf Tavern pub, and watch the punt boats drift along the river. We also pause for lunch before transferring to Bampton, where the Downton Abbey village scenes were shot. From here, we cycle to Burford, gateway to the Cotswolds, a centuries-old town on the River Windrush where ancient shops line the steep main street. This evening, we get to know each other a little better over a welcome dinner at our accommodation.

Accommodation: The Prince of Burford

  • Meals included:Breakfast, Dinner

Today we take a loop from Burford into the heart of the Cotswolds. We can stop for coffee at the riverside village of Bourton-on-the-Water, known as the Venice of the Cotswolds, and visit Stow-on-the-Wold, where the final battle of the first English civil war occurred in 1646, to explore the market square. We also pass through the small, privately owned village of Daylesford – stopping at the most exclusive farm shop in the country – and the twin villages of Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter before returning to Burford.

Accommodation: The Prince of Burford

  • Meals included:Breakfast

Today we cycle to Bibury, named the most beautiful village in England by designer William Morris. We stop for a short walk past a row of 17th-century weavers’ cottages that, for good reason, has become a much-photographed tourist attraction.

We then cycle to Cirencester, where ancient Roman roads show just how important the city was to the empire. From here, we pass through Minchinhampton Common, a 452-acre (183ha) expanse of grassland and a biological and geological site of special scientific interest in Gloucestershire. From here, we head to the nearby village of Rodborough where we check into our next hotel.

Accommodation: The Bear at Rodborough

  • Meals included:Breakfast

We have an earlier start this morning to give us plenty of time to explore the city of Bath. We bike through Tetbury, home to the Highgrove estate (the residence of King Charles), before heading down into Bath along the Fosse Way, built in the second century by the Romans, and a canal path. This afternoon, we visit the eponymous Roman baths to see the 2,000-year-old spa complex and view archaeological relics from the pre-Roman and Roman Britain ages.

We then have free time to explore the city. There is so much to see in Bath, including the Royal Crescent, a sweeping row of 30 flawless Georgian homes, and the Jane Austen Centre, which delves into the work and life of the celebrated writer.

Accommodation: Hampton by Hilton Hotel

  • Meals included:Breakfast

Today we enjoy a looped ride from Bath, taking in the village of Lacock and the town of Bradford-on-Avon. In the former, we see a 13th-century abbey built by Ela, Countess of Salisbury. In the latter, we enjoy a stop among the canals and historic buildings. After returning to Bath, we head to a restaurant for our farewell dinner where we can relive our adventures.

Accommodation: Hampton by Hilton Hotel

  • Meals included:Breakfast, Dinner

We enjoy one last breakfast this morning before a transfer to Bath Spa Railway Station for our onward journeys.

  • Meals included:Breakfast

Dates & Prices

Accommodation

Cycle the Cotswolds: Oxford to Bath – Private Group Adventure
Cycle the Cotswolds: Oxford to Bath – Private Group Adventure
Cycle the Cotswolds: Oxford to Bath – Private Group Adventure
Cycle the Cotswolds: Oxford to Bath – Private Group Adventure
Cycle the Cotswolds: Oxford to Bath – Private Group Adventure
Cycle the Cotswolds: Oxford to Bath – Private Group Adventure
Cycle the Cotswolds: Oxford to Bath – Private Group Adventure
Cycle the Cotswolds: Oxford to Bath – Private Group Adventure

Two old inns and a contemporary hotel in Bath

Stay in a trio of accommodations on this cycling trip: two centuries-old inns and a well-positioned modern hotel in Bath.  

Burford: The Prince of Burford (nights 1-2) 

Cycle the Cotswolds: Oxford to Bath – Private Group Adventure

Begin the adventure in this 18th-century coaching inn turned 16-room hotel. It’s got a lovely spot on the northeast border of the Cotswolds, and offers English country house-style rooms, which come with rain showers and local toiletries by Bramley. Elsewhere, the gastropub serves seasonal dishes and ‘hearty pub classics’ plus award-winning beer from their own Butcombe Brewery, which you might want to enjoy post-cycle in the garden. 

Rodborough: The Bear at Rodborough (night 3) 

Cycle the Cotswolds: Oxford to Bath – Private Group Adventure

Right on Rodborough Common, this 17th-century coaching inn has a privileged spot within National Trust-owned land. Rooms are decorated in a classic English style, and come with artisan tea and coffee, plus Molton Brown toiletries. The Library restaurant serves a seasonal country menu, while the bar has a tempting selection of beers and cask ales, which can be taken into the beer garden. 

Bath: Hampton by Hilton (nights 4-5) 

Cycle the Cotswolds: Oxford to Bath – Private Group Adventure

Finish the adventure at the Hampton by Hilton; just a five-minute walk from the Roman Baths and even less to the Thermae Bath Spa, it’s ideally placed for our explorations. It also has a fitness center stocked with Technogym equipment, plus a contemporary bar with plenty of space to gather with the group. 

Essential Information

This trip has been graded Activity Level 2 (Easy & Moderate). For more information on our trip gradings please visit the Activity Level Guidelines page. If you have any queries about the difficulty of the trip please do not hesitate to contact us.

A reasonable level of fitness is required; however, regular cyclists will not find this itinerary challenging. There are six days of cycling, mostly on small country roads and sometimes on rolling terrain.

Key information

Start point: Oxford train station
Recommended arrival time: Meet the leader at 11am

Getting to the start point

Direct trains to Oxford operate from London Paddington every hour and take one hour. If coming from London Heathrow, take the Heathrow Express train to London Paddington (20 minutes) and then the Oxford train.

Return journey

There’s a group departure transfer to Bath Spa Railway Station at 9am on the final day of the trip, where there are trains to London Paddington every 45 minutes. Alternatively, the station is just over a five-minute walk from our end hotel.

If you would like further information on these transfers, please speak to your sales representative.
United Kingdom

Travellers from the US, Canada, and the EU normally do not need a visa to enter the United Kingdom, but do need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (or ETA), which you can apply for at www.gov.uk/eta/apply.

Please note, visa requirements often change and it is your responsibility to obtain any required visas for this trip. Therefore, we recommend that you check with the nearest embassy or consulate of your chosen destination(s), including any countries you may be transiting or transferring through.

Some local governments provide guidance on what visas their citizens need. To help, we’ve gathered a selection of useful links below.

All breakfasts and two dinners are included.

Rain can fall at any time of year; however, the temperatures typically rise from around 12C (54F) in April to the high 20Cs (around 80F-85F) or above in September. Like most of the UK in recent years, there have been some hotter days in the middle of summer.

As a certified B Corp, we’re on a mission to improve our social and environmental impact across all our adventures.

We do this through our innovative Thriving Nature, Thriving People plan.

This ‘nature positive’ approach is designed to help nature and communities thrive in harmony through practical solutions, such as reducing carbon and waste on our trips, supporting conservation projects through the Exodus Adventure Travels Foundation, and rewilding 100 square metres for every Exodus traveller.

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Jenae M

Rating: 5

Cycle the Cotswolds: Oxford to Bath

First of all, our tour guide, Dan was fabulous! And we were impressed by the beautiful accommodations that we had, and the scenery was amazing. We liked being able to have some time to ourselves in the evenings, and explore the towns that we were staying in.

Most Inspirational Moment

Just seeing the countryside and being able to spend some times with my biking buddies.

Thoughts on Group Leader

We all loved him! he was very easy to work with and he was knew the answers to all of our questions. He was also flexible and was concerned for our wellfare.

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