Itinerary Expand all Chipping Campden to Bath Day 1 Arrive in Chipping Campden Arrive in the historic market town of Chipping Campden.Stay overnight at Cotswold House Hotel or similar. Day 2 Chipping Campden to Stanton Head up on to the Cotswolds escarpment from where you will enjoy stunning views from Dover's Hill, home to the annual 'Cotswold Olimpick Games'. Walk through fields to the 18th century folly, Broadway Tower. Descend to the coaching village of Broadway, where you will find fine houses and inns flanking the 'broad way', before climbing back up onto the escarpment, to Shenberrow Hill, the 3rd highest point in Gloucestershire from where you will descend into the idyllic village of Stanton. Stay overnight at Shenberrow Hill B&B or similar. Meals included: Breakfast Day 3 Stanton to Prestbury Hill Today starts with a pleasant walk through the parkland of the Stanway Estate, with its Jacobean manor, magnificent gatehouse and medieval tithe barn. Climb up onto the escarpment to the Iron Age hill fort of Beckbury Camp, then follow the trail as it passes near highlights such as Hailes Abbey and Sudeley Castle. Visit the ancient Neolithic long barrow of Belas Knap on the panoramic ascent up to Cleeve Hill, the highest point of the Cotswolds.Stay overnight at Upper Hill Farm or similar. Meals included: Breakfast Day 4 Prestbury Hill to Birdlip Walk through the ancient Lineover Wood and walk on the escarpment onto Leckhampton Hill and look out for the peculiar limestone rock formation known as the Devil's Chimney. Enjoy breathtaking views from Crickley Hill before descending through woodlands to Birdlip. Stay overnight at Royal George Hotel or similar Meals included: Breakfast Day 5 Birdlip to King's Stanley Head on to Painswick Beacon, the site of an Iron Age hill fort, then descend into Painswick, one of the architectural highlights of the trail, and the mid-point of the Cotswold Way. Follow the trail on to Haresfield Beacon, where you'll enjoy spectacular views across the Severn estuary, then pass through Standish Woods, where in springtime bluebells carpet the woodland floor. Stay overnight at Valley Views or similar. Meals included: Breakfast Day 6 King's Stanley to Wotton-under-Edge Follow the trail through woodland and climb to Cam Long Down from where the trail descends into the market town of Dursley. Tackle some slightly steeper slopes up onto Stinchcombe Hill and to the Tyndale Monument before the trail descends again to the town of Wotton-Under-Edge.Stay overnight at Swan Hotel or similar. Meals included: Breakfast Day 7 Wotton-under-Edge to Old Sodbury Today the trail passes close to the National Trust property of Newark Park. Continue the walk through woodland towards the village of Alderley, and ascend to the Somerset Monument and Horton Fort to reach Old Sodbury.Stay overnight at Rock Cottage or similar. Meals included: Breakfast Day 8 Old Sodbury to Cold Ashton From Old Sodbury, the Cotswold Way crosses fields into the village of Tormarton, then continues on to the village of Dyrham, passing near Dyrham Park, a 17th-century mansion, garden and deer park. Continue through farmland to reach Cold Ashton.Stay overnight at Whittington Farm or similar. Meals included: Breakfast Day 9 Cold Ashton to Bath From Cold Ashton climb up to the site of the civil war battle of Lansdown, At Prospect Stile you will catch your first glimpse of Bath in the valley below. Cross farmland to reach the edge of Bath where the trail becoms more urban and passes through parks and near magnificent regency architecture to reach Bath Abbey where a carved stone disc marks the end of the Cotswold Way.Stay overnight at Hill House or similar. Meals included: Breakfast Day 10 Leave Bath Depart after breakfast. Meals included: Breakfast
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Hotels and Guesthouses Accommodation is in a range of Bed & Breakfasts with character and hotels housed in historic buildings. Offering a warm and friendly Cotswold welcome, as well as hearty Full English breakfasts, they offer comfortable stops along the walk and a charming insight into Cotswold life.
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