Rambling routes in the Cotswolds and surrounding areas
Links
A selection of links to websites for walkers, and to pages associated with the Littlebeams rambles and history sites. Links last checked February 2018.
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Charity walks |
| The Meningitis Trust's sponsored Five Valleys Walk (choose anything from 1½ mi.to 21 mi.) On their website search for Fundraising Events. Great organisation: free shuttle buses circle the nine checkpoints - give up when you're dropping. Route visits Stroud's famous five valleys; beautiful south Gloucestershire countryside. Held annually on a Sunday in September. | |
| Brailes Three Hills Walk (6½ mi.) for local charities. Annual, on May Day Bank Holiday. General description here. | |
| Ilmington-Hidcote-Ebrington (7 mi) - sometime Rotary Club charity walk (discontinued?), all on rights of way. Route description on line at the Walking Britain website. | |
| The Cotswolds | |
| CAONB - the site for the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, maintained by the Cotswolds Conservation Board. Includes the online version of the free Cotswold Lion newspaper, with a guided walks calendar. | |
| Long Distance Footpaths and main U.K. walking areas | |
| The Walking Englishman is Mike Brockhurst's fabulous, free site that covers the above, and more. Detailed, illustrated descriptions, route cards, zoomable maps, an accommodation look-up .... you name it. See also Walking Britain. | |
| Mapping | |
| With Ordnance Survey's OS maps online , plan walks, calculating distances, ascent and descents, etc. The paid subscription option enables downloading and printing of prepared route maps. | |
A Cotswold link from Little Rollright to Little Compton |