At a Glance

Apart from brief stints along A and B roads getting you up and down the Cotswolds, the route follows quiet unclassified lanes, leading you down into the Severn Vale. Strenuous in places.

Grade - First half moderate/strenuous, second half easy. Distance - 27 miles / 43 km

Points of interest1. Ruskin Mill2. Matara Garden3. Owlpen Manor4. Uley Bury (Nr Dursley)5. Tyndale Monument (Nr North Nibley)6. Newark Park7. The Wotton Under Edge Heritage Centre8. Berkeley Castle9. Jenner Museum - Berkeley10. Cattle Country

Key to Map Symbols:

A Road

B Road

Minor Road

Motorway

Built-up Area

Roundabouts

Railway Stations

Railway Lines

Lakes

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Points of Interest

1 P.O.I. numbers*

Cycle Shops or Cycle Hire**

PH Public Houses

Visitor Information Centres

Cycle Route

Route Marker

1 Route Start Point Marker

Cycle Route into Town

Cycle Route out of Town

TL Turn left

TR Turn right

SP Signpost

* Please note symbols indicate Cycle Shop within town/village and not precise location.

** Route attraction numbers start as you leave each hub town in a clockwise direction.

Contour Information

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Head for the main junction roundabout A46/B4014 at the bottom of the town and TL towards SP BATH and make the steady ascent out of the town along the A46.TR into a quiet lane just past Tipputs Pub. Extreme care crossing the A46. Head towards Kingscote and through the village going straight on down the lane with the phone box, SP THE WINDMILL. TR at the end. Then left onto the B4058 SP WOTTON and follow the road and further signposts to Wotton. Care crossing the A4135 The road splits, TR SP WATERLY BOTTOMS. The last part of this lane is a STEEP DESCENT into the town.

The route takes you direction right. Care crossing the B4060.Or - TL into the town for amenities/lunch then... from Wotton head out of Wotton briefly on the B4060. TL SP BRADLEY GREEN. Bear right at triangle. TL SP HUNTINGFORD. TL SP DAMERY/WOODFORD.

Over motorway TL SP MIDDLE MILL LANE and bear right.TL with TWO telegraph poles on corner. Extreme care crossing A38. TL SP ROCKHAMPTON/THORNBURY.TL SP HILL/SHEPPERDINE then follow the lanes to Berkeley.

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Sheepscombe

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Siddington

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Oaksey

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Rodmarton

Tarlton

Sapperton

Ashley

Cherington

Bournes Green

Poulton

BisleyDaglingworth

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Meysey Hampton

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Whelford

Horcott

WinsonCalmsden

Coln Rogers

Calcot Aldsworth

Ablington

Arlington Bibury

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Quenington

Farmington

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Beech Walk

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Didbrook

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LavertonWormington

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Oxenton

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Aston Somerville

Teddington

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SlimbridgeCambridge

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Minsterworth

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Glasshouse Hill

Tibberton

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Kilcot

Gorsley

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Newent

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Tirley

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Amberley

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Langford

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Andoversford

Northleach

Chedworth

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Staverton

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Painswick to Winchcombe 48km

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Stroud to Nailsworth 7.8km

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Things to do on route

Tyndale Monument (Nr North Nibley) Berkeley Castle Jenner Museum - Berkeley The Wotton under Edge Heritage Centre Uley Bury (Nr Dursley) Woodchester Mansion Owlpen Manor Matara Garden Cattle Country Newark Park

Nailsworth to BerkeleyNailsworth is a lively, artistic town nestling in a wooded valley and renowned for its award-winning restaurants, pubs, cafes and other food outlets including a celebrated local bakery (home to The Fabulous Baker Brothers) and food emporium, as well as some lovely, small independent shops. There is a mill trail and Nailsworth has the largest number of working water wheels per square mile in the country. Ruskin Mill (a centre for artistic activity) and the Stroudwater textile Trust’s Weaving Shed at Gigg Mill are nearby. An eight-mile cycle-way follows the old railway line to Stonehouse. Close by is the Nailsworth Ladder leading to National Trust common land and the mysterious and haunted Woodchester Mansion. The Nailsworth Festival takes place annually with a programme of art and music events.

The centre-piece of Berkeley is the magnificent 12th century Berkeley Castle with its dark and brooding bloodstained history, where Edward II was brutally murdered in 1327. It is the oldest inhabited castle in England, having been home to 24 generations of the Berkeley family. The little town itself is well worth exploring and includes Dr Jenner’s House. It was from this house in 1796 that Edward Jenner pioneered the vaccination against smallpox that changed the world. Edward Jenner was born in Berkeley and The Chantry, where the museum is located, was his home for 38 years.

Berkeley (Hub town)

The Malt House, 22 Marybrook Street, Berkeley, GL13 9BA www.themalthouse.uk.com 01453 511177

The Berkeley Arms Hotel, Canonbury Street, Berkeley, GL13 9BG www.hotelinberkeley.co.uk 01453 811177

Meadowside, Berkeley Heath, Berkeley, GL13 9EX www.meadowsidebedandbreakfast.co.uk 01453 511884

Slimbridge (5 miles from Berkeley)

Tudor Caravan Park (In Slimbridge), Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge, GL2 7BP www.tudorcaravanpark.com 01453 890483

Wild Goose Lodge (in Slimbridge), Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge, GL2 7BP www.wildgooselodge.co.uk 01453 890275

The Tudor Arms, Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge, GL2 7BP www.tudorarms.co.uk 01453 890306