Leave Back Lane car park via the far

corner access into Cowl Lane. Turn

right and follow the road to the

High Street.

Turn right and after approx 60

metres turn left into Vineyard

Street. Cross the River Isbourne,

head up the slope and where the

road bends to the right, keep

straight ahead to enter the grounds

of Sudeley Castle, passing the

castellated Almsbury Lodge on

your left.

Follow the main driveway, crossing

the lake by the bridge and continue

gently uphill to a gate on your right

A. Go through keeping the play area

on your left and head for a metal

kissing gate.

Go through the kissing gate and

ahead of you the path splits. Take the

left hand path heading for the far left

hand corner of the field (The Home

Parks). Go through a kissing gate

and turn left B. In 20 metres pass

through a kissing gate and walk

ahead with trees and a farm track to

your left.

In 200 metres follow the field

boundary to the right and again

after a further 200 metres turn left

through a kissing gate to walk gently

uphill towards a house.

At the top turn right onto a tarmac

lane and immediate left along the

signposted Wardens Way until you

meet a tarmac lane. Turn left and

follow the lane uphill.

Where the hill levels out, turn left

over a stile and walk towards wood-

land. Here climb two stiles in quick

succession and enter the woodland.

Follow a clear path for about 200

metres then climb a stile on your

left to enter a field C.

Walk along the woodland edge to a

road, turn left and walk downhill to

Sudeley Hill Farm. Here turn sharp

right through a kissing gate and walk

up the field and over a stile. Keep

ahead and meet a track; bear left

and pass the stone building housing

St Kenelm’s Well.

Continue ahead to climb a stile by a

metal gate, then head uphill towards

a gate on the horizon to the right of

woodland and a pig pen.

Shortly before the top of the hill by

the pig pen D, turn left over a stile

Walk Number 10 St Kenelm’s Well

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A circular walk along the drive

to Sudeley Castle before

ascending the side of the valley

up to St Kenelm’s Well. Fine

views of Winchcombe and the

surrounding countryside.

Distance: 4 miles/ 6.4 kms

Duration : 2 hours

Difficulty: Moderate

Start/finish: Back Lane car park -

£1 all day. Toilets 20p in car park.

Refreshments: Winchcombe

Refreshments: Sudeley Castle

and Winchcombe

Ascent: 125 feet/38 metres

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onto an enclosed path. Climb two

further stiles and emerge into a

field: keep close to the tree line on

your right, past a way marked post

and drop down to a stile on your

left after about 400 metres.

Continue downhill keeping close to

the hedge line on your right. Cross

another stile and admire the views

of Winchcombe below and the

surrounding countryside. Turn right

and continue downhill keeping close

to the fence on your right, to a stile

in the bottom corner of the field.

Climb this and continue on

downhill, pass through a large gap in

the hedge to your right and walk

towards a kissing gate to the right

of a large oak tree.

Walk about 75 metres to cross a

footbridge in the right hand

hedgerow. Keep ahead towards a

gate, passing to the left of a

telegraph pole in the field. Turn right

to walk along the tarmac road.

After approx 200 metres turn left at

a kissing gate signposted

Gloucestershire Way footpath sign

and cross the field bearing left. Go

through a kissingate and walk along

an enclosed path between houses

to a road.

Turn right over the bridge and up

Castle Street to arrive in the centre

of Winchcombe. Turn left and Cowl

Lane which leads to the car park is

40 metres ahead on your right.

Points of interest.

Vineyard Street.

Formerly known as Duck Street and

the site of the town’s ducking stool,

where scolds were dunked in the

Isbourne river.

Sudeley Castle.

The castle has a well documented

history and is a 15th century rebuild

on the site of a 12th century castle.

St Kenelm’s Well

This conduit house has a two foot

deep well fed by a spring associated

with most of the country’s most

interesting saint.

In the 11th century the story of the

saint is told. It relates that King

Kenulf, King of Mercia and founder

of Winchcombe Abbey (in 789 A.D)

had an heir Kenelm. His half sister

Quenride was jealous of her

brother and being ambitious

murdered him and had his body

hidden in Clent, North Worcester-

shire The Clent monks removed

this body and carried it to

Winchombe. Where the funeral

cortège rested miraculous springs

arose. Of these springs, only the two

remain, that at Clent and here, the

last resting place. The monks of

Wincombe claimed the body and

established a pilgrimage place, the

spring being part of this pilgrimage.

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Welcome 2013

onto an enclosed path. Climb two

further stiles and emerge into a

field: keep close to the tree line on

your right, past a way marked post

and drop down to a stile on your

left after about 400 metres.

Continue downhill keeping close to

the hedge line on your right. Cross

another stile and admire the views

of Winchcombe below and the

surrounding countryside. Turn right

and continue downhill keeping close

to the fence on your right, to a stile

in the bottom corner of the field.

Climb this and continue on

downhill, pass through a large gap in

the hedge to your right and walk

towards a kissing gate to the right

of a large oak tree.

Walk about 75 metres to cross a

footbridge in the right hand

hedgerow. Keep ahead towards a

gate, passing to the left of a

telegraph pole in the field. Turn right

to walk along the tarmac road.

After approx 200 metres turn left at

a kissing gate signposted

Gloucestershire Way footpath sign

and cross the field bearing left. Go

through a kissingate and walk along

an enclosed path between houses

to a road.

Turn right over the bridge and up

Castle Street to arrive in the centre

of Winchcombe. Turn left and Cowl

Lane which leads to the car park is

40 metres ahead on your right.

Points of interest.

Vineyard Street.

Formerly known as Duck Street and

the site of the town’s ducking stool,

where scolds were dunked in the

Isbourne river.

Sudeley Castle.

The castle has a well documented

history and is a 15th century rebuild