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Winchcombe Circular A pleasant ride taking A Road B Road

A4184 you into and through a Minor Road B4035 Netherton 6 TR SP ASTON SOMERVILLE/.B4632 number of villages in the Motorway 7 TR SP EVESHAM. Extreme Care crossing A46. B4081 north . Built-up Area 8 TL SP HINTON ON THE GREEN/ELMLEY CASTLE. Roundabouts A38 9 At T junction TL. Grade - Moderate CHIPPING CAMPDEN Railway Stations A46(T) 10 TL (Between Houses). Distance - 28 miles / 45 km Aston Somerville Railway Lines Uckinghall 11 BroadwayAt T junction TL. Lakes A438 (T) 12 At Crossroads straight over SP GREAT Rivers WASHBOURNE/ALDERTON. Extreme Care Points of interest crossing A46. Points of M50 B4081 Interest B4479 1. 13 At T junction TR SP . Laverton 1 P.O.I. numbers* B4080 3 Beckford Blockley 2. Stanway House and B4078 Ashchurch 14 At T junction TL SP STOW ON THE WOLD. Cycle Shops or for Tewkesbury Fountain Cycle Hire** B4079

Bushley Stanton 15 TR SP GRETTON. Care crossing B4077 A38 A38 3. Beckford Silk Mill PH Public Houses A417 TEWKESBURY and continue through Gretton and back into A438 .Snowshill 4. Prescott Hill Climb Visitor Alderton Information A438 Bourton-on-the-Hill5. Winchcombe Pottery Centres B4079 Nailsworth circular route 48km A44 M5 300 B4632 6. / Cycle Route 200 2 Metres 100 Stanway Warwickshire Route Marker Height M50 B4208 0 Dymock Didbrook A424 Linkend 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Railway nearby Route Start A435 19 PH 2 1 6 Point Marker Dixton Gretton 3 Kilometres 7. Sudeley Castle Cutsdean 15 16 17 Hailes 8. Folk and Police Museum Cycle Route Kempley Deerhurst 4 5 into Town Corse 1 Painswick circular route 40km B4213 B4211 B4213 4 13 Gotherington 7 9. Belas Knap Long Barrow Cycle Route Tredington PH 300 Farmcote 11 18 WINCHCOMBE Winchcombe out of Town Tirley PH 200 B4077 Botloe’s Green Apperley 14 5 6 7 8 9 Metres Condicote TL Turn left 100 4 PH Several 4 Height Bishop’s Cleeve 1 TR Turn right 12 0 Hardwicke 22 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Lower Apperley SP Signpost Upleadon Haseld Coombe Hill Kilometres Kineton B4221 * Please note symbols indicate Cycle

River Severn Orchard Nook 1 PH Shop within town/village and not A417 A417 From Hailes Street head north out of Winchcombe Gorsley 21 precise location. Newent 10 8 9 along the B4632. A436 Kilcot A4091 Barton ** Route attraction numbers start Hartpury Boddington as you leave each hub town in a 3 Ashleworth 2 TR SP DIDBROOK. Lower Swell clockwise direction. B4224 PH GuitingWinchcombe Power circular route 45km PH 7 3 At cross roads go straight over SP STANWAY/ 11 Contour Information 300 Charlton Abbots PH 8 B4216 STANTON. Care crossing B4077. 13 Metres 200 12 Height 305m Highleadon Metres 9 At T junction TR SP STRATFORD. Care crossing 100 Aston Crews Staverton 4 10 229m 3 PH Upper Slaughter 14 Height Sandhurst B4634 B4632. 0 152m 20 Naunton 1 Down Hatherley B4063 0 5 10 15 20.25 25 30 35 40 15 B4222 CHELTENHAM5 TL SP /WORMINGTON. PH 76m Tibberton Kilometres 5 17 Brockhampton Lower Slaughter 16 Taynton 6 PH Rudford 2 A436 18 Maisemore Bourton-on-the-Water Sevenhampton 19 19 6 7 8 9 10 5 4 A40 (T) 11 12 Glasshouse Hill B4215 PH Several Notgrove 20 Upper Rissington Bulley Cold Aston 21 River M5 Andoversford Little Huntley 2 PH A429 Rissington A436 Shipton Olie Clapton-on Hazleton 3 1 24 -the-Hill A4136 Turkdean Wood 25 22 Great Rissington Minsterworth 17 B4072 17 5 6 7 8 18 23 PH River Severn A436 B4073 9 10 11 Northwood Green Hempstead Compton Abdale Upper Coberley 16 Withington Hampnett PH Farleys End Elmore 15 11 12 13 Farmington 26 Cowley 15 A40 Canal 16 14 1 Northleach 10 Colesbourne A4151 A48 A435 Yanworth Great Barrington Taynton BURFORD 8 PH 3 27 9 4 Eastington Wood PH Daniel’s Grove 29 14 8 28 5 Brimpseld Elkstone Longney Canal 24 Little Barrington 7 Beech Walk 1 7 2

B4008 23 13 PH 4 13 25 19 Several PH 6 Chedworth 4 Arlingham 14 18 Harescombe 26 PH 3 21 PH PH PH 22 1 Whiteway Longmead Wood 5 5 B4020 12 Upper Framilode Sheepscombe3 Calcot B4425 Hareseld PH The 22 Aldsworth Westwell 5 Camp 20 11 Saul Moreton Valence 4 A417 Holwell Fretherne 20 Edge 2 24 Coln Rogers 15 17 1 18 6 Miserden 23 21 PAINSWICK 2 19 1 10 4a North Cerney Calmsden Winson Bradwell Grove Frampton on Servern Sudgrove 16 16 Duntisbourne Abbots 6 3 B4071 Stroud Green Slad Ablington Duntisbourne Leer 6 7 PH Several A4173 STROUD 17 14 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 A419 Arlington

6 7 8 9 Forge Plantation Duntisbourne Rouse B4008 9 B4008 25 15 Bibury 13 11 8 3 2 Canal Stonehouse Bisley 3 1 Daglingworth Hatherop A38 30 Coln St Aldwyns Eastleach Turville 1 8 M5 Baunton Barnsley 12 2 Purton 29 Bournes Green 9 2 10 7 4 Quenington Fyeld Cambridge Thrupp Stratton PH The Green Broadwell Moorend Slimbridge 28 PH Bagpath Sapperton 13 Sharpness 5 Woodchester Langford 6 CIRENCESTER 26 B4066 Houndscroft 4 Ampney Crucis Newtown 7 8 9 10 1127 Ampney St Mary Halmore Cam & B4566 3 Coaley 27 1 PH Dursley Ampney St Peter Wanswell Amberley Poulton FAIRFORD Minchinhampton Coates 2 26 A419(T) Ampney Crucis 5 PH 2 Box 25 Siddington Horcott PH Several B4066 6 A417 24 3 4 PH Meysey Hampton A419 1 BERKELEY Tarlton Dri eld A417 8 9 10 Cam 4 NAILSWORTH 23 PH Several 22 A433 Uley Horsley 5 12 Totterdown Cherington 6 A361 Newport Farm Whelford Ham 1 Avening PH DURSLEY PH PH 1 Rodmartin Kemble 7 Duneld 21 B4058 South Cerney 3 3 Kempsford B4014 8 Down Marston Meysey Bevington Kingscote Ampney North Nibley Shorncote 9 2 Cerney Wick

5 2 Culkerton 1 A429 20 A429 Poole Keynes Stone PH 4 Hill 19 Tetbury Upton 9 PH 12 8 7 5 Ashley Somerford Keynes 11 10 13 6 Chedworth PH- Several A4135 5 2 18 10 PH Rockhampton Wotton-under-Edge TETBURY 17 PH- Several Oaksey B4058 7 12 B4509 6 14 11 16 B4014 B4062 13 PH Long Newnton Crudwell 15

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3 Winchcombe Circular Things to do on route Hailes Abbey The route starts in the lovely town of Winchcombe which has a wonderfully Stanway House and Fountain timeless quality. Cotswold stone cottages enhanced by black and white half- Beckford Silk Mill timber buildings, narrow side streets and charming houses make up the centre of Prescott Hill Climb this fabulous town. There is a good range of shops, including boutique clothing Winchcombe Pottery and antique shops as well as plenty of places to eat. As well as the town centre, Gloucestershire/Warwickshire Railway nearby must see places include Sudeley Castle with its 1,000 years of royal history and Sudeley Castle stunning gardens at any time of year; or one of the towns other attractions – Folk and Police Museum Winchcombe Pottery, the Folk & Police Museum or the Belas Knap Long Barrow Railway Museum.

The route meanders to Stanway which is an estate village centred upon the magnificent Stanway House with its baroque gatehouse and formal gardens with the highest gravity fountain in the world. The beautiful tithe barn and medieval church are also part of the estate. Moving on you will find Stanton which is an outstanding beautiful village, situated below the wooded Cotswold edge. The medieval parish church has some early 14th century wall paintings.

Winchcombe (Hub town) The route continues out into the Evesham vale through villages of Aston White Hart Inn B&B (in town centre), Somerville, Hinton on the Green, Elmley Castle and on to Ashton under Hill. High Street, GL54 5LJ www.whitehartwinchcombe.co.uk At Beckford you will find a village at the foot of Hill. The village is known 01242 602359 for its silk printing factory which attracts tourists through its workshop tours and The Lion Inn (in town centre), demonstrations. 37 North Street, GL54 5PS www.thelionwinchcombe.co.uk You will continue through quiet villages of Great Washbourne, Alderton and Gretton. 01242 603300 Gretton has several half-timbered cottages prettily situated around the 15th Wesley House (in town centre), century tower of its otherwise demolished medieval church. Look out and you may High Street, GL54 5LJ spot a steam train travelling along the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway which www.wesleyhouse.co.uk 01242 602366 runs through the local area.