Miles Without Stiles Northleach, Hampnett and the Saltway

An interesting circular walk from the ‘wool town’ of Northleach including the Cotswold Discovery Centre, and the Salt and Fosse Ways

Distance: 7.2 kilometres/ 4 41/2 miles (2 1/2 hours) with ups and downs of 80m or Hampnett 262ft Manor Farm Start: Northleach Square A40(T) A429 SP 113/145

Route: Prison From the square 1 turn left Copse (west) along the main street to the crossroads at the end of the 3 town. 2 2 Cross the Fosse Way carefully to Northleach the Cotswold Discovery Centre Cotswold Discovery Centre and turn right. If you are visiting Police 1 Resr Oldhill Station Start the museum you can start the Barn Way walk from here.

Climb the hill and turn left onto School Monarch's the road to Hampnett. 3 The 5 Norman church is worth visiting Resr to see the chancel painted by Portway the Victorian rector, a controversial act in its day. Pass Saltway Winterwell the church and keeping right, Barn 7 walk on to the village green. In Norman times, Hampnett was a 6 much bigger village and you 0 km 0.5 1 may be able to detect the 0 miles 0.25 0.5 foundations of deserted houses Map based upon OS mapping, © Crown Copyright licence no: 100040971 across to your left. This walk last checked 03/2017

At the top of the hill just beyond side of the valley. Cross the road Halfway along you cross the Saltway continues a little further the village, take the bridleway and carry straight on to another Portway, the C13th road from to the right.) You are following by ‘Ballingers Barn’ to the left road. 5 Gloucester Abbey to its sheep the side route to Northleach and 4 and almost immediately Turn left on this road and walk market in Northleach, To Eastington. The path bears left turn left again. Go through 2 to the Fosse Way. The road you shorten the walk, you can follow along the wall and becomes a gates and continue straight on are on is an ancient Saltway the Portway back to Northleach. track passing Winterwell Barn to a third gate, and with a wall and Church Farm. At the next along which salt was Cross the Fosse Way to a on your left descend into the road turn left 7 and follow the transported from Droitwich restricted bridleway on the valley. Cross a track at the road down into the centre of to the Cotswolds and beyond. opposite side. 6 (The main bottom and ascend the other Northleach.

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