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Great Comberton

A4184 Elmley Castle B4035 Netherton B4632

B4081

Hinton on the Green Kersoe A38 CHIPPING CAMPDEN Key to Map A46(T) Aston Somerville Uckinghall Broadway Day Ashton under Hill Symbols: Kemerton At a Glance A438 (T) 5 M50 B4081 Wormington B4479 Laverton B4080 Beckford Blockley WinchcombeB4078 to Burford Ashchurch The first few miles of this A Road for Tewkesbury

Bushley B4079 Great Washbourne Stanton

A38 A38 A417 TEWKESBURY stretch take you into the hills B Road A438 Alderton Snowshill 11 TR SP THE SLAUGHTERS. Care crossing B4068. A438 Bourton-on-the-Hill B4079 A44 with the route levelling out Minor Road M5 Teddington B4632 2 12 TL SP /LOWER SWELL. Stanway towards Burford. You are going Motorway

B4208 Dymock M50 A424 Linkend Oxenton Didbrook A435 2 PH 6 13 TR SP /BOURTON ON THE Dixton Gretton 3 to visit some of the best known Cutsdean Built-up Area Hailes 5 Deerhurst WATER. Kempley 1 PH Corse Ford villages of the on B4213 B4211 B4213 PH Gotherington 7 Tredington 14 TR SP LOWER SLAUGHTER/BOURTON ON THE Roundabouts Botloe’s Green Tirley PH B4077 Apperley 4 Condicote this stretch and in high summer Bishop’s Cleeve PH Several 1 4 WATER. Hardwicke Railway Stations Lower Apperley some of them can be very busy, Upleadon Haseld Coombe Hill 15 TR SP UPPER SLAUGHTER. Kineton B4221

River Severn Orchard Nook PH A417 Gorsley A417 particularly Bourton on the Water. Railway Lines Newent A436 16 TL at Stone Bridge/Small Grassed Roundabout. Kilcot A4091 Southam Barton Hartpury Ashleworth Boddington Lower Swell Most of the route is along quiet B4224 PH PH 17 At T junction TL SP BOURTON ON THE WATER/THE Lakes 11 Charlton Abbots PH 8 B4216 Prestbury 12 13 country lanes. Highleadon 9 RISSINGTONS. Aston Crews 10 Rivers Staverton PH Upper Slaughter 14 B4634 3 Sandhurst Down Hatherley B4063 15 18 At T junction TL SP BOURTON ON THE WATER. B4222 PH Points of Tibberton 5 17 Brockhampton Lower Slaughter 16 Taynton PH Interest Rudford A436 18 Grade - Moderate/Strenuous Maisemore Twigworth Bourton-on-the-Water 19 At T junction TR SP CIRENCESTER Extreme Care Sevenhampton 19 A40 (T) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Glasshouse Hill B4215 Charlton Kings PH Several crossing A429. P.O.I. numbers* 20 Upper Rissington with some considerable climbs 1 Salperton Bulley Cold Aston 21 River Severn River M5 Lower Andoversford Little 20 TL and continue along ‘LANSDOWNE’ Huntley A429 on the route. Dowdeswell PH Rissington Cycle Shops or A436 Shipton Olie Clapton-on Cycle Hire** Hazleton 21 TR SP Great Rissington/The Barringtons. 24 -the-Hill

A4136 - 34 miles / 54 km Shurdington Wood 25 Distance

B4072 22 Great Rissington Minsterworth 22 PH Public Houses 23 PH TR at lane with small grassed tump, SP WEAK River Severn A436 B4073 Northwood Green Hempstead Compton Abdale Upper Coberley BRIDGE. Visitor Withington Hampnett Farleys End Elmore PH Farmington Information 26 23 At T junction with grassed triangle TR. Points of interest Cowley A40 Centres Canal Birdlip Colesbourne 24 At T junction TL SP BOURTON ON THE WATER. A4151 A48 A435 Yanworth Great Barrington Taynton BURFORD Cycle Route PH 27 Eastington Wood PH 1. 29 Daniel’s Grove 28 Brimpseld Elkstone Canal Little Barrington 2. Stanway House & Fountain Route Marker Longney Beech Walk

B4008 13 25 At T junction TL SP SHERBORNE. PH 3. Dovecote at Naunton Several PH Chedworth Arlingham Harescombe PH 1 Route Start PH PH PH Whiteway Longmead Wood 26 At cross roads TL SP SHERBORNE/WINDRUSH. 4. Cotswolds Farm Park Point Marker Upper Framilode Sheepscombe Calcot B4425 B4020 Hareseld PH The Rendcombe Aldsworth Westwell 5. Museum at Lower Slaughter and Camp A417 Fretherne Saul Moreton Valence Edge Coln Rogers Holwell 27 At T junction TR SP LITTLE BARRINGTON/ Cycle Route Miserden Mill Wheel into Town PAINSWICK Bradwell Grove BURFORD. Sudgrove North Cerney Calmsden Winson Frampton on Servern Duntisbourne Abbots 6. Bourton on the Water – Model B4071 Stroud Green Slad Duntisbourne Leer Ablington 28 Just past telephone box TL cycle signpost Cycle Route PH Several STROUD A4173 Village out of Town A419 Arlington Bibury

Forge Plantation Duntisbourne Rouse BURFORD. B4008 B4008 7. Birdland Park & Gardens TL Turn left Stonehouse Bisley 29 At T junction with post box TL and continue to your Daglingworth Hatherop A38 8. Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Coln St Aldwyns Eastleach Turville Filkins M5 1 From Hailes StreetBaunton head northBarnsley out of Winchcombe 7 At crossroads go straight over SP TEMPLE DESTINATION Burford. TR Turn right Purton Bournes Green Collection Quenington Fyeld Canal Cambridge Thrupp along theStratton B4632. GUITING/GUITING POWER. Care crossing B4077. PH The Green Broadwell Moorend Slimbridge SP Signpost PH Bagpath Sapperton 9. Model Railway Exhibition Sharpness Woodchester Langford Chalford 2CIRENCESTERTR SP LITTLE FARMCOTE/HAILES ABBEY. 8 TL SP NAUNTON/STOW ON THE WOLD. B4066 Houndscroft Frampton Ampney Crucis 10. The Dragonfly Maze Newtown Ampney St Mary * Please note symbols indicate Cycle Halmore Cam & Mansell B4566 Coaley 3 Straight on past Hailes Abbey sign following road 9 At cross roads turn immediate left SP NAUNTON. Shop within town/village and not PH Dursley Ampney St Peter 11. Cotswolds Perfumery factory tours Wanswell Poulton FAIRFORD Amberley Coates precise location. Minchinhampton A419(T) Ampney Crucis PH with GATE signpost. 12. Cotswolds Pottery studio and shop Box Siddington 10 TLHorcott SP STOW. PH Several B4066 A417 PH Meysey Hampton ** Route attraction numbers start A419 BERKELEY 4 Speed aware – Steep and longDri eld descent on A417 13. Tolsey Museum Cam NAILSWORTH Tarlton as you leave each hub town in a PH Several clockwise direction. Uley Horsley A433 narrow lane. Beware of oncoming traffic. Totterdown Newport Cherington Farm Whelford A361 Ham Avening PH DURSLEY PH PH Rodmarton 5 KembleAt crossroads go straight over SP CUTSDEAN/ Duneld Winchcombe to Burford 54km Contour Information B4058 South Cerney Kempsford B4014 TADDINGTON/SNOWSHILL. Care crossingDown Marston300 Meysey Kingscote Ampney Bevington Shorncote 305m North Nibley Cerney Wick Culkerton B4077. 200 Height

Metres A429 Stone A429 Poole Keynes 229m Hill PH PH Metres Tetbury Upton Ashley 6 At crossroadsSomerford TR SPKeynes FORD/STOW ON THE WOLD. 100 Chedworth Height 152m PH- Several A4135 PH 0 Rockhampton Wotton-under-Edge TETBURY 76m PH- Several Oaksey B4058 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 B4509 B4014 B4062 Kilometres PH Long Newnton Crudwell

B4509

B4061 Berkeley to Gloucester 45km B4060 300

200 Metres 100 Height 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Kilometres

Berkeley to Painswick 47km 300 200 Metres 100 Height 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Kilometres Winchcombe to Burford Things to do on route Hailes Abbey The route starts in the lovely town of Winchcombe which has a wonderfully Stanway House & Fountain timeless quality. Cotswold stone cottages enhanced by black and white half-timber Dovecote at Naunton buildings, narrow side streets and charming houses make up the centre of this Cotswolds Farm Park fabulous town. There is a good range of shops, Museum at Lower Slaughter and Mill Wheel including boutique clothing and antique shops Bourton on the Water – Model Village Burford (Hub town) as well as plenty of places to eat. As well as the Birdland Park & Gardens Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection Burford House Hotel, town centre, must see places include Sudeley Model Railway Exhibition 99 High Street, Burford, OX18 4QA Castle with its 1,000 years of royal history and The Dragonfly Maze www.burford-house.co.uk stunning gardens at any time of year; or one 01993 823151 Cotswolds Perfumery factory tours of the towns other attractions – Winchcombe Cotswolds Pottery studio and shop The Bay Tree Hotel, Pottery, the Folk & Police Museum or the Sheep Street, Burford, OX18 4LW Tolsey Museum www.cotswold-inns-hotels.co.uk Railway Museum. 01993 822791 The route takes you up onto The Cotswold Hills The Lamb Inn, and back down to the iconic The Slaughters considered to be the prettiest villages Sheep Street, Burford, OX18 4LR www.cotswold-inns-hotels.co.uk in the Cotswolds and probably the most photographed attracting visitors from all 01993 822 228 over the world.

Stow (10 miles from Burford) Nearby is Bourton on the Water again popular with visitors known as the Venice Park Farm Holiday Cottages, of the Cotswolds. You can enjoy some tranquil time by the with its Maugersbury, Stow, GL54 1HP beautiful bridges. There are several excellent visitor attractions here especially for www.parkfarmholidaycottages.co.uk children along with a great choice of places to eat too. 01451 870568 The route continues through the countryside to Burford. Nestling along the slope Bourton-on-the-Water (10 miles from of the hill down through the trees to the River Windrush, Burford is steeped Burford) in history and rich in architectural heritage. Burford is full of Cotswold stone Larks Rise B&B, houses with hidden secrets that can be glimpsed through narrow alleyways and Old Gloucester Road, GL54 3BH www.larksrisehouse.co.uk courtyards. One of the oldest buildings in Burford is a magnificent church of almost 01451 822613 cathedral-like proportions. It was built from around 1175. The town is also a Meadow Rise Guest House, renowned centre for the antiques trade. Pock Hill Lane, Bourton, GL54 2DD www.meadow-rise.co.uk 01451 821860 Trevone B&B, Moore Road, Bourton on the Water, GL54 2AZ www.trevonebb.co.uk 07740 805250