A Weekend with Walks at a GLANCE

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A Weekend with Walks at a GLANCE A weekend with walks AT A GLANCE n Stay in a cosy cottage or B&B in Northleach n Visit the Old Prison and ‘Escape to the Cotswolds’ Visitor Centre n Enjoy Keith Harding’s World of Mechanical Music n Visit the ‘wool church’ of St Peter & St Paul n Explore the pretty market square Northleach - Hidden Cotswold Wool Town Merchants, music and The magnificent church of St Peter and Wednesday from 8.30am to 2.30pm. markets… St Paul is sometimes called ‘the Over the hill, Eastington is one of a Cathedral of the Cotswolds’ and was number of small settlements along the Northleach is renowned for being the restored by the wealthy wool valley of the River Leach; delightful town with a workhouse at one end and merchants. This is a fine example of walking country and pure Cotswolds. a prison at the other. In between, you the 15th century Cotswold will find another treasure – Keith Perpendicular and houses some of the Walking in and around Harding’s World of Mechanical Music – best wool merchant’s brasses in the Northleach: with a unique collection of self-playing country. Short walks musical instruments and what has been described as the ‘best gift shop in the A walk along the High Street will Northleach, Hampnett and the Cotswolds’. unearth medieval burgage plots, the Saltway approx 4.5 miles - An Market Place and the Green. Look out interesting circular walk from The Old Prison is a fascinating house for the historic ‘cow passages’ between Northleach including the Old Prison, of correction, dating back to the 18th some of the properties around the the beautiful Hampnett Valley and the century, complete with an original cell Market Place. Salt and Fosse Ways. Available from block and court room. It is now home to the Cotswolds Conservation Board the Cotswold Conservation Board’s King Henry III granted a charter in 1227 (email: [email protected]) ‘Escape to the Cotswolds’ Visitor allowing a weekly market to be held, Centre. and an annual fair which still takes The ‘Walks Around Northleach’ booklet place on the last Saturday in June. The is available to purchase from most lively Charter Market is held every Northleach shops and includes the The Great Outdoors www.cotswolds.com Northleach - Hidden Cotswold Wool Town following three walks: A walk to Hampnett and back approx 3.5 miles - After a short climb out of the town, this is a pleasant, fairly easy walk following footpaths and bridleways. Some of the footpaths could at times be difficult to see, due to standing crops or undergrowth. The small Church at Hampnett has an unusual decoratively painted interior and there are several pretty cottages around the old common, as well as some well-restored and converted farm buildings. Available to download. Farmington Road, Bunkers Hill, Farmington Church and Upper End approx 4 miles - A good circular walk for a morning or afternoon with a chance to look around the nearby village of Farmington with long barrow. There are also great n its triangular green, peaceful cottages, National Trust Lodge Park & views of the River Leach. Available to large houses and pretty church. Sherborne Estate download. n Available to download. Bibury Trout Farm n Chedworth Roman Villa Longer Walks Oxpens, Yanworth, Hangmans’s The Diamond Way - A roughly Stone approx 4 miles (plus possible to Accommodation that diamond shaped walk visiting many extension to Chedworth Roman Villa, welcomes walkers small villages using quiet footpaths. approx further 4 miles) - The route Imaginative and scenic route through takes you through a nature reserve, an Bed & Breakfast Gloucestershire created by Ramblers estate village and over some high open Harrington House, Bourton-on-the- Association North Cotswold group to farmland with excellent views of the Water celebrate the 60th Jubilee. Stretches Cotswold countryside. It is advisable to www.hfholidays.co.uk/holidays/harringt from Northleach in the south to near drive to the start point, 3 miles away, to on-house Chipping Campden in the north. avoid walking along the main A40. Or Home Farm Holiday Cottages, Little Guiting Power in the west and alternatively you can walk the whole Rissington Bourton on the Water in the east. thing. www.cotswoldshomefarm.com National Trust Lodge Park approx 1 Things to do in Northleach Cottage mile (approx 3 miles by road from Easterleigh Cottage in Great n Northleach) – Check opening hours of The Old Prison Rissington n Lodge Park with National Trust Escape to the Cotswolds Visitor www.rentcotswoldcottage.com beforehand. Explore the grounds of Centre n Lodge Park and the wider parkland, Keith Harding’s World of Visitor Information Centre: designed by Charles Bridgeman in the Mechanical Music n T: +44(0)1451 862000 18th century. You'll pass the Lodge, a The Church of St Peter & St Paul n deer racing course and a Stone Age Northleach Charter Fair (the last Saturday in June) Kindly supported by www.cotswolds.com.
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