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Sheepscombe valley from THE BATHURST ARMS Workman’s Wood North Cerney, Gloucestershire GL7 7BZ tel 01285 832150 website www.bathurstarms.co.uk STAFF USE ONLY Number in party: Cotswold Challenge email [email protected] Time & date: bar open a one-day linear or two-day circular walk between two superb Gloucestershire inns Mon–Sun all day Staff signature: food served Mon–Fri 12 noon–2.30pm, 6pm–9pm Sat 12 noon–9pm Photo © Mike Baldwin (cc-by-sa/2.0) Sun (summer) 12 noon–8pm Sun (winter) 12 noon–3pm, 6pm–8pm St Bartholomew’s Church, Winstone Come and walk some glorious Cotswold North Cerney countryside with the added bonus of a nr Cirencester cosy and welcoming pub with a great selection of drinks and food at the start and finish, whichever end you begin! Make a weekend This leaflet describes two delightful of it – stay over STAFF USE ONLY and walk back alternative routes between the two Number in party: the next day! pubs, so you can choose a one-day Time & date: adventure with the help of a car or taxi Staff signature: for the return journey, or stay overnight mapped and described in both at the Bathurst Arms and walk a directions different way back the following day to THE BUTCHERS ARMS Sheepscombe, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL6 7RH make a great weekend of it. tel 01452 812113 Sheepscombe website www.butchers-arms.co.uk © David Dunford 2018 except where otherwise acknowledged. All rights reserved. www.walksfromthedoor.co.uk Duntisbourne Abbots nr Painswick Each successful walker who can prove email [email protected] that they have completed the Challenge bar open The water lane at Duntisbourne Leer in either direction can enjoy a Mon–Fri (Sept–June) 11.30am–3pm, 6.30pm–11pm complimentary glass of wine or pint of Mon–Fri (July/August) 11.30am–11pm Sat 11.30am–11pm beer on arrival at the destination pub. Sun 12 noon–10.30pm Two-day walkers can claim £10 off an food served Mon–Fri 12 noon–2.30pm, 6.30pm–9.30pm Claim a overnight stay at the Bathurst Arms. free drink if you Sat 12 noon–9.30pm complete the Have a great walk on us! Sun 12 noon–8pm (Jan/Feb 12–6pm) challenge! Text, mapping, photography and design The Heartstone Inns Cotswold Challenge: Logistics Bathurst Arms to Butchers Arms Leer. 30 Keep on to a triangle at the top of the village, where you turn a silage pit to reach a track at the rear of the property. 63 Turn left Butchers Arms to Bathurst Arms church, and follow the walled grassy track out into open fields. 33 Walk right and descend towards the stream. 31 Take a left-hand turn through a metal gate into a concrete yard, then right along a hedgerow diagonally across the field aiming for a gap in the far hedge The Bathurst Arms in North Cerney and the Butchers Arms in via Bagendon and the Duntisbournes: 12¼ miles signposted “UNSUITABLE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES”. 32 Follow this lane climbing the hillside. 64 Follow this field, past footpaths to right and via Winstone and Rendcomb: 11¾ miles approximately coinciding with the point where the overhead cables Sheepscombe are approximately 15 miles apart by road. This leaflet uphill, then bear right to descend to a long ford; follow the footpath cross. 34 Continue in a similar direction towards the trees surrounding 1 From the front door of the Bathurst Arms, cross the River Churn to left, until you reach a gate into a lane. 65 Take a few steps to the left, 1 From the front door of the pub, turn left and follow the no-through describes two walking routes, of 12¼ and 11¾ miles respectively and to the left of the stream. 33 Beyond the ford, follow the lane ahead Rectory Farm. 35 After a stile, aim to the left of the trees (negotiating the main road. 2 Cross quickly but carefully and follow the lane then turn right over a stile with a footpath sign. 66 Cross an area of road signposted to Sheepscombe Far End. 2 After ½ mile, continue with no overlap, between the two pubs (allow 6 or 7 hours each way). to the phone box and spring at the foot of the village green in temporary fencing if necessary) and cross the farm drive above the opposite, signposted to Bagendon. 3 Follow the road around the grassland (planted with young trees) to a stile into another road, between the gateposts into Workman’s Wood. 3 When the track forks, If you only have one day, you can follow either route as a linear walk Duntisbourne Abbots. 34 Follow the road and path up the slope entrance. 36 Cross the stile opposite and bear half-left to a gateway church and then round to the right, uphill. 4 Bear left at the entrance opposite the car park for the Butterfly Conservation reserve of Rough take the lower (right-hand) branch. 4 Bear right when the other track from one pub to the other, but we recommend a glorious two-day opposite, then turn left past a postbox. 35 Enter the churchyard via in the wall. 37 The path continues in the same direction (temporary to Cerney House, continuing along the public road. 5 After a further Bank. 67 Go through the metal gate to the left of the car park entrance rejoins from the left, then swing right with views down the valley. circular walk, starting from the Butchers Arms and treating yourself the lychgate and exit by the gate to the left of the church tower. fencing permitting) to a stone slab stile into a road. 38 Cross the road 600 yards, cross a staggered junction and follow the road opposite and walk down the track across the rushy field. 68 At the bottom of 5 Bear left to a building and a pond beyond. 6 Continue along the main to a luxurious overnight stay with dinner and breakfast at the Bathurst 36 Turn right to the triangular road junction and turn left (signposted and go over the stile opposite. 39 Join and follow a tractor track, until it descends towards Bagendon village. 6 At the war memorial, the field, don’t go through the wooden gate into the reserve, but drop track to the left of the pond. 7 Beyond a shelter (on your left) continue Arms, before walking back to Sheepscombe via the glorious Duntis- to Duntisbourne Leer and Daglingworth). 37 When the road bends left bending left then right so you end up walking parallel to the A417. bear left downhill and past Bagendon church. 7 Turn right at the phone down left through a metal field-gate into a superb sunken way through up the valley, ignoring any turnings and passing a small quarry face on bourne valley the following day. at another triangle, take the road on the right, again signposted 40 In the corner of the last field, go through a gate and descend to a box beyond the church and, ignoring a no-through road off to the left, “UNSUITABLE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES”. 38 At the end of the triangle, the trees. 69 Follow the path down the bottom of the valley for a while, your left. 8 Eventually, leave the wood through a gate and follow a public road. 41 Turn left (ignoring the slip road onto the A417) and If you are only able to walk one way, please note that there is no public follow the narrow lane past the old school on the right. 8 The lane follow the unmade track to the left of a house. 39 Follow this track for then bear left up an gently ascending track through the trees. 70 Join track across the field ahead. 9 Bear right through the gate between pass under the twin bridges leading below the dual carriageway. transport available between the two pubs, so you will need to arrange passes below a wood (ignore footpaths to the left) and then descends half a mile until you meet a road. 40 Cross straight over and follow a a wider track at the top of the hill and follow it ahead until it curves two houses. 10 Turn right down the road, then at Foston’s Ash cross 42 Follow the road round to the right and carry straight on along a a lift or taxi-ride before or after your walk. to the cottages of Upper End. 9 When the road bends sharp right in similar track opposite, then continue along the left-hand of a field. left and an isolated house comes into view. 71 Turn right onto a steeply over and walk to the right of the pub, passing the swings to reach the short no-through road beyond the southbound slip road. 43 At the If you need to leave a car at either end, please check with the pub staff the valley bottom, go through a gate on the left and turn right along 41 Go through a gateway into woodland and follow the track as it descending permitted path, which shortly meets a contouring footpath end of the car park. 11 Follow the footpath beyond, along a field edge. end of the metalled road, turn left and follow a hedged green lane in advance. Car parking is especially limited at the Butchers Arms, but the bottom of the field. 10 The path leads pleasantly along the bottom descends to the left; ignore a track joining from the right.

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