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. 322m Farm Waterhatch W Spoonley Villa Wood White Hart pub. Turn right into Castle Limehill S i ou ane n ahead. Keeping the boundary on your left towards a large barn. Before the barn turn tham L Solitary ch Wood c T r e e o m Street and continue down the street to left to cross a stile then turn right and b Belas and proceed to a gate. (At this point avoidColes’s Hill 5 e

4 W C Knap A P o s t Ellenborough a reach a fingero post situated on your left Stone y tsw following the farm track bearing right follow the fence. The path curves uphill ol Park Hotel Blocks d W between some houses.ay Turn left to follow GWR towards a gate to leave the route). to a gate with Farmcote valley coming Station Queen’s Wood the footpath to a gate. Go through the into view. Go through and follow the path along Cheltenham Radio Dew pond gate and bear right diagonally across Race Course Masts . 330m Wontley Farm the top of the pig enclosure to a gate. Go through the gate and continue along the field (Disused)(noting the medieval ridge and furrow undulations) to another gate A. Turn left following the fence to a gate in the path following the contours of the a drystone wall. Go through the gate and land with a drystone wall on your right. Go through the gate and turn right continue straight ahead along the field Eventually you meet a gate, go through the along a lane for approx 120 metres, boundary with a wall on your right. gate and follow the footpath straight on turn left at the Winchcombe Way finger through a wooded area and another gate Note the landscape now changes from a post opposite a cottage. Enter the field into a field. Follow the field right hand Prestbury No ve pastural valley to a more exposed upland rt on aiming for the telegraph post. From there Pittville boundary to a stile and gate. Head straight Lane agricultural setting. towards a bridge on the right hand side on past a barn and follow the track to a hedge. Cross the bridge and bear left to gate by the road C. a gate. Go through the gate and proceed straight ahead across the field to a gap Cross the stile and turn left along the in the field boundary on your right. Go road for 25 metres to a finger post. Turn through the gap and bear 45° left towards left and cross the stile back into the same the external corner of the fence. Follow field! The road section can be avoided. the fence to a stile, climb the stile and WWaW hope you enjoy the walk, however the walk is undertaken at View above Hill Barn your sole risk and WWaW have no responsibility for loss, damage, head uphill keeping to the left of the knoll injury or interpretation. Every possible care has been taken to of the hill. Look for a way-marked post on After 200 metres a track appears from ensure the information given was accurate at the time of creation. Diagonally cross the field, aiming left of footbridge and continue along the track the copse, over a small knoll down to a until you reach the main road B4632. stile. Continue straight across the field to Carefully cross the road and turn left another stile. Cross the stile and continue along the pavement into Winchcombe. At straight on towards a house. Here you the junction with North Street you can will see the Malvern Hills in the distance either turn right into North Street or on your left. Cross the stile and bear right continue ahead into High Street. uphill towards a gate leading onto a lane. If you enter North Street, after approx Go through the gate and turn left along 250 metres turn left at the crossroads and the lane past St Faith’s Church, Farmcote Back Lane car park is 100 metres on your and Farmcote Herb Garden on your left. left. The surfaced road becomes a track descending slightly with lovely views If you continue along the High Street turn ahead. right into Cowl Lane and follow this to Back Lane car park. You will meet the Cotswold Way joining from your right via a gate. Following the Points of interest. Cotswold Way way markers continue straight on down the track until you reach St. Faith’s Church, Farmcote: a road D. The original building was Saxon, the only remains of the early church are Saxo- (Here the road to your left leads to Hayles Norman nave and remains of a doorway. Fruit Farm approx 200 metres with a farm The pulpit is Late 17th C. shop and tearooms for refreshments). Farmcote Herb Garden: Continue straight ahead along the road Specialist herb garden growing a wide to Hailes Abbey (ruins) on your left variety of herbs and chilli peppers. with Hailes Church opposite, which has medieval wall paintings. Hailes Abbey: A Cistercian abbey founded in 1246. The abbey was one of the last religious institutions to acquiesce following the Dissolution Act of 1536.

Hailes Church: Church with medieval wall-paintings.

Hailes Church Hayles Fruit Farm: Commercial orchard, farm shop and tea On your left is a finger post rooms. signposted Cotswold Way, turn left through the gate and head across the field to another gate. Go through the © Winchcombe Walkers are Welcome 2017 gate along a track to a lane. Turn right and follow the lane for approximately 100 metres to a finger post, turn left along a track signposted the Cotswold Way.

Continue along the track (ignoring the first footpath on your right after 200 metres) until the track begins to gently Hayles Fruit Farm climb E. Here there is a junction of footpaths, turn right along a grassy track signposted the Cotswold Way (045/298).

After approximately 150 metres bear left by a way-marked post, across a field to a stile. Cross the stile and turn left following the field boundary to a gate (no longer in use). Pass by the gate and follow the fence on the left, through another gate and views of Winchcombe will start to appear ahead of you. Go straight across the field and over a small bridge, bear right downhill towards a stile. Cross the stile/