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Hinton on the Green Kersoe A38 A46(T) Aston Somerville Uckinghall Broadway Ashton under Hill Kemerton A438 (T)

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Bushley B4079 Great Washbourne Stanton

A38 A38 A417 TEWKESBURY A438 Alderton Snowshill A438 Bourton-on-the-Hill B4079 A44 M5 Teddington B4632 2 Stanway

B4208 Dymock M50 A424 Linkend Oxenton Didbrook A435 19 2 PH 6 Dixton Gretton 3 Cutsdean 15 16 17 Hailes 5 Kempley Deerhurst 5 PH Corse 13 1 B4211 B4213 4 Gotherington Ford 7 B4213 Tredington PH 11 18 Farmcote Botloe’s Green Tirley PH 6 7 8 9 10 B4077 Apperley 14 4 Condicote Bishop’s Cleeve PH Several 1 4 12 Temple Guiting Hardwicke 22 Lower Apperley Upleadon Haseld Coombe Hill Kineton B4221

10 Orchard Nook PH A417 Gorsley A417 21 9 8 A436 Kilcot A4091 Southam Barton Hartpury Boddington 3 Ashleworth Lower Swell B4224 PH Guiting Power PH 7 11 Charlton Abbots PH 8 B4216 Prestbury 12 13 Highleadon 9 Aston Crews Staverton 10 Hawling 3 PH Upper Slaughter 14 Sandhurst B4634 20 Naunton 1 Down Hatherley B4063 15 B4222 PH Tibberton 5 17 Brockhampton Lower Slaughter 16 Taynton 6 PH Rudford 2 A436 18 Maisemore Bourton-on-the-Water Sevenhampton 19 19 6 7 8 9 10 5 4 A40 (T) 11 12 Glasshouse Hill B4215 Charlton Kings PH Several Notgrove 20 Upper Rissington Salperton Bulley Cold Aston 21 River Severn River M5 Lower Andoversford Little Huntley A429 2 Dowdeswell PH Rissington A436 Shipton Olie Clapton-on Hazleton 3 1 24 -the-Hill A4136 Shurdington Turkdean Wood 25 22 Great Rissington Minsterworth 17 B4072 17 5 6 7 8 18 23 PH River Severn A436 B4073 9 10 11 Northwood Green Hempstead Compton Abdale Upper Coberley 16 Withington Hampnett PH Farleys End Elmore 15 11 12 13 Farmington 26 Cowley 15 A40 14 16 1 Birdlip 10 A4151 A48 A435 Yanworth BURFORD 3 27 Great Barrington Taynton PH PH 8 9 4 Eastington Wood Daniel’s Grove 29 14 8 28 5 Brimpseld Elkstone Longney Canal 24 Little Barrington 1 Beech Walk 2 5 7 B4008 23 13 PH 4 13 25 19 Several PH 6 Chedworth 4 14 18 Harescombe 26 PH Key to Map 3 21 PH PH PH 22 1 Whiteway Day Longmead Wood Symbols: 5 At a Glance 5 B4020 12 Upper Framilode 3 Calcot B4425 Hareseld PH The 1 Rendcombe 22 Aldsworth Westwell 6 Camp 20 11 Moreton Valence to Nailsworth4 A short easy routeA417 designed to A Road Saul Holwell Fretherne 20 Edge 2 24 Coln Rogers 15 17 1 allow time to travel to Stroud, B Road 18 prepare and perhaps explore Minor Road 21 PAINSWICK1 Exit the train station (North), turn left and head downhill 2 23 19 Bradwell Grove 1 10 (SW) to WALLBRIDGE. a little before embarking Motorway North Cerney Calmsden Winson Frampton on Servern Sudgrove 16 2 Duntisbourne Abbots Built-up Area 6 B4071 Stroud Green Straight over roundabout and past Travis Perkins, go on your cycle holiday. The 3 6 Ablington through the underpass and follow cycle path along the route is mainly on DuntisbourneCycle Path Leer Roundabouts 7 PH Several A4173 14 STROUD side of the A46 BATH ROAD. 17 1 2 3 4 5 formed from the old Stroud / Railway Stations A419 3 Arlington Bibury At junction with HILL bear left and take Railway line – Be

6 7 8 9 the cycle track Route 45 – follow sign post Forge Plantation Duntisbourne RouseRailway Lines B4008 9 B4008 4 5 /STONEHOUSE. You now travel along aware of traffic getting from 25 13 8 Lakes 11 3 2 the cycle path formerly the railway line to Nailsworth. Stroud Train Station to the 15 Rivers Stonehouse 3 1 4 Descend stepsBisley at ROAD. Cycle Path. 8 DaglingworthPoints of Hatherop A38 Cross road and follow cycle route signs 45 direction to Interest Coln St Aldwyns Eastleach Turville Filkins M5 WOODCHESTER. Grade - Easy Baunton Barnsley 12 Purton 2 1 P.O.I. numbers* 2 1 Turn left when track joins BournesNailsworth branch. Green 9 7 Distance - 4.8 miles / 7.8 km Cycle Shops or 10 Fyeld 4 Cycle Hire** Quenington Canal Cambridge Thrupp Follow route 45 to Nailsworth passing Dunkirk Mill Stratton PH The Green Broadwell Moorend Slimbridge 5 At the end of the cycle path Station Road leads to the PH Public Houses PH Bagpath SappertonPoints of interest 7 Sharpness 5 NailsworthWoodchester to Berkeley 43km RAILWAY HOTEL. Take right turn, then left on the main Visitor A road. Information Langford 6 300 CIRENCESTERCentres 26 B4066 Houndscroft 1. Stroud Farmers Market 200 6 At roundabout TR, care crossing A46 Framptoninto Nailsworth. Cycle Route Ampney Crucis 4 Metres (Saturday Mornings) Newtown 100 8 9 10 11 12 Ampney St Mary Halmore Height Mansell 2. Shambles Market (Friday’s and Route Marker Cam & 0 10 B4566 27 3 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Saturday’s) 1 Route Start Ampney St Peter PH Kilometres 1 Poulton Wanswell Amberley 3. Stratford Park & Museum in Point Marker the Park Coates 2 Cycle Route A419(T) Ampney Crucis to Winchcombe 48km5 PH 4. Canal Visitor Centre into Town 2 Box Siddington Horcott PH Several B4066 300 6 5. Stroud Tourist Information Cycle Route A417 200 24 out of Town 3 4 PH Meysey Hampton Metres Centre/Subscription Room A419 1 BERKELEY 100 Tarlton TL Turn left Dri eld A417 8 9 10 Cam NAILSWORTH Height23 6. Cotswolds Playhouse 0 TR Turn right 0 5 10 15 PH20 Several25 30 35 40 45 22 7. The Landsdown Hall & Gallery A433 Signpost 5 HorsleyKilometres 8. Stroud Valleys Art Space SP 6 1 Totterdown Newport 9. Apollo Cinema Farm Whelford A361 Cherington * Please note symbols indicate Cycle Ham Avening 10. Shop within town/village and not PH DURSLEY precise location. PH Rodmarton PH Kemble ** Route attraction numbers start 7 Duneld as you leave each hub town in a

21 Market Stroud Farmer’s clockwise direction. 3 B4058 Stroud to Nailsworth 7.8km South Cerney 3 Kempsford 300 B4014 Contour Information 8 Down Marston Meysey Height 200 Metres Kingscote Ampney Bevington Metres 305m 100 Shorncote 9 North Nibley Height 229m Cerney Wick 5 0 2 Culkerton 2

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5 Stroud (Hub town) Things to do on route The Imperial Hotel (in town centre), Stroud to Station Road, Stroud, GL5 3AP Stroud Farmers Market (Saturday Mornings) www.imperialhotelstroud.co.uk 01453 764077 Nailsworth Shambles Market (Friday’s and Saturday’s) The Clothiers Arms (in town centre), Stratford Park & Museum in the Park 1 Bath Road, Stroud GL5 3JJ Brimming with independent shops, cafes, Cotswolds Canal Visitor Centre www.clothiersarms.co.uk galleries and a lovely museum, bohemian Stroud Tourist Information Centre/ 01453 763801 Stroud is home to one of the best Subscription Room Whiteshill (2 miles from Stroud) farmers’ markets in the country and has Cotswolds Playhouse The Star Inn, been described as ‘The Covent Garden The Landsdown Hall & Gallery Whiteshill, Stroud, GL6 6AE Stroud Valleys Art Space www.the-star-inn-whiteshill.co.uk of the Cotswolds’. Here you will find an 01453 765321 eclectic mix of shops selling everything Apollo Cinema from fossils to fairies and vintage to vinyl, sitting against the dramatic Woodchester Mansion Chalford (5 miles from Stroud) backdrop of the beautiful . Stroud is known as a centre for Ruskin Mill & Dunkirk Mill Westley Farm Cottages, Chalford, Stroud, GL6 8HP contemporary arts, as well as its canal, commons, woollen mill heritage www.westleyfarm.co.uk and colourful festivals. 01285 760262 You take the cycle-way to Nailsworth following the old railway line. Nailsworth (Hub town) Nailsworth is a lively, artistic town nestling in a wooded valley and Wild Garlic Restaurant & Rooms, (in town centre), 3 Cossack Ct, Cossacks Square, renowned for its award-winning restaurants, , cafes and other Nailsworth, GL6 0DB food outlets including a celebrated local bakery (home to The www.wild-garlic.co.uk, Fabulous Baker Brothers) and food emporium, as well as some lovely, 01453 832615 small independent shops. There is a mill trail and Nailsworth has Egypt Mill (in town centre), Stroud Road, Nailsworth, GL6 0AE the largest number of working water wheels per square mile in the Hazelwood B&B, country. Ruskin Mill (a centre for artistic activity) and the Stroudwater Church Street, Nailsworth, GL6 0BP Trust’s Weaving Shed at Gigg Mill are nearby. Close by is the www.hazelwood.me.uk 01453 839304 Nailsworth Ladder leading to National Trust common land and the mysterious and haunted Woodchester Mansion. Woodchester (2 miles from Nailsworth) 1 Woodchester Lodge B&B, Southfield Road, Woodchester, GL5 5PA www.woodchesterlodge.co.uk 01453 872586