Miles Without Stiles Sir Stanley Tubbs, Hill

A brief saunter around Stinchcombe Hill offering stunning views of the Cotswold Escarpment, Severn Vale and . Enjoy snippets of local history and rest on a monument to the benefactor who gave the hill to the public.

Take the path back along the Map based upon OS mapping, Distance: 4 kilometres/ © Crown Copyright licence no: 100040971 spine of the hill to pass the Approx. 21/2 miles (11/2 hours) stone seat which is a monument with ups and downs of 90m or to Sir Stanley Tubbs the local 295ft benefactor who gave the hill in Sheep Path Start: Public car park on trust to the local people for Wood 4 Stinchcombe Stinchcombe Hill ST 743/983 recreation. Hill House

Continue on to reach the OS Trig ay 5 Golf Course Pillar and Topograph. Bear Route: 18th Cotswold WStinchcombe Tee Westfield Much of the hilltop is leased slightly left to follow path down Wood 3 Tubbs Hill 1 Memorial to the golf club. Please keep to to the Tubbs memorial shelter. Hut Start 6th the path and respect the golfers. 3 Follow the path around the Tee shelter and in about 60 metres Park opposite the wide view follow the Club 2 Hollow House down the valley 1 . 2 Viewing waymark on the right along the Drakestone Combe 6 Point To seats in front of you, turn right left edge of the golf course. until you see the Cotswold Way Continue on past the eleventh Drakestone House 7 post, then turn left. Follow the and twelfth tees to arrive at the 0 km 0.5 Quarry Oak (dis) Cotswold Way around the top mounting stone. Beeches 0 miles 0.25 edge of Hollow Combe with the Park Wood golf course on your right. Pass 4 This is at the side of the old This walk last checked 02/2017 between the woods and the London Road which was a coach road from Berkeley Castle. The raised sixth tee to the slope Dean and enter a woods ahead track across the open grass to mounting stone was used to overlooking Stancombe Park. and continue through to reach reach the clubhouse 6 . enable horses to be re-mounted Turn right and follow the path view point overlooking Dursley. after being led up the steep hill. out to Drakestone Point and Just past the clubhouse turn It is also thought that this was wooden seat. From here can be seen Cam right on the waymarked path to originally a Roman road across Peak and Cam Long Down, cross the road and on towards the hill. 2 From here there are fine Downham Hill, Uley Bury and the woods ahead. views of the Cotswold the Cotswold escarpment. Turn right on the coach road and escarpment, Nibley Monument Continue on keeping high with 7 Turn right before entering then swing left 5 to follow the and The Severn Bridges. The the woods on your left (do not the woods and follow the path wood edge on your left. earthworks at Drakestone Point take track descending into along the edge of the hill back Continue on to cross the drive in are thought to be the site of a woods). to the car park. hill fort. It is said that Berkeley front of Stinchcombe Hill House. Cross grassland with views on Castle was bombarded during Pass between the groundsman’s your left across the the Civil War. Unfortunately the shed and the eighteenth tee and to and the Forest of castle is no longer in view due to proceed on the waymarked the encroachment of trees.

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