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Leave Back Lane car park via the far e n Sudeley © OpenstreetMapr contributors and WWaW corner access into Cowl Lane. Turn right u o Castle b Apple Tree and follow the road to the High Street. Is . the end of the shopsThe Homeand turn right into Pub R 2 Turn right and follow Abbey Terrace 3 Parks 6 Cowl Lane and follow this to Back Lane 4 until you see Vineyard Street on your B swold Way car park. Cot left. Carefully crossPostlip the main street and

continue down VineyardMill Street (also known Cricket C Option 2 - To stay on a hard surface o r as Duck Street), over the bridge spanning Club n follow Broadway Road back into town d Postlip e Golf Club House the River Isbourne and up the slope to a with its varietyB of different style houses. Hall n e e & refreshments the entrance of Sudeley Castle A. L Follow the roads into Winchcombe, go past a m

n o Sudeley Corndean e North Street, continueo ahead into High r Continue ahead along the drive,Farm passing B Lodge Street until the endr of the shops. Here o the unusual Almsbury Lodge. o turn right into Cowlk Lane and follow to Postlip Sudeley Castle Back Lane car park. Farm Turn left and carefully cross the road Points of interest Rising Sun into Rushley Lane. (Be careful of traffic Parks along here). Follow this lane past Laundryy Sudeley Castle Topograph a Farm W Katherine Parr the sixth wife of King Washpool Cottage, taking in the views across the e No Man’s b Henry VIII is buried in the chapel which Almsbury Lodge valley to Winchcombe. m Patch Car parking co contains her marble tomb. During the Deadmanbury ch Eventually the lanefor turnsBelas Knapleft at thei n Victorian period much of the castle was Gate Walk down through the avenue of lime W Newmeadow 2 Woodpeckers 3 trees to the bridge over the lake. Carry junction with Stancombe Lane. Follow the restored by the Dent family. 6 Farm 4 Cleeve Common Source of road as it turns left and walk down to the B Castle straight on along the driveway, passing the y R. Isbourne Postlip Warren main Broadwaya Road and then turn left River Isbourne Rock children’s play fort on your right towards W 286m ld Allegedly, the only river in to flow the car park. Follow the drive and pass in C. From hereo there are two options to w return to thes town centre: Humblebee north for its entire length. It emerges front of the VisitorBreakheart Centre and continue t o Cottages from a spring on Cleeve Common and on to the carPlantation park exit B. C Option 1 – Just before the bridge, go joins the River Avon. Southam Go through the gate and turn right along through the gate on your left and follow

the surfaced path alongside the river. At Spoonley the road, until you reach the gatehouse. . 3 22 m © Winchcombe Walkers are Welcome 2017Waterhatch W Spoonley Villa Wood the far end of the third field go through Limehill S i ou ane n tham L Solitary ch the gate and walk along the alley between Wood c Tree o the cottages to Castle Street D. m b Belas Coles’s Hill 5 e

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4 W C Knap your sole risk and WWaW have no responsibility for loss, damage, A Post Ellenborough a ot Stone y sw bridge and uphill to the High Street. injury or interpretation. Every possible care has been taken to ol Park Hotel Blocks Drivewayd W to Sudeley Castle Carefully cross the road and turn left to ensure the information given was accurate at the time of creation. ay GWR Station Queen’s Wood

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