Day-by-day trail itinerary
Cotswold Way: 7-day itinerary
Climbs onto Cleeve Common, the highest ground on the whole Cotswold Way at around 330m, with wide views over Cheltenham, then on to Leckhampton Hill and the Devil's Chimney rock pillar. Ancient beech woodland at Crickley Hill and Cranham breaks up the high, open walking before Cooper's Hill, better known for cheese-rolling than as a viewpoint. This is the most built-up stretch of the trail. The path skirts Cheltenham's edge through a run of villages rather than open countryside, before a last climb and drop into Painswick, the recognised midpoint and the best base for splitting a long day.
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7 days from Chipping Campden to Bath
Use these daily distances and overnight stops as a starting point, then customise the trip in the planner.
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Day 1: Chipping Campden → Hailes
25.4 km · 577 m ascent · 7h16–10h14 (about 8h32, incl. ~1h25 of stops)
Via Weston-sub-Edge, Saintbury, Willersey, Broadway, Childswickham, Buckland, Laverton, Snowshill, Stanton, Stanway, Didbrook -
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Day 2: Hailes → Charlton Kings
21.7 km · 459 m ascent · 6h06–8h37 (about 7h10, incl. ~1h12 of stops)
Via Greet, Winchcombe, Sudeley, Charlton Abbots, Langley, Bishop's Cleeve, Woodmancote, Cleeve Hill, Southam, Prestbury, Whittington -
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Day 3: Charlton Kings → Brockworth
21.5 km · 497 m ascent · 6h05–8h36 (about 7h10, incl. ~1h11 of stops)
Via Coberley, Cowley, Leckhampton, Shurdington, Witcombe, Birdlip, Brimpsfield, Great Witcombe -
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Day 4: Brockworth → Kings Stanley
21.7 km · 501 m ascent · 6h17–8h52 (about 7h23, incl. ~1h14 of stops)
Via Upton St. Leonards, Cranham, Painswick, Slad, Edge, Pitchcombe, Harescombe, Haresfield, Standish, Whiteshill, Randwick, Rodborough, Stonehouse -
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Day 5: Kings Stanley → Wotton-under-Edge
23.6 km · 673 m ascent · 6h59–9h52 (about 8h13, incl. ~1h22 of stops)
Via North Woodchester, Selsley, South Woodchester, Frocester, Nympsfield, Owlpen, Uley, Coaley, Dursley, Cam, Stinchcombe, North Nibley -
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Day 6: Wotton-under-Edge → Dodington
21.6 km · 436 m ascent · 6h01–8h29 (about 7h05, incl. ~1h11 of stops)
Via Ozleworth, Wortley, Alderley, Hillesley, Tresham, Hawkesbury Upton, Horton, Little Sodbury, Old Sodbury -
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Day 7: Dodington → Bath
29.6 km · 525 m ascent · 8h10–11h31 (about 9h36, incl. ~1h36 of stops)
Via Tormarton, Codrington, West Littleton, Hinton, Dyrham, Doynton, Beach, North Stoke, Swineford, Upton Cheyney, Kelston, Newton Saint Loe
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