Circular Routes

A short grassy walk on the plateau of Dover's Hill above Chipping Campden. The main quarter-mile stretch is level and suitable for all; a longer loop has steep slopes. Accessible toilets in Sheep Street, Chipping Campden.

Through the market town past the 1627 Market Hall, Lynches Wood and up Dover's Hill, home of the Cotswold Olimpick Games. Some steep sections; a 3-mile short-cut variant avoids the climbs.

A short stile-free loop around Broadway village on unsurfaced paths. Toilets at the short-stay car park and the Activity Park.

From Broadway's high street up historic tracks to Broadway Tower (1798), passing St Eadburgha's Church, with views across the Severn Vale into Wales. Now stile-free following route improvements; some steep sections.

An easy there-and-back path between Laverton and Buckland below the escarpment, published as suitable for all wheels. Nearest accessible toilets at Church Close, Broadway.

Links the picture-postcard villages of Stanton and Snowshill over hilltops and woodland, passing Shenberrow Hill Camp and Snowshill Manor. Stiles, steep sections and mud after wet weather.

Short loop from Stanton up to the Iron Age Shenberrow Hill Camp and back. Stiles and steep sections; muddy after wet weather.

Up a monks' track to Beckbury Camp hillfort and 'Cromwell's Seat', returning past Hailes Church and the ruins of Hailes Abbey. Some steep sections and two stiles.

A stile-free loop from Winchcombe on unsurfaced paths. Public toilets in the Back Lane car park.

From Winchcombe along old and new Cotswold Way routes up to Belas Knap Neolithic long barrow, with views over Sudeley Castle. Steep sections and stiles; a 3.5-mile short-cut is available.

Loop from Winchcombe via the Hailes Abbey ruins and the Saxon-origin St Faith's Church and herb garden at Farmcote.

An eight-and-a-half-mile circuit around Winchcombe designed for all-terrain (off-road) mobility scooters. Disabled public toilets in the Back Lane car park.

Cotswold Gateways route from Winchcombe to the Isbourne's source, passing the 1897 sheep Washpool at 'Watery Bottom'.

A longer stile-free loop through the Sudeley Valley below Winchcombe. Toilets next to the library in the Back Lane car park.

A ring around Cleeve Common — the Cotswolds' largest common and highest point — over limestone grassland past The Twins, the Single Beech and Prestbury Hill Butterfly Reserve. No stiles; some steep sections.

Shorter, mostly level loop of Cleeve Common's limestone grassland with views to the Malverns and Black Mountains. Published as easy: no stiles, mostly level.

A short route on the southern plateau of Cleeve Common, starting almost level by the masts with longer extensions over uneven ground.

A stile-free circuit of Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common using part of the Cotswold Way National Trail — the only circular route here with an official GPX line, shown on the map.

Loops Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common, visiting Seven Springs (a claimed source of the Thames), an Iron Age hillfort and the Devil's Chimney rock pinnacle. No stiles; some steep sections.

The Cotswold Voluntary Wardens' 50th Anniversary project: a mobility-scooter route following sections of the Cotswold Way on Leckhampton Hill. Accessible toilets at the Wildlife Trust cafe at Crickley Hill.

A short accessible route at Crickley Hill Country Park, where a Tramper all-terrain scooter can also be hired from Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. Accessible toilets and refreshments at the visitor centre.

Through Buckholt Wood and the Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods National Nature Reserve to Cooper's Hill, site of the famous cheese-rolling. No stiles; some moderately steep sections.

A stile-free loop of Painswick Beacon following the signposted Cotswold Way along the eastern side of the Iron Age fort.

A gentle circular from Painswick following the Painswick Stream and its historic mills below the village.

From the ancient weaving village of Painswick up to the beechwoods of Frith Wood above the Slad Valley.

Stile-free loop over Haresfield Beacon, Standish Wood, Cromwell's Stone and Rudge Hill, twinned with Ontario's Bruce Trail. Moderate slopes.

Follows the National Trail for nearly all its length over Selsley Common and along the Stroudwater Canal past Ebley Mill and All Saints Church with its Morris & Co windows. Three stiles and some steep sections.

A stile-free walk between King's Stanley and Ebley Mill incorporating sections of the Cotswold Way along the Stroudwater canal corridor.

Climbs Uley Bury hillfort, Downham 'Smallpox' Hill and the twin peaks of Cam Peak and Cam Long Down, with views over the Severn Estuary into Wales. Stiles, steps and steep sections.

Short circuit of the ramparts of Uley Bury, a 13-hectare Iron Age hillfort of about 300 BC. Steps and steep sections.

From Dursley Market House around the Uley Valley — fields and woods on the south side leading to Owlpen Manor, returning over Uley Bury hillfort and Cam Peak.

West around Dursley through fields, woods and the Stinchcombe Hill golf course with panoramic views and Racklease Nature Reserve. A sustained climb early on; one descent can be muddy and uneven.

A loop of Stinchcombe Hill twinned with Route 3 of South Korea's Jeju Olle Trail. Firm surface and no stiles, with one long steep ascent and descent; a 3-mile hill-only variant is easy and mostly level.

A traverse of Stinchcombe Hill with Severn Vale views, descending on hard paths to the Leaf and Ground cafe. 144m of ascent; suitable for families but not pushchairs or buggies.

Through Tyley Bottom and Ozleworth to National Trust Newark Park. Paths can be uneven and muddy; a shorter variant is in the official guide.

Via the Jubilee Clump on Wotton Hill, Brackenbury Ditches hillfort and the Tyndale Monument above North Nibley.

A short circular from Wotton-under-Edge through the hamlets of Holywell and Coombe below the escarpment. Distance from the official GPX trace.

From the Tolsey Clock over farmland and woodland tracks to Wortley Hill, with optional detours to Blackquarries Hill Long Barrow and Newark Park. Stiles and steep sections.

Circuit via Wortley, Tor Hill, Combe Hill and the Waterloo and Jubilee trees on Wotton Hill, with an optional detour to Blackquarries Hill Long Barrow. Paths can be uneven and muddy.

Through fields and woods via Kilcott with views of Newark Park, passing the 1846 Somerset Monument. One steep climb.

To the pre-Norman Church of St Mary the Virgin below Hawkesbury Knoll and its chambered long barrow. One steep climb and a few stiles.

Follows the Cotswold Way up to 13th-century St John's Church and around the double ramparts of Sodbury Iron Age hillfort with views over the Severn Vale. No stiles; steepish slopes.

A long link of Marshfield, Cold Ashton, Doynton, National Trust Dyrham Park and the historic bell tower of St James, West Littleton. Lengthy, with several climbs.

A longer circular from Marshfield using part of the Limestone Link into the secluded St Catherine's Valley, with extensive views south.

A linear finale following the trail from Lansdown past Prospect Stile, Royal Victoria Park and the Royal Crescent to the Cotswold Way marker stone at Bath Abbey. Return by bus 31. One stile; some steep sections.