Cotswold Way
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The Cotswold Way is a long-distance footpath, running along the escarpment of the Cotswold Hills in England.
The hundred-mile long trail runs northeast from Bath to Chipping Campden, through or near to the following towns:
- Old Sodbury, near Chipping Sodbury
- Wotton-under-Edge
- Dursley
- Stroud
- Painswick
- Cranham
- Leckhampton
- Cheltenham
- Winchcombe
- Broadway
It passes numerous places of interest, including the Tyndale Monument, Sudeley Castle, Cleeve Hill, Hailes Abbey, and the Broadway Tower. In total the walk is 166km long (103 miles). With the exception of a small stretch around Broadway (which is in Worcestershire), the entire walkway is within Gloucestershire (including South Gloucestershire) and Somerset (including Bath & North East Somerset).
Besides being popular with walkers, it is presently run annually as a 10-stage relay (Cotswold Way Relay) from North to South, usually in early July. The winning team typically takes an aggregate time of about 12 hours. It is run under Fell Runners' Association rules.
See also
- Long-distance footpaths in the UK
- Cotswold Way- the official Cotswold Way website
- Walk the Cotswold Way - organises walking holidays along the Cotswold WayTemplate:Gloucestershire-geo-stub