Independent Trails: Fact File CCP1

Cross-Cotswold Path

Trail Facts

Total Distance: 86 miles (138km)

Duration: 7 nights, 6 walking days

Minimum/maximum daily distances: 12 ³/₄ miles (20.5km)/17 miles (27km)

Waymarking: The Cross-Cotswold Path is extensively waymarked and is very easy to follow

Season: All Year

Starting point of holiday: Banbury

End of holiday: Bath

Tour code: CCP1

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Banbury

Day 2: Banbury to Long Compton 14 miles (22.5km)

Day 3: Long Compton to Bourton-on-the-Water 12³/₄ miles (20.5km)

Day 4: Bourton-on-the-Water to Cirencester 17 miles (27km)

Day 5: Cirencester to Tetbury 14¹/₂ miles (23km)

Day 6: Tetbury to Castle Combe 13¹/₂ miles (21.5km)

Day 7: Castle Combe to Bath 13 miles (21km)

Day 8: Depart from Bath

Extra nights/Rest days

The lively village of Bourton-on-the-Water with its many shops and attractions is a good choice for a rest day. Cirencester, the 'Capital of the Cotswolds, is another good choice. It is a charming town with an endearingly old-fashioned atmosphere that is dominated by one of the finest perpendicular churches in England. Tetbury is another attractive town with a magnificent Georgian Gothic church, an intriguing museum of Cotswold law enforcement and plenty of antiques shops. Bath, with its glorious Georgian architecture, is the most popular choice for an extra night or two. Buildings of note include the Roman Baths, the Pump Room, the Assembly Rooms that now house a Museum of Costume, the Abbey, Pulteney Bridge, the Royal Crescent, The Circus, Queen Square and Lansdown Crescent.

What's included in the tour price?

7 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns and guesthouses along the trail.
Traditional cooked breakfast.
Door to door luggage transfer.
Maps and a guidebook describing the trail.
An information pack containing an itinerary, instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, town plans, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of your holiday and back from the end of it.
Emergency assistance

Travel information

Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is given below.

Most convenient railway station (start of trail): Banbury

Most convenient railway station (end of trail): Bath

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