Independent Trails: Fact File CCP3

Cross-Cotswold Path

Trail Facts

Total Distance: 86 miles (138km)

Duration: 9 nights, 8 walking days

Minimum/maximum daily distances: 8³/₄ miles (14km)/12 miles (19km)

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: CCP3

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Banbury

Day 2: Banbury to Whichford 12 miles (19km)

Day 3: Whichford to Stow-on-the-Wold 11 miles (17.5km)

Day 4: Stow-on-the-Wold to Northleach 10 miles (16km)

Day 5: Northleach to Cirencester 12 miles (19km)

Day 6: Cirencester to Cherington 8³/₄ miles (14km

Day 7: Cherington to Sherston 11³/₄ miles (19km)

Day 8: Sherston to Ford 10 miles (16km)

Day 9: Ford to Bath 11 miles (17.5km)

Day 10: Depart from Bath

Extra nights/Rest days

Stow-on-the-Wold, an attractive town with many good antiques shops and art galleries, is a good choice for a rest day. There is plenty to see and do in the old market town of Northleach. It was wool that made Northleach famous and its wealthy merchants built grand 'wool houses' and the magnificent church of St Peter and St Paul, the 'cathedral of the Cotswolds'. The church is a fine example of 15^th century Cotswold Perpendicular, with some of the best wool merchants' brasses in the country. There is a fascinating museum of rural life in the 'house of correction', an 18^th century country prison. Elsewhere in the town are the Dutton Almshouses “for women” built in 1616, a workhouse and a museum of self-playing musical instruments. Cirencester, the 'Capital of the Cotswolds, is another good choice for a rest day. It is a charming town with an endearing old-fashioned atmosphere that is dominated by one of the finest perpendicular churches in England. 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?

9 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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