The line is the official route from Natural England's National Trails (England) data (Open Government Licence v3.0), with heights from a 30 m terrain model. Check for current diversions before a long trip. See the source.
Stages
A suggested split into 8 days of about 22 km (13 mi) each. The days are equal shares of the distance, not official stages. Each ends near the town or village named.
- Day 1 Bath to Dyrham 22 km · 22 km from the start
- Day 2 Dyrham to Tresham 22 km · 43 km from the start
- Day 3 Tresham to Cam 22 km · 65 km from the start
- Day 4 Cam to Standish 22 km · 86 km from the start
- Day 5 Standish to Birdlip 22 km · 108 km from the start
- Day 6 Birdlip to Southam 22 km · 130 km from the start
- Day 7 Southam to Stanway 22 km · 151 km from the start
- Day 8 Stanway to Chipping Campden 22 km · 173 km from the start
Summits on the way
- Hanging Hill 237 m · 11.3 km from the start
- Stinchcombe Hill 219 m · 60 km from the start
- Crawley Hill [Hetty Pegler's Tump] 251 m · 69 km from the start
- Scottsquar Hill 256 m · 94 km from the start
- Painswick Beacon 283 m · 100 km from the start
- Birdlip Hill 300 m · 109 km from the start
- Barrow Wake 302 m · 110 km from the start
- Leckhampton Hill 293 m · 118 km from the start
- Cleeve Hill 317 m · 134 km from the start
- Broadway Hill 310 m · 166 km from the start
The listed hills and the highest of 31 tops within 300 m of the line. The app shows them all. Lists from the Database of British and Irish Hills; other summits from OpenStreetMap.
Start and finish
Start: near Bath, Bath and North East Somerset. 51.38119, -2.35886
Finish: near Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. 52.05041, -1.78155
Places to stay
Rooms in the towns and villages along the way:
- Bath, Bath and North East Somerset · The start Booking.com → Expedia →
- Dyrham, South Gloucestershire · After day 1 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Tresham, Gloucestershire · After day 2 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Cam, Gloucestershire · After day 3 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Standish, Gloucestershire · After day 4 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Birdlip, Gloucestershire · After day 5 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Southam, Gloucestershire · After day 6 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Stanway, Gloucestershire · After day 7 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire · The finish Booking.com → Expedia →
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Paths change, and the weather decides the day. The line comes from the source named under the map and the heights from a terrain model, so treat the figures as a guide. Check for diversions before you go, take a map, check the forecast, and turn back if it isn't right.
