Broadway Tower and Fish Hill from Broadway

From the Shear House car park the walk heads along Broadway's High Street and picks up the Cotswold Way, which climbs south-east across sloping pasture to Broadway Tower. The folly, built in 1798, stands on Broadway Hill, the second-highest point of the Cotswolds, inside a country park with a herd of red deer. From the tower a path drops north through the woods of the escarpment to the picnic place at Fish Hill and the Limestone Trail, then a field path leads back west below the A44 and along the High Street to the start.

It is 6.1 km with 210 m of ascent; allow about 2 hours. The grade is Easy. The climb to the tower is long but steady, on grass.

The fields below the tower are often grazed by sheep and cattle, so keep dogs on leads. The country park around the tower charges for entry to the tower itself; the Cotswold Way through the park is a public path. The upper paths can be muddy after rain.

Shear House is a Wychavon District Council long-stay car park, pay and display from 8am to 6pm. There is no station near; the nearest is Honeybourne, about 7 km away.

Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with figures worked out from it. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.