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 WORCESTERSHIRE STRATFORD
UPON AVON

Warmington •
WARWICKSHIRE
EVESHAM
Bredon Hill
Chipping
A44 Campden Lower
Brailes
M50 BANBURY
Broadway

Moreton-
in-Marsh
M40
• Long Compton
M5
• Winchcombe
Stow-on A44
Cleeve Hill the-Wold
Chipping
Norton
• Kingham
CHELTENHAM Northern
A429 • Charlbury
Bourton
GLOUCESTER on-the-Water

A40
A417
Northleach Burford
A46
Painswick GLOUCESTERSHIRE
RIVER
SEVERN
OXFORD
Central
STROUD
M5
Fairford
OXFORDSHIRE
CIRENCESTER Lechlade
Dursley Nailsworth
Uley
Kemble

Tetbury
Wotton
under-Edge

Malmesbury
SOUTH
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
SWINDON
Southern

M4
M4
BIRMINGHAM
Castle Combe
WILTSHIRE
BRISTOL Marshfield
CHIPPENHAM
OXFORD
BRISTOL
A46
LONDON

BATH

BATH AND Bradford on Avon

NORTH EAST
SOMERSET

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Explore the
Cotswolds
Welcome to the seventeenth issue of this popular and widely
acclaimed series of ‘Explore the Cotswolds’ guides.
Published by the Cotswolds Conservation
Board, they are designed to promote
alternative methods of transport using
buses and trains throughout the Cotswolds,
as well as offering great ideas to explore
the Cotswolds on foot or by bike using the
extensive network of trails, footpaths and
recreational routes.
This publication is intended to provide a useful
guide to public transport in the Cotswolds
using maps divided into three areas:
Northern
Central
Southern
Full and up to date details of bus timetables
within these three areas can be found at:
www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/travel
Please check times and details with individual bus operators before travelling. The Cotswolds Conservation Board cannot accept
liability for inaccuracies, changes to services or timetables, or omissions arising from the information contained within this publication.
by public transport
The Cotswolds was designated an Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1966 in
recognition of its rich, diverse and high quality
landscape. Covering 2,038 sq km (790 sq miles)
it is the one of the largest protected landscape
in England and Wales after the Lake District
and Yorkshire Dales National Parks.
The Cotswolds attracts numerous visitors
all year round who are drawn to the area by
its rural charm, rolling countryside, picture-
postcard villages and vibrant market towns.
It is a perfect place for walking, cycling and
riding or simply enjoying a relaxing day out
or short break.
Further information: For details on guided
walks, downloadable walking routes and
cycle rides, plus a range of information
on things to see and do visit:
www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk
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 There’s so
much to see
and do in the
Cotswolds
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Here are just some of the places to see and things to do

in and around the Cotswolds AONB, when travelling by
public transport.
Find out more about attractions, places to visit and things to do in
the Cotswolds AONB by visiting www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk
It’s always a good idea to contact venues directly to find out more
details including any special events and opening times.
In this guide we have divided the Cotswolds AONB into three
areas and colour coded them for ease of use. The numbers on the
listings refer to their locations marked on the transport maps on
the following pages:

Northern Central Southern

page 10 page 18 page 24

www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/travel
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 Icons to highlight facilities available
at individual attractions

Refreshments

Toilets

Restaurant

Gift/plant shop

Wheelchair access

Limited wheelchair access

Special interest

Parks/gardens

Historic house/ building

Museum

Ancient site

National Trust 

Cotswolds Conservation Board

Cotswolds Discovery Centre
Fosse Way
Northleach
Gloucestershire
GL54 3JH
Tel: 01451 862000
Email: info@cotswoldsaonb.org.uk
Website: www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk
@cotswoldsaonb
Photo: Crickley Hill, Leigh Cousins facebook.com/cotswoldsaonb

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 Explore the Northern

Northern
Area

Cotswolds
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

STRATFORD
Photo: Northleach, by Sam Daniels
UPON AVON

Warmington •

Bredon Hill
EVESHAM
Chipping
1
Don’t Miss
Lower
A44
1 2
Campden
3 4
Brailes 5BANBURY 6 7 8 9 10
M50
Broadway
1 Kiftsgate
2 3Court
4 Garden
5 6 7
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Blenheim
18 19Palace
20
Moreton-
in-Marsh

• Long Compton
M40 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
M5
• Winchcombe
21 22
Stow-on
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Cleeve Hill A44
the-Wold
Chipping
Norton
• Kingham
CHELTENHAM Northern
31 A429 32 33 34• Charlbury
35 36 37 38 39 40
Bourton 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
STER on-the-Water

41
41
A40
A417 17
Northleach Burford
46
Painswick
OXFORD

Fairford

orth
6 CIRENCESTER Lechlade
 Kiftsgate Court Garden

1 Kiftsgate
2 3 Garden
Court 4 5 61 7
2 83 Court94 Barn 10
5 6
Museum 7 8 9 10
The gardens at Kiftsgate Court offer a www.courtbarn.org.uk
11 wonderful
12 combination
13 14 of vivid
15 colour
11 and 17
16 12 18 19
13 Chipping 20
14 Campden,
15 16 17 18
Gloucestershire. 19 20
heady scent in the summer borders, gentle Tel: 01386 841951
21 white22blooms23in the24
tranquil25
sunken26
21garden,27
22 28
23 29
24 30
25 26 27 28 29 30
and a pretty foursquare garden edged with
31 box.32The gardens
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
were planted in the 1 2 3 4 Mill 5Dene Garden
6 7 8 9 10
late 19th and early www.milldenegarden.co.uk
41 41
20th Centuries and 11 12 13 14 Moreton-in-Marsh,
15 16 Gloucestershire.
17 18 19 20
continue to evolve. Tel: 01386 700457
The bluebell wood 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
is a breathtaking
sight in early May.
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
1 train station
Getting there: nearest 2 –3 4 5 Sezincote
6 7
House 8 Gardens
and 9 10
Moreton-in- Marsh. Take the41 1 or 2 bus, alight www.sezincote.co.uk
at Mickleton. 4.8km/11 12 walk
3 mile return 13 to the14 15 Bourton-on-the-Hill,
16 17 18 19 20
Gloucestershire.
gardens. Tel: 01386 700444
www.kiftsgate.co.uk21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.
Tel: 01386 438777 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

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1 2 Hidcote
3 manor4 5 6 7 8 9 10
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hidcote
11 12 Chipping
13 Campden,
14 15 16 17
Gloucestershire. 18 19 20
Tel: 01386 438333
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Sezincote House
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
7
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2 3 Gloucestershire
4 5 6 7
Warwickshire 8 9 10 Batsford Arboretum
Steam Railway www.batsarb.co.uk
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire.
Tel: 01386 701441
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
11 Sudeley
12 Castle
13 14 15 16 17 18
www.sudeleycastle.co.uk
21 Winchcombe,
22 23 Gloucestershire.
24 25 26 27 28
Tel: 01242 602308
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

5 6 Broadway
7 8
Tower 9 10 41
www.broadwaytower.co.uk Birdland Park & Gardens
15 16 Broadway,
17 Worcestershire.
18 19 20
Tel: 01386 852390
25 26 27 28 29 30

35 36 37 38 39 40
6 7 Gloucestershire
8 9 Warwickshire
10
Steam Railway
16 17 www.gwsr.com
18 19 20
Toddington, Gloucestershire.
26 27 Tel: 01242
28 621405
29 30

36 37 38 39 40

7 8 Hailes
9 Abbey
10
www.english-heritage.org.uk
18 Winchcombe, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
17 19 20Gloucestershire.
Tel: 01242 602398
11 12 Birdland
13 Park
14 and15 16
Gardens 17 18 1
27 28 29 30
Explore riverside gardens at Birdland
21 22 and23
discover24exotic25
and rare26
birds 27 28 2
37 38 39 40
8 9 Winchcombe
10 Folk and Police Museum from around the world including King
www.winchcombemuseum.org.uk 31 32 Penguins,
33 flamingos
34 35and pelicans
36 to37 38 3
18 19 Winchcombe,
20 Gloucestershire. colourful parrots and magical owls.
Tel: 01242 609151 41 Enjoy close encounters and talks
throughout the day. Jurassic Journey is
28 29 30
now open – track down dinosaurs and
take part in a prehistoric dino-dig!
38 39 40
www.birdland.co.uk
Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire.
Tel: 01451 820480

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12 13 Cotswold
14 15 11
16Museum
Motoring 12
17 13
18 14
19 15
20 Bourton
16 Model
17 Railway
18 19 20
and Toy Collection www.bourtonmodelrailway.co.uk
22 23 24 25 21
26 22
27
www.cotswoldmotoringmuseum.co.uk 23
28 24
29 25
30 High
26Street,27 28 29
Bourton-on-the-Water, 30
Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire. Tel: 01451 820686
32 33 Tel: 34 35
01451 821255 31
36 32
37 33
38 34
39 35
40 36 37 38 39 40
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3 4 5 6 7
41 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 Dragonfly
17 18
Maze 19 20
13 14 15 Village
Model 16 17 18 19 20 www.thedragonflymaze.com
21 22
www.themodelvillage.com 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Bourton-on-the-Water, 30
23 24 25 26 27 Gloucestershire.
Bourton-on-the-Water, 28 29 30 Gloucestershire.
31
Tel: 01451 820467 32 33 34 35 36 Tel: 37 38
01451 822251 39 40
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Wychwood
19 20
Brewery
Blenheim Palace The Wychwood Brewery is tucked
6 7 21 8 22 9 23 1024 25 26 27 28 away
29behind
30the main street of the
market town of Witney, in the heart of
16 1731 1832 Palace
Blenheim 1933 2034 35 36 37 38 the 39
Oxfordshire
40 Cotswolds. Brewing
Home to the 12th Duke and Duchess of has taken place in Witney for centuries
26 2741Marlborough
28 29and the
30birthplace of Sir dating back to 1811, and Wychwood
Winston Churchill, Blenheim Palace is a Brewery is sited at the Old Eagle
36 37 World
38 Heritage
39 Site40
that boasts over 300 Maltings, built more than 150 years ago
years of history, more than 2000 acres when barley was malted for the town’s
of Parkland and Formal Gardens and brewery.
a wealth of events, themed tours and Today Wychwood brews more than
exhibitions throughout the year. 50,000 barrels of high quality crafted ale
Getting there: Take the S3 or 7 bus to the each year using traditional methods and
gates of Blenheim Palace on Hensington is home to the Legendary Hobgoblin
Road in Woodstock. Please ask the driver and the Beers of Character range.
to identify the appropriate stop. The bus Tours available upon request, pre-
runs every 30 minutes. booking is essential.
www.blenheimpalace.com www.wychwood.co.uk
Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Eagle Maltings, The Crofts, Witney.
Tel: 0800 849 6500 Tel: 01993 890800

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 Explore Northern Cotswolds
To Worcester
To Stratford-upon-Avon
Frequent trains and
buses to Worcester
Evesham Honeybourne

Mickleton
R4
1/2 1 2
Willersey
Chipping
Broadway Campden
3

Tewkesbury 10
540 Beckford
6 Blockley
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Moreton-
4 in-Marsh
803
7 Bourton- 1/2
on-the-Hill 5
8
9
Gotherington Longborough Upper
Winchcombe
Oddington
11
Stow-on-the-Wold
527
802
606 Lower
Slaughter
12 13 14
Cheltenham 15 16
Bourton-on-
To Gloucester 801
Andoversford
the-Water
The
Rissingtons

855

Northleach 853

To Cirencester

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 For the latest timetable information and route maps,
go to www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/travel

To Stratford-upon-Avon
Route Operator
N N Cresswell
Stagecoach Oxfordshire
Shipston-on-Stour Stagecoach Oxfordshire
Pulhams Coaches
Pulhams Coaches
Pulhams Coaches
Johnsons Excelbus
Stagecoach Warwickshire
Stagecoach Oxfordshire
Stagecoach Oxfordshire
Pulhams Coaches
50A Astons Coaches
50 Marchants Coaches
Pulhams Coaches
Chipping Norton Pulhams Coaches
Swanbrook Coaches
488/489 To Banbury Pulhams Coaches
X8 Stagecoach Oxfordshire
Kingham Stagecoach Oxfordshire
X9 Pulhams Coaches
Charlbury
Shipton Train Routes
S3

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Ascott-under- Finstock Combe
Access to the Cotswold
Wychwood Woodstock Way National Trail

Long Hanborough
Witney

Burford S7 To Oxford
S1/S2
233 18

S1/NS1/S2
Carterton Bampton

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 Explore the Central
Area

Central
Cotswolds
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

STRATFORD
UPON AVON

Warmington •

EVESHAM
Bredon Hill
Chipping
A44 Campden Lower
Brailes
M50 BANBURY
Broadway

Moreton-
in-Marsh
Photo: PainswickM40Beacon, by Christopher Hargraves
• Long Compton
M5
• Winchcombe
Stow-on A44
Cleeve Hill the-Wold
Chipping
Norton
• Kingham
1 2 319 4 5 6 7 8 Don’t
9 10Miss
CHELTENHAM
A429 • Charlbury

1 2
GLOUCESTER 3 4 5 6 7
Bourton
on-the-Water 1
8 2
9 3 4
10 Holst 5 6 7 8 9
11 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Birthplace Museum
27 A40
1 A417 2 3Northleach4 5 Burford
11 6
12 7
13 8
14 9
15 10
16 17 18 19
11 12 23
21 13
A46
22 14
Painswick 23 15
24 16
25 17
26 18
27 19
28 20 Gloucester
29 30 Cathedral
1 2 3
11 4
12 5
13
29 6
14 7
15 8
16 9 10
17OXFORD
18 19 Rococo
20 Garden
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Central

21 M5 31 22
STROUD 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Painswick
32 33 34 35 36
Fairford 37 38 39 40
11 12 CIRENCESTER
Dursley Nailsworth
13
21 14
22 15
23 16
24 17
25
Lechlade 18
26 19 20
27 Cotswolds
28 29 Discovery
30 Centre
31 32
Uley 33 34 Kemble 35 36 37 31
38 32
39 33
40 34 35 36 37 38 39
41
21 22
Tetbury 23
31 24
32 25
33 26
34 27
35 28
36 29 30
37 Bibury
38 Trout
39 Farm
40
Wotton
41
under-Edge 41
31 32 33
41
Malmesbury34 35 36 37 38 39 40
SWINDON
41
12 M4
4
 Gloucester Cathedral

2 3Photo © 4barnyz@flikr
5 6 7 8 9 10

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Gloucester Cathedral
A warm welcome awaits you at
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Gloucester Cathedral. This glorious
sacred space has been a place of Christian
32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 worship for over 1,300 years. It is one
of the finest medieval buildings in the
country, the burial place of royalty and
the city’s main heritage attraction. Trace
1,000 years of architectural styles from
Norman through Perpendicular to the
present day, including magnificent
8 9 10 stained glass, royal tombs, and the
spectacular medieval fan-vaulted
18 19 Holst
20Birthplace Museum cloisters. Getting there: Take the 12/91,
Step inside the Holst Birthplace Museum 14, 852 or 853 bus, alight at Gloucester.
28 29 and30
see the piano Holst used to compose www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk
‘The Planets.’ Discover why he liked its
College Green, Gloucester
38 39 ‘light-touch’
40 . Find out how he developed 1 Tel: 201452 528095
3 4 5 6 7 8
into a world-class composer by examining
and listening to original manuscripts 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
written when he was a schoolboy.
Experience what life was like for his
21 The22 23Deer24
Bird and 25 26
Park, Prinknash 27 28
modest middle-class family through
Victorian rooms. Imagine Cheltenham’s www.thebirdpark.com
Regency past in the only Regency room 31 Cranham,
32 Gloucestershire.
33 34 35 36 37 38
open to the public in the town. Lose 1 2 Tel: 301452 812727
4 5 6 7 8 9
yourself as you listen to the opening bars 41
of Mars…Getting there: located in the 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
centre of Cheltenham which has many
regular bus services. 21 22 Cotswold
23 24
Woollen 25
Weavers26 27 28 29
www.holstmuseum.org.uk www.naturalbest.co.uk
31 32 Filkins,
33 Gloucestershire.
34 35 Tel: 36 37
01367 860491 38 39
Clarence Road, Cheltenham.
Tel: 01242 524846
41

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Painswick Rococo Garden

22 23 Painswick
24 25
Rococo 26
Garden27 28 29 30
Painswick Rococo Garden – The sole
32 33 surviving
34 garden 35 in36 37 Rococo
the English 38 39 40
style. Planted as a flamboyant pleasure
garden in the 1740s the garden has been
the subject of a remarkable restoration
project. It features long vistas, geometric
patterns and intriguing architectural
garden structures.
The woodland1 is carpeted
2 3 a 4
with 5 6 7 8 9 10
spectacular display of snowdrops
Corinium
19 Museum Mosaic
early in the11
year. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20
Getting there: Take the 61 bus, alight at
21 north
Painswick. Just 22of Painswick
23 24 25
opposite 26 Corinium
27 28
Museum 29 30
Golf Course Lane, just off the Cotswold Way. www.coriniummuseum.org
31 32
www.rococogarden.org.uk 33 34 35 36 Cirencester,
37 38 39 40
Gloucestershire.
Painswick, Gloucestershire.4
1 2 3 5 6 7 Tel: 801285 655611
9 10
3 41
4 Tel: 501452 813204
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Cotswolds
28 29 30 Centre
Discovery
23 24 Chedworth
25 26
Roman27 Villa 28 29 30 www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk
31 32 33
www.nationaltrust.org.uk 34 35 36 37 See38 page 1639 40information
for more
33 34 Yanworth,
35 36Northleach,
nr 37 Gloucestershire.
38 39 40 Fosse Way, Northleach, Gloucestershire.
4 15 Tel:241
601242 890256
37 48 59 610 7 8 Tel: 901451 861563
10

14 11
15 16
12 17
13 18
14 19
15 20
16 17 18 19 20

24 25 Chavenage
21 26
22 27
23 28
House24 29
25 30
26 27 28 Cotswold
29 30 Park
Water
www.chavenage.com www.waterpark.org
34 35 Tetbury,
31 36 Gloucestershire.
32 37
33 38 Tel:
34 390166636
35 40
50232937 38 Tel: 39 40
01793 752413

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1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

1 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Bibury
30 Trout Farm

HAI34LCFE 35
Bibury Trout Farm is primarily a working farm,
1 32 33 36 37 38 39 supplying
40 top quality Rainbow and Brown
PR TRY Trout to angling waters throughout the
1 EN
WITH
THIS GUID
E country.
The farm is open all year to visitors who
are fascinated by the ‘boiling’ water as the
fish are fed. The farm shop supplies fresh
and smoked trout, pate, etc and has gifts to
suit all ages and pockets. There is a terrace
cafe (summer) which serves delicious light
lunches, cream teas, cakes etc. and beginners
fishery (summer) Picnic, BBQ and play area,
free car park.
Getting there: Take the 855 bus to Bibury,
stops right outside.
www.biburytroutfarm.co.uk
Bibury, Gloucestershire. Tel: 01285 740215

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 The Cotswolds
Discovery Centre
Northleach
The Cotswolds Discovery Centre is the visitor centre for the
Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB),
a place where you will learn and discover more about
this beautiful and unique protected landscape and how
people have helped shape it over thousands of years.
The Cotswolds Discovery Centre is housed in the grade II* listed Old Prison, a
fascinating 18th century building and now a unique historic visitor attraction
in the Cotswold market town of Northleach. The centre is also home to the
Cotswolds Conservation Board, and the Cotswolds Dry Stone Walling Academy.

Escape to the Cotswolds

Learn about the Cotswold landscape
and the heritage of its people and
buildings.
Through imaginatively designed information
displays you will learn how geology has
shaped the landscape; when dinosaurs first
roamed the area; and how the wealth of the
area came as a result of the ‘golden fleece’ of
the Cotswolds sheep.
You will also find inspiration for great places
to discover and visit across the Cotswolds
AONB such as historic and sites, gardens,
wildflower grasslands, ancient woodlands
plus the Cotswold Way National Trail which
runs the length of the Cotswolds escarpment
providing sweeping views for miles.

Rural Life Collection

Explore the fascinating Lloyd Baker
Rural Life Collection
Housed within the grounds of the Cotswolds
Discovery Centre is the unique Lloyd Baker
Rural Life Collection - a wonderful display of
historic agricultural and farming machinery.
This fascinating and nationally important
collection of farm wagons, carts and
implements along with two shepherds huts,
will take you back in time to the days when
the land was toiled by man and beast and
tractors hadn’t yet been invented.

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 Grea
Dayst
The Old Prison
Glimpse into life in a 19th century house
of correction bursting with history - Walk
inside the chilling cells and capture the
Out!
feeling of being locked inside!
A visit to the Old Prison offers you a unique
glimpse into life in a 19th century house of
correction. Built in the 1790s, this was once a fine
example of a model prison used to inspire better
care and rehabilitation of prisoners throughout
Britain and further afield. It even served as a
blueprint for London’s Pentonville Prison.
Over the years the building has seen many
changes of use including a police station, petty
sessional court and tramp station. You can still
see one of the original cell blocks built in 1844
along with the historic court room which was in
use right up until the 1970s.

Opening times Getting Here

Open daily (March to October) from 9:30am
to 4:30pm. Closed Wednesdays (November to
February). Café and historic court room also
available to hire for private functions and events.
• Pulhams’ bus service 801 and 855
• Swanbrook bus service 853
See page 18 for Central area rail and bus routes.
Download timetables from:
www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/travel

Relax in our cafe and enjoy locally sourced delicious homemade food
The Cotswold We use local suppliers where we can to provide
Lion Cafe serves the best quality raw ingredients in order to
homemade food, make our homemade specials including: organic
prepared from Cotswold Brie from Upper Slaughter, apple juice
locally sourced fresh and chilli oils from Cheltenham, fresh meats
ingredients. We and salamis from Cirencester, and chutneys and
offer a wide range of pickles from Moreton-in-Marsh.
delicious breakfasts, We bake seriously good food with a friendly
light lunches and welcome to all, whether you are arriving by car,
afternoon teas, along bus, on two wheels, or foot or with your dog. The
with speciality teas, cafe is licensed and is also available to hire for
coffee and soft drinks. your own private party or event.
There is outdoor seating available in the family Our Cotswold shop within the cafe stocks a
friendly courtyard where you can relax and enjoy selection of local food and drink products and a
your visit, or get snuggly warm in front of our new range of unique hand-made gifts and art works.
wood burning stove. The shop also stocks maps, guides and books to
help you explore the Cotswolds further.

For more information visit www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/discoverycentre

or call us on telephone 01451 861563

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 Explore Central Cotswolds
To Worcester

Frequent trains
and buses between
Cheltenham
853
Gloucester and 19
Cheltenham
801

20
853
Gloucester 61

51
66/63 882

21
Birdlip
23
12

Quedgeley North
Painswick
Cerney
Duntisbourne
Stonehouse Abbots
Stroud

Cirencester
65
Chalford

54
Minchin 26
-hampton
Nailsworth
Dursley
Cam & Kemble
Dursley 69
Uley 93
40
25

Wotton-under-Edge
To Bristol 882

Tetbury
To Malmesbury

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 For the latest timetable information and route maps,
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2,000 years ago, see the ruins of the such as Thomas Gainsborough and
temple of Minerva and explore the Walter Sickert. Entry to the permanent
fascinating museum. displays is free, and there’s also an
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requested to park).Market Cross with the old water pump beside it. A
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villages in the Cotswolds. It is one of the most visited and frequently
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 The 7 Wonders
of The Cotswolds
The Seven Wonders of the Cotswolds were voted on by the general public
and then turned into ‘Wonder Walks’ by the Cotswold Voluntary Wardens.
These great walks are available to download from:
www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/wonderwalks

COTSWOLD LIMESTONE
The Jurassic oolitic limestone
that lies beneath the Cotswolds
and gives the area its distinctive
character.
WESTONBIRT, THE CLEEVE HILL & COMMON
NATIONAL ARBORETUM At 330 metres, Cleeve Hill and
An historic, Victorian Common is the highest point of
picturesque landscape and the Cotswolds and designated
internationally important tree as a Site of Special Scientific
and shrub collection. Interest.

WOODCHESTER
MANSION AND PARK
A Grade I listed 19th Century
Victorian Gothic mansion which
was mysteriously abandoned
mid-construction in 1873.

THE ROLLRIGHT STONES COTSWOLD WAY

NATIONAL TRAIL STROUD FARMERS’ MARKET
An ancient Neolithic and
Stretches 102 miles along Multi-award winning and well
Bronze Age site located on
the Cotswolds escarpment known as one of the biggest
the Oxfordshire/Warwickshire
between Chipping Campden in and most popular farmers
border.
the north to Bath in the south. markets in the UK.

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Cotswold Stone AT A GLANCE
Distance: 5.6km/3.5

Wonder Walk miles with big down

and up of 192m/630ft.
Time: 2 hours
This spectacular walk shows you the raw stone Start: Broadway Tower
and what men have done with it over the centuries Country Park on minor
to create such a harmonious landscape. Beware, road off the A44 above
bits are steep! Broadway. SP113359/
near WR12 7LB.
Walk behind café to entrance Climb ahead passing Facilities: Car park,
gates and through high kissing the small stone house café, toilets. Public
Great gate on left to tower. On right on left, admire the toilets at Fish Hill
Days of tower go through high gate
and smaller gate facing you.
residence at Dor
Knap, tucked into the
picnic area, A44.

Out! Follow Cotswold Way signs hillside on right. It was

ahead (not downhill) winding
through some old small quarries,
now covered by grass. Carry on to
gate in trees ahead. Before the trees turn right
up short slope to boundary fence of Broadway
Quarry and great view of Cotswold stone in
raw state. Now turn right and follow fence back
towards tower and to gates.
Turn right downhill on Cotswold Way to
Broadway, through series of gates and stone
stiles. After 4th gate (wooden benches on left)
descent gets steeper, in old quarry with 24 steps
along wall. Carry on to a waymark post before
next gate.
Turn left on sunken track across hill to double
gate into large field (often cattle). Walk alongside
deeply rutted track ahead, dropping to meet
track between trees on right.
once four cottages. At wide gateway with stone
pillars take level drive through wood and view
the magnificent Georgian mansion of Middle Hill
House, then octagonal stable block and Pump
House, all carefully renovated.
After Pump House, easy walking stops. At yellow
waymark turn left off drive up steep woodland
path, and go up for 5 mins to cross muddy drive.
Path soon bears left and levels out as you walk
through pheasant woods, disguising a very old
quarry.
Track bears left to wide gateway out of wood.
Turn right onto grass with views on your left. At
end of wood follow yellow arrows right and up to
high stile onto a narrow lane. Turn left and walk
to Country Park gates and your start.

For further details and a map of this walk visit: www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/wonderwalks

For Northern and Southern area rail and bus timetables visit:
www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/travel

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 The Cotswolds
England’s Walking
& Exploring Capital
Discover more of the beautiful Cotswolds AONB on a guided walk.
With over 350 walks each year, the Cotswold Voluntary Wardens offer
an excellent guided walks programme exploring in the fresh air.
A full guided walks programme is available at www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk. These walks
vary in distance and difficulty and offer an interesting and often entertaining way of discovering
more about our countryside and landscape.

Photo © Sheraca Photo © Collin West

WALK THE COTSWOLD WAY WALK THE DIAMOND WAY

Join a group led by the Cotswold Voluntary
Wardens walking the Cotswold Way in 10 mile
stages each month starting in May.
On the first Wednesday of each month the Way
will be walked from south to north and a group
will travel by coach from Winchcombe to each
start point, in the summer walkers should bring
Join a group led by the Cotswold Voluntary
Wardens walking 8-10 miles of the North
Cotswolds Diamond Way on the fourth
Wednesday of every month from April to
September.
For further information and to
reserve your place contact: Booking
advised

their own packed lunch, while in Autumn and Allan Allcock on Tel: 0787 638 7029
Winter the group stops at Pleasant Inn en route.
For further information on this walk
and to reserve your place contact: Booking
Mary Hamilton on Tel: 01451 820160 advised

Email m.hamilton@tesco.net

Alternatively on the first Saturday of each month

the Way will be walked from north to south and
a group will travel by coach from the Bath area to
each start point. For this option walkers should
bring their own packed lunches for a picnic at an
attractive spot en-route.
For further information and to reserve
your place please contact:
Booking
John Bartram on Tel: 0117 9374561 advised
Email: woodlandsbarn@btinternet.com
Photo © www.landscapesofengland.co.uk
CHIPPING CAMPDEN TOWN WALKS
The Cotswold Voluntary Wardens offer a town
walk with an audio visual show followed by tea
or supper as appropriate for organised parties in
Chipping Campden.
For further details contact:
Vin Kelly on 07761 565661

All walks by the Voluntary Wardens are free of charge however donations are very much appreciated and
are usually collected at the end of the walk.

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For further details and to book your course visit: www.cotswoldsruralskills.org.uk
Cotswolds Conservation Board, Fosse Way, Northleach, Gloucestershire GL54 3JH
T: 01451 862000 E: david.molloy@cotswoldsaonb.org.uk
 THE COTSWOLD WAY
100 MILES
OF MAGICAL
WALKING
The Cotswold Way offers just over 100 miles of
magical walking, with long distance views from
the Cotswold escarpment, and journeys through
picturesque villages and past famous ancient sites.

The Cotswold Way National Trail has 16 places where it is possible to

start and finish your walk using public transport from nearby towns.
The map opposite shows how the Cotswold Way is split across
three areas in this booklet and on the new online timetables at
www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/travel.
If you don’t wish to walk the entire length of the Cotswold Way,
there are a number of circular walks along the trail between
3 and 6 miles long, available to download from
www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/cotswoldway
For more information about the Cotswold Way please visit:
www.nationaltrail.co.uk/cotswold

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 Chipping
Campden
Broadway
9.6km/6miles
Wood Stanway 10.5km/6.5miles

Winchcombe Northern 8.8km/5.4miles

Cleeve Hill 9km/5.6miles

8.9km/5.5miles
Dowdeswell Reservoir
Leckhampton 7.6km/4.7miles

Birdlip 9km/5.6miles
Painswick
13.9km/8.6miles

12.6km/7.8miles

King’s Stanley Central

11.2km/7.2miles

Dursley

11.8km/7.3miles
Wotton-
under-edge
11.9km/7.4miles
Hawkesbury
Upton
12.4km/7.7miles

Tormarton Southern

10.6km/6.6miles
Cold
Ashton
16.5km/10.2miles

Bath

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Your 7- day cycle tour guide

Cycling is a wonderful way to
see the stunning scenery and
distinctive character of the area,
with time to pause and explore
along the way.
Thanks to Cotswolds Tourism and the Cotswolds
AONB Sustainable Development Fund, a circular
cycling holiday guide is available, allowing you
to spend a whole week exploring the beautiful
Cotswolds landscape. Routes range from gentle
slopes to steeper climbs leading you up and
down the rolling Cotswold hills and valleys.
The variety of terrain gives you the chance to
enjoy the extensive network of quiet country
lanes. The route passes through plenty of small
towns and beautiful villages and you’ll never be
far from a pub, cafe, shop or visitor attraction to
break up your journey.
The cycling map can be purchased for
£3.99 from visitor information centres
in the Cotswolds. Alternatively, day
cycling routes can be downloaded
from the Cotswolds Tourism website
www.cotswolds.com

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BIKE HIRE ONLINE RETURN 24/7 SECURE BIKES

Bikes available throughout the Cotswolds. To find a bike or

for cycle routes visit our website www.baintonbikes.com
Web: www.baintonbikes.com Tel: 01865 311610 Email: info@baintonbikes.com

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Discover the beauty and
attractions of the Cotswolds by bus
and train – and save money too!

From just £10, you can enjoy unlimited* travel by bus and
rail around the Cotswolds – one of the UK’s most beautiful
landscapes.Tickets can be purchased at any UK mainline
station and on participating bus services.
*Not valid on rail services before 08:50, Monday to Friday.

www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/discoverer
 Cotswolds Gateways
From Worcestershire
540 Astons Coaches
550/551 First Wyvern
R4 N N Cresswell
Trains to/from Birmingham
From Warwickshire New Street, Birmingham
Snow Hill and Hereford
1/2 Johnsons Excelbus
801 Pulhams Coaches Worcester
X16 Stagecoach Warwickshire
From Oxfordshire
S1/NS1/S2 Stagecoach Oxfordshire
X8 Pulhams Coaches
S3 Stagecoach Oxfordshire Tewkesbury

50 Stagecoach Warwickshire Ashchurch

for Tewkesbury
50a Johnsons Excelbus Trains to/from
853 Swanbrook Coaches Birmingham
New Street
and Bristol
X9 Pulhams Coaches
Trains to/from
233 Stagecoach Oxfordshire Cardiff Central

802 Pulhams Coaches

Gloucester
488/489 Stagecoach Oxfordshire
19 Stagecoach Oxfordshire Birdlip

S7 Stagecoach Oxfordshire
Quedgeley Painswick
From Wiltshire Duntisbou
Stroud Abb

41 Coachstyle Stonehouse
Chalford
77 Stagecoach West Nailsworth Minchin
-hampton
Dursley Uley
From Bristol, Bath And Surrounding Areas Cam &
Dursley
Kemble

620 Wessex Connect Wotton-under-Edge Tetbury

27 /620 Cotswold Centre for Volunteer Services

Westonbirt
From Gloucestershire Yate
69 Stagecoach West Old
Sodbury
Badminton
Chipping
65 Stagecoach West Sodbury
Dyrham Tormarton
54/54A Cotswold Green Bristol
Parkway
Doynton

606/ 606S Marchants Coaches Bristol Wick Marshfield

855 Pulhams Coaches Kingswood

881 Pulhams Coaches

Bath
12 Stagecoach Gloucester Trains to/from Exeter,
Avoncliff
Freshford Bradford-on-Avon
Cardiff, Birmingham
and London Paddington

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 Coventry

Kenilworth
Long Distance Coaches
Leamington Spa
Warwick NX403 London Victoria Coach Station/
Trains to/from Heathrow to Bath via Chippenham
Birmingham
Moor Street
Operator: National Express
and Birmingham
Snow Hill NX444/NX445 London Victoria Coach
Station/Heathrow to Cheltenham,
Stratford-upon-Avon
Gloucester and Hereford via Cirencester
Operator: National Express
Pershore

Evesham Honeybourne Banbury

Mickleton
Willersey Shipston-on-Stour
Chipping
Broadway Campden
Beckford
Moreton-
Blockley in-Marsh
Bourton-on-the-Hill

Winchcombe Longborough Chipping Norton

Gotherington Upper
Stow-on- Oddington
the-Wold

Lower Kingham
Slaughter
Cheltenham Bourton-on- Shipton
Charlbury
Andoversford the-Water
The Finstock Combe Woodstock
Rissingtons
Ascott
under-
Burford Wychwood Oxford
Witney Long Hanborough
Withington
Northleach
Chedworth
Carterton Bampton
North
urne Cerney
bots Winson Bibury
Filkins
Cirencester
Hatherop
Didcote Parkway
Fairford Lechlade

South Cerney
Trains to/from London Paddington,
Birmingham New Street, Reading
and Southampton

Malmesbury

Swindon

Trains to/from London

Paddington and Bristol

Chippenham

For the latest timetable information

Trains to/from Bristol Temple Meads,
London Paddington, Weymouth, and route maps,go to
Dorchester and Yeovil
www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/travel

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