The Cotswold Way - Guidebook to the National Trail

Guidebook to walking England's 102-mile Cotswold Way (National Trail) between Chipping Campden and Bath. The guidebook describes the route in both directions. The walk meanders through the beautiful Cotswold landscape, visiting honey-coloured villages and old market towns, and ends in the World Heritage City of Bath.

Map sections illustrated in this guide are taken from the Ordnance Survey’s Landranger series at a scale of 1:50,000 (11⁄4 inches: 1 mile or 2cm = 1km).

Start and finish points for each route section are marked on the maps, together with a symbol at the start point to indicate the direction of the route – southbound or northbound.

While the maps in this guide show each stage of the route, walkers are recommended to consult the sheets from which they are taken, or other maps as detailed below, in order to gain a wider picture of the landscape, and to locate overnight accommodation which may not appear on the limited strip maps published here. Five Landranger sheets cover the length of the Cotswold Way: numbers 150, 151, 162, 163 and 172. But for greater detail you may prefer to use the OS Explorer series at a scale of 1:25,000 (21⁄2 inches = 1 mile or 4cm = 1km). Again, five of these sheets will be needed for the complete Cotswold Way: numbers OL45, 155, 167, 168 and 179.
Perhaps the most convenient mapping of the route, however, is that published by Harvey Maps at a scale of 1:40,000 (a fraction over 11⁄2 inches:
1 mile, or 21⁄2cm = 1km). The single sheet ‘Cotswold Way’ depicts the route on seven strip maps, each of which is contained within an individual fold. Printed on waterproof paper, the sheet also contains additional information, plus street maps showing the route in detail through Chipping Campden and Bath. The only limitation of Harvey’s Cotswold Way map is the restricted amount of country shown beyond the route’s corridor.