
The Cotswolds
A Motorhome, Campervan and Caravan Touring Guide to Gloucestershire and West Oxfordshire, with Walks, Real Maps and the Pubs at the End of Them
Six touring bases across the Cotswolds, from Moreton-in-Marsh and Winchcombe in the north to Slimbridge, Cirencester, the Upper Thames and Burford in the south. Each is a place to stay a few nights without moving the van: two campsites and the reason to choose each, four walks, the pub worth stopping at, and a plan for the days.
- 24 walks with real maps and the official distances, from Dover's Hill and Belas Knap to Bibury, Coleshill and the Windrush
- Seven walks on the Cotswold Way National Trail
- A driving map for every base: low bridges, width and weight limits, and the councils' car-park rules
- Campsites for motorhomes, campervans and caravans, checked and dated, with club members-only sites flagged and their costs
- Dog rules on every walk and at every wet-day place
Paperback on AmazonHardback on AmazonKindle on Amazon
Already have a copy? Check the updates page before you go.
The bases
- Moreton & the North Cotswolds
- Winchcombe & Hailes
- Slimbridge & the Stroud Valleys
- Cirencester & Bibury
- Radcot & the Upper Thames
- Burford & the Windrush
The walks, as routes for your phone
- 1A Moreton and Batsford 7.0 km · Easy
- 1B Campden and Dover's Hill 7.3 km · Moderate
- 1C Cornwell and Chastleton 6.5 km · Easy
- 1D Stow and Maugersbury 6.0 km · Easy
- 2A Hailes and Beckbury Camp 6.5 km · Moderate
- 2B Winchcombe to Belas Knap 10.4 km · Moderate
- 2C Stanton and Snowshill 10.9 km · Moderate
- 2D Winchcombe and Sudeley 3.8 km · Easy
- 3A Haresfield Beacon 8.5 km · Moderate
- 3B The Selsley Circuit 8.4 km · Moderate
- 3C Woodchester Park 5.7 km · Moderate
- 3D Cam Long Down and Uley 7.9 km · Moderate
- 4A The Roman amphitheatre 4.1 km · Easy
- 4B Pope's Seat and Stratton 9.2 km · Moderate
- 4C Baunton and Ragged Hedge 10.3 km · Moderate
- 4D Bibury and the River Coln 6.2 km · Easy
- 5A The Coleshill red walk 7.4 km · Easy
- 5B Great Coxwell Barn 6.4 km · Easy
- 5C The Fairford River Walk 9.1 km · Moderate
- 5D The Two Villages walk 3.4 km · Easy
- 6A Sherborne family walk 4.3 km · Moderate
- 6B Great Rissington 4.5 km · Easy
- 6C Bourton to Wyck Rissington 7.3 km · Easy
- 6D Milton and Fifield 8.0 km · Easy
Ruth spent 30 years organising school trips. Colin is a mechanic and engineer who has never owned fewer than two maps of anywhere. They bought their first campervan at 50 and wrote the guide they wished they'd had in the glovebox.