Neigh Bridge Country Park

The river from its Cotswold trickle to the Thames Barrier — the gentlest long walk in Britain.

0.1 km NW · spans 7 counties

Honey-coloured limestone villages scattered across rolling sheep country, and paths enough to link them all up

5.2 km NW

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

6.3 km NW · spans 14 counties

One of England's oldest open-air pools, opened in 1870 beside Cirencester Park, spring-fed and run by volunteers.

7.5 km N

Ornate classical portal of one of Britain's longest canal tunnels, in the woods above Coates.

7.7 km NW

A gas-lit, one-room Cotswold alehouse with beer poured from the tap, run single-handed for decades and beautifully unspoilt.

9.8 km NE