Photo: Painswick Beacon, a viewpoint in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, south west England.

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Painswick Beacon

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An Iron Age hillfort tops the common above Painswick, its old ramparts now shared with a golf course and clumps of pine. From the summit the ground falls away to a wide view over the Severn Vale and the Welsh hills beyond. Open access and free to walk; keep an eye out for stray golf balls where the fairways cross the common.

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