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Cotswold Way: 9-day itinerary
The Cotswold Way is a 165 km long-distance path from Chipping Campden to Bath, climbing about 3668 m in total along the route.
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9 days from Chipping Campden to Bath
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Day 1: Chipping Campden → Childswickham
10.7 km · 207 m ascent · 2h59–4h13 (about 3h31, incl. ~35m of stops)
Via Weston-sub-Edge, Saintbury, Willersey, Broadway -
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Day 2: Childswickham → Winchcombe
18.2 km · 385 m ascent · 5h08–7h15 (about 6h02, incl. ~1h01 of stops)
Via Buckland, Laverton, Snowshill, Stanton, Stanway, Didbrook, Hailes, Greet -
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Day 3: Winchcombe → Coberley
22.8 km · 605 m ascent · 6h37–9h20 (about 7h46, incl. ~1h18 of stops)
Via Sudeley, Charlton Abbots, Langley, Bishop's Cleeve, Woodmancote, Cleeve Hill, Southam, Prestbury, Whittington, Charlton Kings -
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Day 4: Coberley → Painswick
23.8 km · 441 m ascent · 6h36–9h19 (about 7h46, incl. ~1h17 of stops)
Via Leckhampton, Shurdington, Witcombe, Birdlip, Brimpsfield, Great Witcombe, Brockworth, Upton St. Leonards, Cranham -
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Day 5: Painswick → Kings Stanley
14.8 km · 318 m ascent · 4h14–5h59 (about 4h59, incl. ~50m of stops)
Via Edge, Pitchcombe, Harescombe, Haresfield, Standish, Whiteshill, Randwick, Rodborough, Stonehouse -
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Day 6: Kings Stanley → Stinchcombe
15.2 km · 489 m ascent · 4h33–6h25 (about 5h21, incl. ~53m of stops)
Via North Woodchester, Selsley, South Woodchester, Frocester, Nympsfield, Owlpen, Uley, Coaley, Dursley, Cam -
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Day 7: Stinchcombe → Hawkesbury Upton
21.0 km · 473 m ascent · 5h58–8h26 (about 7h01, incl. ~1h10 of stops)
Via North Nibley, Kingswood, Wotton-under-Edge, Ozleworth, Wortley, Alderley, Hillesley, Tresham -
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Day 8: Hawkesbury Upton → Dyrham
17.8 km · 211 m ascent · 4h41–6h37 (about 5h31, incl. ~55m of stops)
Via Horton, Little Sodbury, Old Sodbury, Dodington, Tormarton, Codrington, West Littleton -
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Day 9: Dyrham → Bath
20.8 km · 393 m ascent · 5h49–8h12 (about 6h50, incl. ~1h08 of stops)
Via Doynton, Beach, North Stoke, Swineford, Upton Cheyney, Kelston, Newton Saint Loe
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