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South Cotswold Group

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Overview

From Cainscross along the cycle track to Stroud and back along the canal.

T1 - very little climbing.

Coffee stop

Monday, 23 February 2026

Start time:: 10:30 am
Estimated finish time:: 1:00 pm

Difficulty:: Leisurely
Distance:: 6.4km / 4.0mi
Ascent:: N/A
Type:: circular

A few gentle and short inclines and big puddles along the canal if very wet. No stiles and good path surfaces.

Features

Car parking available

Starting point

Grid reference:: SO 83419 05097
Nearest postcode:: GL5 4LL
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Start time:: 10:30 am

Please park at the top end of the carpark behind the shops on the main road at Cainscross, not the Co-op car park. Please note there is a barrier for height restriction at the entrance to this car park.

Upcoming walks with South Cotswold Group

A Ramble Around Alney Island

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Quiet Cotswolds

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Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

The Obligatory walk to the dog tree

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Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.2 miles

Walk out '25

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Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Fort to Manor

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

It's the Blackberry Walk without the Blackberries

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Winter Woodlands Walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Almost to Paradise

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Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Walking on the wild side of Ashton Keynes

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Bus is an option

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Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Two Stanleys

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Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Circling the Escourt Estate

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.5 miles

More Around than Up and Over

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Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

A couple of commons

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Both sides of the Ruskin Valley

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.2 miles

1643 and all that

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Beware Soggy Bottoms

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

From Portugal with love

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.7 miles

Snowdrops - or just drops??

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.8 miles

Trainspotting in Charfield

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.2 miles

Stroud valleys

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

We come along on Saturday morning

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles