Along the Little Avon

South Cotswold Group

We are the South Cotswold Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

Get in touch about this walk

Ann A.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
exclusive discounts from our partners
knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Join now for just £3.58 per month

Overview

From Chapel Hill across fields to the Little Avon which we follow to Stone then over the A38 and back through fields.

Terrain T1 - very little climbing

Coffee Stop

Wednesday, 26 November 2025

Start time:: 10:00 am
Estimated finish time:: 1:15 pm

Difficulty:: Moderate
Distance:: 9.7km / 6.0mi
Ascent:: N/A
Type:: circular

Could be muddy in places and there may be one field of cattle but I'm hoping they'll be in by the middle of November.

Features

Car parking available

Starting point

Grid reference:: ST 69781 97364
Nearest postcode:: GL13 9PZ
what3words:: remainder.sprouted.overnight

Start time:: 10:00 am

Chapel Hill lay-by on the A38 at Newport ( not Wales ) Park down in the dip at the northern end

Upcoming walks with South Cotswold Group

Swell Saunter

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Kingscote and Horsley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.5 miles

This Walk Should Be Jolly Nice

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Nuclear and Nature

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.8 miles

Around the water park

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Ashleworth Tithe Barn and Back

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

As luck would have it!

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.5 miles

Kingshill to Silver Street

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.3 miles

Loitering around Lea

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Vistas West of Stratton

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.3 miles

By woods and water

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Twinkles at Tinkley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Hawkesbury Upton wander

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.2 miles

The Spice of Life

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Beating the bounds

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Canals and Fields

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Crayfield Creation

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Looking back from Jack's Green to are start point

Circling the Painswick Brook

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Bouncing Through Bisley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Pre AGM walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.4 miles

A Leisurely Walk Around Avening

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Stepping it up in Tytherington

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Double Delight

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.4 miles

All joined together

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.5 miles

Around Cirencester

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles