The Three Sodburys

South Cotswold Group

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Overview

Following the Frome Valley Walkway along paths and fields to Old Sodbury church, joining the Cotswold Way towards the Iron Age hill fort and into the village of Little Sodbury where we then join the Monarchs Way back to Chipping Sodbury via fields and the common.

One short steep climb, otherwise mostly flat. 5 Stiles.

Coffee break only. Plenty of places to eat in Chipping Sodbury after the walk

Terrain 1 Not much climbing

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

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

Difficulty:: Moderate
Distance:: 10.5km / 6.5mi
Ascent:: N/A
Type:: circular

Features

Car parking available

Starting point

Grid reference:: ST 72621 82763
Nearest postcode:: BS37 6GA
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Start time:: 10:00 am

Park and meet at the Ridings car park, Wickwar Road, Chipping Sodbury . Parking with permission of the owners of the Ridings. Please meet at 9:50

Upcoming walks with South Cotswold Group

Footpaths South of the Canal

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Spring in Slad

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Grave concerns

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.4 miles

Somewhere To Wash Your Boots

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.8 miles

Marvellous Miserden

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

A Pond, a Church and a Toposcope

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

Ponds and views

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.1 miles

Spring through the Needlehole

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

A wood with a view

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Tottering around Tetbury

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.2 miles

Up and down the valleys of the Painswick, Slad and Sheepscombe streams

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Snookered by the Hill

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 8.0 miles

A Woodland Ramble

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Beautiful Bluebells

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Escaping around Leyhill Prison

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.2 miles

Ups Downs and a View

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Up to Scottsquar Hill

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

May the Fourth be with you

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.4 miles

Crayfield Creation

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Rendcomb - Walking Together 2026

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Hilly Avening Again!

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Woods, Valleys and a Canal

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Farms, Barns and Woods

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Caseus Formatus and Double Gloucester

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.2 miles

Will we see any Fairies?

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Rivers, Canals and Ponds

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Will we stop for ice-cream?

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.4 miles

Industrial Relics

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Bussage and Chalford

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Around the Badminton Estate

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

"Buckover " the A38 and back

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.2 miles