Around Chedworth Roman Villa

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"Finding out how wealthy Romanised Britons lived in the Cotswolds."
Walk directions

From Chedworth Church, surrounded by steep valleys and glorious Cotswold folds, drop down on to the path opposite the parking area and go through a gate to the right of the Seven Tuns pub. Beyond the stables behind the pub, enter a field via a stile and head for a second stile in the far corner. Just a dozen or so paces further, another stile takes you left, through trees and over the line of the long-dismantled railway. On the other side of it, bear left to reach a stile on your right. Go over it into a field and walk down this to cross another stile. Cross a stream via stone slabs, then bear left up to a lane. Cross it and then, keeping left of the cottages, go up to a gate. Go on up the field to another gate and walk along a path ahead, passing through two more gates to arrive at a lane.

Turn right here and walk along the lane for 0.5 miles (800m), passing barns on the left. When you reach a point where there are footpaths to the left and right, turn left into a field and walk dead ahead, passing just left of a tree and avoiding a left-hand path. Continue to the edge of woodland and follow a track through the woods for 550yds (503m). Then, at a wooden footpath sign, go diagonally left up to a track and keep right. After 40yds (36m) bear left on a path that will soon bring you down to a road.

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  Terrain  - Tracks, lanes, fields and woodland; several stiles
  Landscape  - Meadows, streams, woods and shallow valleys
  Dog friendliness  - Plenty of quiet lanes and tracks
  Parking  - Parking area in front of Chedworth Church (restricted to congregation during services)
  Toilets en route  - None on route
About the walk
The subject of this walk, Chedworth Roman Villa, sits in a secluded wooded stretch of the Coln Valley, protected from the elements and with a good supply of water – the spring later fed a temple to a water goddess. Despite our usual perception of a historically densely wooded Britain, the villa...
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Gloucestershire is home to a variety of landscapes, including the Cotswolds, a region of gentle hills, valleys and gem-like villages that roll through the county. To their west is the Severn Plain, watered by Britain’s longest river and characterised by orchards and farms marked out by hedgerows that blaze with mayflower in the spring; beyond the Severn are the Forest of Dean and the Wye Valley.
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Around Chedworth Roman Villa

Recommended by
Our view
"Finding out how wealthy Romanised Britons lived in the Cotswolds."
Dog friendly
Location
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Additional information
  Terrain - Tracks, lanes, fields and woodland; several stiles
  Landscape - Meadows, streams, woods and shallow valleys
  Dog friendliness - Plenty of quiet lanes and tracks
  Parking - Parking area in front of Chedworth Church (restricted to congregation during services)
  Toilets en route - None on route
About the walk
The subject of this walk, Chedworth Roman Villa, sits in a secluded wooded stretch of the Coln Valley, protected from the elements and with a good supply of water – the spring later fed a temple to a water goddess. Despite our usual perception of a historically densely wooded Britain, the villa...
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Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is home to a variety of landscapes, including the Cotswolds, a region of gentle hills, valleys and gem-like villages that roll through the county. To their west is the Severn Plain, watered by Britain’s longest river and characterised by orchards and farms marked out by hedgerows that blaze with mayflower in the spring; beyond the Severn are the Forest of Dean and the Wye Valley.