From Buscot to Kelmscott and back
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"On the Thames Path to the home of William Morris."
Walk directions
From the car park, turn left and walk back into Buscot to admire the arcaded pump. Retrace your steps to the car park and continue ahead on the road, signed to the weir. Follow the road past the Village Field and keep right down a path to pass Lock Cottage. Follow the footpath over a weir. Then bear left and cross the lock gate.
Turn right immediately, pass the lock, go through a gate and follow the path beside the river. Soon bear left through a gate and cross a bridge, with a view left to the main weir. Turn right and follow the Thames Path beside the river. Go through two gates, and continue past two wartime pill boxes and a gate. Go through another gate. The roofs of Kelmscott appear ahead. Go through a gate and continue towards the bridge, passing through some trees.
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Additional information
Terrain
- Riverside paths, fields, village lanes, several stiles
Landscape
- Open, flat lands of the Thames floodplain
Dog friendliness
- On lead around weir, not permitted in Manor gardens
Parking
- National Trust car park in Buscot
Toilets en route
- Beside the village shop in Buscot
About the walk
The village of Kelmscott is famous for its connections with the founder of the Arts and Crafts Movement, William Morris (1834–96). Today, he is best remembered for his furnishing designs, rich with flowers, leaves and birds, still popular on fabric and wallpaper. Throughout his life, working with...
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About the area
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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