South Cerney and the Cotswold Water Park
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Our view
"Through an evolving landscape in the southern Cotswolds."
Walk directions
From Silver Street walk north out of the village. Just before the turning to Driffield and Cricklade, turn right onto National Cycle Route 45. Stay on this obvious path for 800yds (732m) to reach a brick bridge across the path. Turn right here up a flight of steps to reach a narrow road.
Turn left and walk along this for 200yds (183m) until you come to footpaths to the right and left. Turn right along a farm track, following a signpost for Cerney Wick. Almost immediately the shallow, overgrown remains of the Thames and Severn Canal appear to your left. When the track veers right into a farm, walk straight ahead over a stile to follow a path beneath the trees – this is the old canal towpath. Keep going straight ahead through kissing gates as you pass the partly restored Wildmoorway Lower Lock, just before the Spine Road bridge.
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Additional information
Terrain
- Track, tow path and lanes; several stiles
Landscape
- Very flat – lakes, light woodland, canal and village
Dog friendliness
- Good, but be aware of waterfowl around the lakes
Parking
- Silver Street, South Cerney
Toilets en route
- None on route
About the walk
By their very nature, ancient landscapes and historic architecture evolve very slowly, changing little from one century to the next. In the Cotswolds, this is especially true. Here, building restrictions are strict – even sometimes draconian. The result is a significant area of largely unspoilt...
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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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