Where time slows, trails meander, and golden light falls on winding lanes and dry-stone walls.
The Cotswolds AONB — now officially known as the Cotswolds National Landscape — is England’s largest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Covering nearly 800 square miles across Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire, it offers some of the country’s most rewarding and accessible walking.
This is classic English countryside: undulating hills, medieval churches, ridgeway views, and quiet villages built from buttery stone. Walkers can follow the 102-mile Cotswold Way, explore peaceful loops from towns like Broadway or Painswick, or link up a series of footpaths between market towns, nature reserves, and historic estates.
Whether you’re here for a weekend break or a long-distance journey, the Cotswolds offers a kind of walking that’s both easy-going and unforgettable — full of pastoral views, hidden valleys, and timeless charm.
A National Trail from Chipping Campden to Bath, this 102-mile route follows escarpments, hill forts, and ancient lanes — with panoramic views and overnight stays in traditional towns along the way.
Two tranquil interlinking paths through the heart of the North Cotswolds — ideal for shorter self-guided walking holidays between Winchcombe, Bourton-on-the-Water, and beyond.
From Broadway Tower to Snowshill, Painswick Beacon to Chedworth Roman Villa, local loops offer stunning half-day walks with plenty of scenery and stories.
