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'''The Windrush Way''' is a walking route in the heart of the [[Cotswolds]], in the east of [[Gloucestershire]]. It is named after the [[River Windrush]], the uppermost reaches of which | '''The Windrush Way''' is a walking route in the heart of the [[Cotswolds]], in the east of [[Gloucestershire]]. It is named after the [[River Windrush]], the uppermost reaches of which flow down to Bourton. | ||
The whole route is 14 miles long, making it a full day’s walk. | The whole route is 14 miles long, making it a full day’s walk. | ||
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==Along the route== | ==Along the route== | ||
On the route there are no villages other than some lost, Mediæval villages. There is though a sister route, the [[ | On the route there are no villages other than some lost, Mediæval villages. There is though a sister route, the [[Wardens' Way]], which winds through some of the pretty, honey-stone villages for which the Cotwolds are famous. | ||
The route links the [[Cotswold Way]] at Winchcombe with the [[Oxfordshire Way]] at Bourton-on-the-Water. | The route links the [[Cotswold Way]] at Winchcombe with the [[Oxfordshire Way]] at Bourton-on-the-Water. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:59, 3 January 2020
The Windrush Way is a walking route in the heart of the Cotswolds, in the east of Gloucestershire. It is named after the River Windrush, the uppermost reaches of which flow down to Bourton.
The whole route is 14 miles long, making it a full day’s walk.
The western starting point is Winchcombe, once the chief town of 'Winchcombeshire', whence it runs south-west to cross the headwater streams of the Windrush near Hawling. From there, the route turns east and, with a diversion off the road, follows the pretty stream down to finish at Bourton-on-the-Water.
Along the route
On the route there are no villages other than some lost, Mediæval villages. There is though a sister route, the Wardens' Way, which winds through some of the pretty, honey-stone villages for which the Cotwolds are famous.
The route links the Cotswold Way at Winchcombe with the Oxfordshire Way at Bourton-on-the-Water.
Outside links
- The Windrush Way at the Long Distance Walkers' Association