Dover’s Hill

• Mileage: 6 miles
• Grade: Moderate
• Maximum walkers: 20
• Refreshments: Please bring a picnic lunch. Café at Broadway Tower Country Park and refreshment outlets in Broadway after the walk.
• Child friendly: No
• Dog friendly: Yes
• Information: Free parking.

Description:

An invigorating walk with some outstanding scenery and the chance to enjoy a picnic at Dover’s Hill, one of the Cotswold’s top beauty spots and site of Robert Dover’s Olympick Games dating back to 1612. We set out along wooded footpaths to reach Farncombe Estate and then contour along passing Saintbury Church. We continue through fields before making a steep climb all the way up to the topograph on Dover’s Hill, where we will stop for our picnic and enjoy the extensive views. For the remainder of the walk, we follow the Cotswold Way on an easy and gently undulating path, much of it along a broad tree-lined avenue, all the way back to our start point.

Meeting point:

• Meet: Fish Hill Picnic Area
• Map ref: SP 120 369
• Postcode: WR12 7LD
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Come along to The Fleece Inn on Friday the 26th and meet up with fellow Festival walkers for a social evening featuring the Lockdown Layabouts. Don’t forget to book your place (Event 12A).