Sporting or Walking?
Walks
Gloucestershire has over 3300 miles of footpaths, byways over which you are free to walk. A range of maps and walking guides are provided in your cottage. We are happy to suggest local routes. Here are a good selection.
Adlestrop walk 8 miles
Broadway walks 8.3 or 10.1 miles
Bourton-on-the-Water walks 1.5 and 3.5 miles
Bourton-on-the-Water walk 4.8 miles
Bourton-on-the-Water walk 5.4 miles
Bourton-on-the-Water walk 6.6 miles
Bourton on the Water walk 10 miles
Brockhampton walk 7.3 miles
Chedworth walk 4.5 miles
Chedworth walk 6.4 miles
Chedworth walk 6.9 miles
Cleeve Hill walk 7.6 miles
Eastington walk 5.1 miles
Guiting Power walk 5 miles
Guiting Power walk 8.9 miles
Guiting Power walk 12.4 miles
Hailes walk 5 miles
Hazleton walk 5 miles
Leckhampton walk 9.1 miles
Lower Slaughter walk 1 mile
Naunton walk 5 miles
Northleach to Hampnett and back 3.5 miles
Northleach and Farmington walk 4 miles
Oxpens and Yarnworth walk 4 or 8 miles
Prestbury walk 3.5 miles
Winchcombe walk 2 miles
Winchcombe walk 4 miles
Winchcombe Wood Carving walk 4.5 miles
Winchcombe walk 5.3 miles
Winchcombe walk 5.5 miles
Winchcombe walk 7.5 miles
Fishing
There are many excellent lakes and rivers in and around the Cotswolds. Below is a selection. Many more suitable locations can be found by clicking here...
Lemington Lakes Todenham Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 9NP
Tel: 01608 650872
Web: www.lemingtonlakes.co.uk
Santhill Fisheries Rissington Road, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, GL54 2DZ
Tel: 01451 810 291
Web: www.santhill.co.uk
Donnington Trout Farm Upper Swell, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 1EP
Tel:01451 830 873
Golf
There are many local Golf Courses to suit all standards. A few courses are listed below. Many more courses can be found by clicking here...
Shipton Oliffe Golf Course Nr. Frogmill Hotel, Andoversford
9 hole pay and play course. Refreshments. Tuition available. Club/trolley hire. Families welcome.
Tel: 01242 890 237
Naunton Downs Golf Club Nr. Stow-on-the-Wold, GL54 3AE
18 hole picturesque course. Bar and restaurant. Visitors welcome at all times (pre-book before arrival). Pro shop, tuition available, equipment hire.
Tel: 01451 850 090
Web: www.nauntondowns.co.uk
Cycling
We have a few mountian bike, that we are happy to make available to you. Please ring us with your exact requirements prior to arrival. Alternatively cycles can be hired from Bourton-on-the-Water
Bourton Cycle Bourton Industrial Park, Bourton on the Water, GL54 2HQ
Tel: 01451 822323
Web: http://www.bourtoncycles.co.uk/
For a day out try Pedalabikeaway Cycle Centre Forest of Dean, GL16 7EH which
Lies at the centre of the beautiful Forest of Dean. From here you can hire bikes and follow waymarked
car-free trails including the ten mile Family Trail.
Tel: 01594 860065
Web: www.pedalabikeaway.com
Horse Riding
Bourton Vale Equestrian Centre Fosseway, Bourton on the Water, GL54 2HL
They provide for "Tourist Hacks" and "Hen Parties" these are extremely popular with both riders and non riders.
Tel: 01451 821101
Web: http://www.bourtonvaleequestrian.co.uk/