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STAGE 1

Chipping Campden to Stanton

Start Chipping Campden Finish Stanton Distance 10 miles (16km) Approximate time 4–5hr Maps Harvey’s Cotswold Way 1:40,000, OS Landranger 151 Stratford-upon-Avon & Surrounding Area, and 150 Worcester, the Malverns & Surrounding Area 1:50,000. OS Explorer OL45 The Cotswolds 1:25,000. Refreshments Broadway and Stanton Accommodation Chipping Campden, Dover’s Hill (2 miles/3km), Broadway (6 miles/9.5km) and Stanton

On this initial stage of the walk you will experience the very essence of the Cotswolds, the mellow glory of its buildings and the enchantment of the breezy wolds with their extensive panoramas. Chipping Campden is surely the loveliest of all Cotswold market towns but even on this first stage there will be other places, other villages, similarly designed to slow the pace and distract with delights – Broadway is one, Stanton is another.

As soon as Campden’s streets are left behind, the route climbs onto the escarpment where Dover’s Hill rewards with a long view across the Vale of Evesham to the distant Malvern Hills. Breaking away from the scarp edge the way continues along what is known as the Mile Drive, over fields and across the A44 on Fish Hill to the base of Broadway Tower and more fine views. Broadway lies below the tower with field paths leading directly to it, thus allowing an opportunity to walk its famous street before returning to the hills again above Buckland. The continuing route takes you along the scarp edge on a clear track for a while, but on reaching Shenberrow Hill you leave the uplands once more and wander down through lush green meadows to the manicured perfection that is Stanton.