Cotswold Way (United Kingdom)

United Kingdom

Distance

102 mi

Vertical Gain

13,075 ft

www.cotswolds.info/cotswolds-way-walk.shtml

The Cotswold Way National Trail is a scenic, undulating route through quiet Cotswold countryside following the ridge through the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) via the villages of Broadway, Winchcombe, Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge. An attractive and popular trail that offers beautiful rural surroundings with facilities and services always near to hand.

The 102 mile route starts at Chipping Campden and ends at Bath.

This route seems to be run as a race each September: https://cotswoldrunning.co.uk/ Supported FKTs are likely to be set in the race.

GPS Track

Cotswold-Way-2019-elev.gpx617.16 KB

FKTs

Male

Supported
Richard Elsworthy	17h 5m 0s	2026-09-20
Nicholas Berry	17h 21m 0s	2026-09-20
Mark Darbyshire	17h 27m 0s	2020-10-10
Rob Forbes	17h 34m 0s	2017-09-23

Self-supported
Sam Allwood				22h 59m 0s	2021-10-30
James Gwinnett				1d 1h 15m 52s	2021-05-02

Female

Supported
Holly Rush				20h 17m 0s	2017-09-20
Catherine Stoneman, Jane Stephens				1d 10h 44m 46s	2022-06-25

Unsupported
Julia Johnstone				1d 2h 35m 12s	2025-04-20

Female

Supported
Elizabeth Hopkins				3d 22h 9m 54s	2025-05-20

Comments

If your planning to undertake this route there is lots of information about Chipping Campden here. Places to stay, eat, shop etc before or after your journey. Most people start here and go south to Bath. I guess because south is downhill right?

I was thinking of having a crack at a self supported record. Is an open tracker enough proof.

Such an interesting route! I made a step-by-step guide to the Cotswold Way if you need any help planning your trip.

Route: Cotswold Way (United Kingdom)

FKTs

Comments