Wiltshire and the Southern Cotswolds - Self Guided
Weekend Breaks - English Heritage
3 nights £165 (ss£45)
English Heritage
These centre based weekend and short break walking holidays are flexible to suit your holiday arrangements
Wiltshire and the Southern Cotswolds is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty yet it remains largely undiscovered and has a wealth of interesting tracks and footpaths. The chalk downs are a haven for wild life and endemic flora. The downs enable the walker to experience breathtaking scenery whilst the villages with their thatched roofs and warm stone walls are a pleasure to see.
These short break centre based self guided walks will enable you to see some of the historic and interesting countryside of this delightful part of Wiltshire. You will have the opportunity to visit the famous village Castle Combe, which has been featured in the film Doctor Doolittle. The National Trust village of Lacock has been the setting for the films, Pride and Prejudice and Harry Potter.
Your centre based accommodation will be at the Leigh Park Hotel, a three star Best Western hotel,which is located near to the the historic market town of Bradford-on-Avon. It is a short walking distance from the town and nine miles from the City of Bath.
Your own transport is required to enjoy this holiday.
Your Programme
Day 1: Arrive Friday or any other day of the week.
Day 2: South Wraxall—Monkton Farleigh (E:7mls/11kms)
You start the walk at the village of South Wraxall and cross fields before joining a wide grassy avenue which was once the carriage drive to the manor house at Monkton Farleigh. On leaving Monkton Farleigh you continue across pastureland and through woodland to Kingsdown and back to South Wraxall.
Day 3: Castle Combe (E:6mls/10kms)
You leave the village of Castle Combe and walk to join the MacMillan Way, which winds itself along the side of the By Brook. Your route then takes us into open countryside to the village of West Kington and across meadows and through woodland back into the village of Castle Combe.
Day 4:Lacock-Beyond(E:6mls/10kms)
This circular walk takes you from the National Trust village of Lacock across fields and through woodland to join a track alongside the disused Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal. You then cross Bowden Park and continue across fields to join the banks of the River Avon to take you back to Lacock.
Depart after walk.
