Dakin, C: Cycling in the Cotswolds

Map key; Overview map; Introduction; Geology; Wildlife, plants and flowers; History; Art, culture and local festivities; Food and drink; Getting around; When to go; Accommodation; What to wear; What to take; Maps; Waymarking and access; Cycling efficiently; How hard are the routes? Using this guide; Route 1 Shipston-on-Stour Loop via Brailes Hill; Route 2 Shipston-on-Stour Loop via Halford; Route 3 Shipton-under-Wychwood Loop via Wychwood; Route 4 Bourton-on-the-Water Loop via the Slaughters; Route 5 Alderton via Broadway; Route 6 Bradford-on-Avon via Bath Two Tunnels; Route 7 Bourton-on-the-Water Loop via Great Barrington; Route 8 Kemble via Cotswold Water Park; Route 9 Kingham Loop via Bruern Abbey; Route 10 Batheaston Sting; Route 11 Stratford Greenway Loop via Mickleton; Route 12 Cirencester Loop via Ampney Crucis; Route 13 Filkins Loop via Bibury; Route 14 Fairford Loop via Bibury; Route 15 Frampton Cotterell Loop via Wickwar; Route 16 Stonehouse Loop via Slimbridge; Route 17 Stow Loop via Blockley; Route 18 Burford Loop via Northleach; Route 19 Stroud Loop via Chavenage House; Route 20 Cheltenham Loop via Cleeve Hill; Route 21 Malmesbury Loop via Tetbury; Route 22 Around the Cotswolds; Day 1 Stroud to Winchcombe; Day 2 Winchcombe to Stow-on-the-Wold; Day 3 Stow-on-the-Wold to Cirencester; Day 4 Cirencester to Stroud; Appendix A Route summary table; Appendix B Cycle hire and cycle shops; Appendix C Cycles and trains 195; Appendix D First aid for bike and rider 197; Appendix E Other useful information 201

Chiz Dakin's cycle touring adventures began when she realised, after a local photography trip, that she'd cycled 50 miles in a day with a reasonably heavy load. Two weeks later she set out on the LEJOG route! Since then she's done several multi-day routes but maintains that you don't need to be seriously fit or fast to fully enjoy cycling.