Woodchester Mansion and woodland walk

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SEVEN WONDERS
OF¼THE COTSWOLDS
chosen by popular vote
Woodchester Mansion and woodland walk
The Boathouse Walk passes the mansion and includes parkland, woodland,
three of the ponds and the picturesque boathouse.
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Nympsfield
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Distance: 5.6km/31/2 miles
with a steady down-and-up
of 209m/686ft. There are
some steps.
Time: 2 hours
Start: Woodchester Park,
near Nympsfield
on the B0466 between
Dursley and Stroud.
National Trust car park (£2
for non members).
SO 799/014 near GL10 3TU
Refreshments: Rose and
Crown, Nympsfield. Toilets
behind the mansion when
open.
Route: From the car park
follow the path down the
steps to a track. Turn R
and follow the track as it
drops to a gate 1 .
Here the track splits;
Cotswolds Conservation Board
www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk
ignore the track on L
(orange arrow) and continue
straight ahead.
The track bends to the L
and Woodchester Mansion
comes into view.
Follow the track to the front
of the building where the
track splits. (If open, the
mansion is worth a look
inside). Take the R-hand
track and follow it around to
a gate. Continue along the
valley through another gate
and straight ahead.
The track follows the edge
of woodland to a field gate.
Continue as the track turns
sharp L in front of conifers,
with the boathouse down on
your right.
Follow the track for 100m;
here the track bends sharply
Farm
R with a footpath
on the
L (red arrow). Follow the
track for another 100m to a
junction with a track on the
R 2 .
Bear R down the track
towards Middle Pond. Where
the track turns R, turn L
down a less well-defined
track through reclaimed
grassland to a junction.
Map based upon OS mapping,
© Crown Copyright licence no: 100040971
Turn R past the boathouse
to an information board 4
on the R. Here turn L along
a muddy track to a gate.
Go through and follow the
path to steps leading up to
a track. Turn L along the
track retracing your outward
journey to the gate ahead.
1
Turn R along the track and
cross the dam to the far
side. Turn R through a gate
(orange arrow) 3 to a
gate immediately ahead.
Go through and follow the
R hand fence to the far side
and a gate.
In front of the gate 5 turn
R along a grassy track up to
the woods. Pass through a
gate and follow the track as
it turns L and slowly climbs
through the wood. The path
meanders before it drops to
the mansion and close-up
views of its rooftops.
Turn R through the gate and
follow the path by the edge
of the pond to meet steps
leading up to the top of the
dam of Old Pond.
Continue along the track
down to a junction 1 here
turn R to re-join the original
track and follow the track
back to the car park.
Read all about the mansion on the next page
SEVEN WONDERS
OF THE COTSWOLDS
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chosen by popular vote
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Woodchester
Mansion
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 Conservation Board
Cotswolds
Tel: 01451 862000
For details of more walking routes in the Cotswolds Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty visit: www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk