Naiilsworth to Berkeley Cycling Route

19
6
7
8
9
Forge Plantation
B4008
Nailsworth to Berkeley
PH
Moorend
Sharpness
Wanswell
Ham
Coaley
Cam
9
4
Uley
Newport
3
Bevington
Hill
12
North Nibley
9
Stone PH
13
11
2
5
4
Rockhampton
6
0
06
9
10
11
12
13
Over motorway TL SP MIDDLE MILL LANE and
bear right.
TL with TWO telegraph poles on corner.
5
Extreme care crossing A38.
TL SP ROCKHAMPTON/THORNBURY.
TL SP HILL/SHEPPERDINE then follow the lanes
to Berkeley.
4
Built-up Area
Co
Roundabouts
Railway Stations
Tarlton
Railway Lines
A
Lakes
Rodmarton
1
Rivers
Points of
Interest
P.O.I. numbers*
Cycle Shops or
Cycle Hire**
PH
Public Houses
Visitor
Information
Centres
12
Chedwo
Cycle Route
1
11
Route Marker
13 PH
Crudwell
Route Start
1
Point Marker
Cycle Route
into Town
Cycle Route
out of Town
TL
Turn left
TR
Turn right
SP
Signpost
* Please note symbols indicate Cycle
Shop within town/village and not
precise location.
Nailsworth to Berkeley 43km
** Route attraction numbers start
as you leave each hub town in a
clockwise direction.
Contour Information
Height
5
1. TETBURY
Ruskin Mill
PH- Several
2. Matara
Garden
14
16
B4 Manor
3. Owlpen
01
4
4. Uley Bury (NrLong
Dursley)
Newnton
5. Tyndale Monument
(Nr North 15
Nibley)
6. Newark Park
7. The Wotton Under Edge Heritage Centre
8. Berkeley Castle
9. Jenner Museum - Berkeley
10. Cattle Country
17
The route takes you direction right. Care crossing
the B4060.
Or - TL into the town for amenities/lunch then...
from Wotton head out of Wotton briefly on the
B4060.
TL SP BRADLEY GREEN. Bear right at triangle.
TL SP HUNTINGFORD.
TL SP DAMERY/WOODFORD.
Motorway
3 18
35
Metres
4
7
A41
Minor Road
Culkerton
Points of interestAshley
62
09
3
PH
Grade21- First half moderate/
strenuous, second half easy.
Distance - 27 miles / 43 km
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B40
Head for the main junction roundabout A46/B4014
at the bottom of the town and TL towards SP BATH
and make the steady ascent out of the town along
the A46.
TR into a quiet lane just past Tipputs Pub.
Extreme care crossing the A46.
6
Head towards Kingscote and through the village
7
going straight on down the lane with the phone
8
box, SP THE WINDMILL. TR at the end. Then left
onto the B4058 SP WOTTON and follow the road
and further signposts to Wotton.
Care crossing the A4135
300
The road splits, TR SP WATERLY BOTTOMS.
200
The last part of this lane is a STEEP
Metres
100
DESCENT into the town.
A Road
Sapperton
B Road
Cherington
Tetbury Upton
B4
B406
1
9
B45
2
2
PH- Several
5
Wotton-under-Edge
B4058
50
1
PH
Kingscote
6
B4
3
Avening
1
7
8
10
Bournes Green
Thrupp
1
DURSLEY
PH
At a Glance
B401
8
Key to Map
Symbols:
Bisley
Apart from brief stints
Bagpath
along A and B roads
06
Chalford
B4
Houndscroft
getting you up andFrampton
down
Mansell
the Cotswolds, the route
Amberley
Minchinhampton
follows quiet unclassified
PH
Box
lanes,
leading you down
24
23
NAILSWORTH
into the Severn Vale.
22
PH Several
Strenuous in places.
Horsley
B4066
BERKELEY 10
Day
30
229
PH
Woodchester
6
B4058
6
B456
Cam &
Dursley
1
4
Cambridge
Slimbridge
Halmore
PH Several
2
3
4
7
Canal
PH
Stonehouse
M5
2
1 Purton
Newtown
A3
8
8
A429
A4
9
0
0
5
10
15
20
25
Kilometres
Painswick to Winchcombe 48km
30
35
40
Height
305m
229m
152m
76m
Nailsworth to Berkeley
Berkeley (Hub town)
The Malt House,
22 Marybrook Street, Berkeley, GL13 9BA
www.themalthouse.uk.com
01453 511177
The Berkeley Arms Hotel,
Canonbury Street, Berkeley, GL13 9BG
www.hotelinberkeley.co.uk
01453 811177
Meadowside,
Berkeley Heath, Berkeley, GL13 9EX
www.meadowsidebedandbreakfast.co.uk
01453 511884
Slimbridge (5 miles from Berkeley)
Tudor Caravan Park (In Slimbridge),
Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge, GL2 7BP
www.tudorcaravanpark.com
01453 890483
Wild Goose Lodge (in Slimbridge),
Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge, GL2 7BP
www.wildgooselodge.co.uk
01453 890275
The Tudor Arms,
Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge, GL2 7BP
www.tudorarms.co.uk
01453 890306
Nailsworth is a lively, artistic town nestling in a wooded valley and renowned
for its award-winning restaurants, pubs, cafes and other food outlets
including a celebrated local bakery (home to The Fabulous Baker Brothers)
and food emporium, as well as some lovely,
small independent shops. There is a mill
trail and Nailsworth has the largest number
of working water wheels per square mile
in the country. Ruskin Mill (a centre for
artistic activity) and the Stroudwater textile
Trust’s Weaving Shed at Gigg Mill are
nearby. An eight-mile cycle-way follows the
old railway line to Stonehouse. Close by is
the Nailsworth Ladder leading to National
Trust common land and the mysterious
and haunted Woodchester Mansion. The
Nailsworth Festival takes place annually with a
programme of art and music events.
The centre-piece of Berkeley is the
magnificent 12th century Berkeley Castle
with its dark and brooding bloodstained history, where Edward II was brutally
murdered in 1327. It is the oldest inhabited castle in England, having been
home to 24 generations of the Berkeley family. The little town itself is well
worth exploring and includes Dr Jenner’s House. It was from this house in
1796 that Edward Jenner pioneered the vaccination against smallpox that
changed the world. Edward Jenner was born in Berkeley and The Chantry,
where the museum is located, was his home for 38 years.
Things to do on route
Tyndale Monument (Nr North Nibley)
Berkeley Castle
Jenner Museum - Berkeley
The Wotton under Edge Heritage Centre
Uley Bury (Nr Dursley)
Woodchester Mansion
Owlpen Manor
Matara Garden
Cattle Country
Newark Park