Cotswold Water Park Walk.

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Owner: Dromos
Region: Cotswold • Wiltshire • South Cerney • United Kingdom • England
Linked groups: Geography • Water • Hiking • Unpaved
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Cotswold Water Park Walk.

Walking in Cotswold Water Park: this track brings you along the great gravel lakes of Cotswold Water Park. The park consists of 133 numbered lakes which were formed by old gravel quarries filled with water.

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General difficulty level

General difficulty score: 30/100.

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Difficulty level in detail

Total ascent: 23 m
Difficulty level (relative): 1/10

Max. slope (base 500m): 1.18 %
Difficulty level (relative): 2/10

Length: 8.7 km
Difficulty level (relative): 6/10

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South Cerney (distance from start: 0.33 km/0.2 miles)

South Cerney
South Cerney
South Cerney is a village in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire. It was founded in 999 and celebrated its 1000 year anniversary in 1999. The village of South Cerney lies within The Cotswold Water Park, an area made up of over 140 lakes, mostly formed by gravel extraction. Many of the lakes are now used for leisure activities including fishing and sailing.

Little Bridge (distance from start: 3.55 km/2.21 miles)

Little Bridge
South Cerney
Little Bridge crossing a small river.

Ashton Keynes (distance from start: 7.17 km/4.45 miles)

Ashton Keynes
Ashton Keynes
Ashton Keynes was known as AESCTUN in 800 AD and appeared in the Domesday book as ESSITONE in 1086. From Mediaeval times when this whole area was a Royal Forest, through the Civil War when Cirencester was held by Parliamentarians, through to modern times ordinary people have lived out their lives in Gosditch.

The School was built in this street in 1870 and a Primitive Methodist chapel was opened in 1840, but became a baker's shop later.

The Horse and Jockey was a "scrumpy house", selling cider made from the apples from the orchards in the village. The Inn was the social centre of the community where dominoes were laid and gossip exchanged, and the hard times debated.

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Thames in Ashton Keynes (distance from start: 7.17 km/4.45 miles)

Thames in Ashton Keynes
Ashton Keynes
Ashton Keynes has always suffered from flooding, and the River Thames that flows along beside High Road and crosses under Gosditch Street by the little bridge was prone to washing down to the School and beyond.

Villagers expected to be flooded every winter although the water could be controlled and directed to some extent by opening and closing 'hatches' on the river. People talked of keeping their back door and front door open so the water flowed straight through, and of a foot of water standing indoors for weeks.

Ashton Keynes Castle (distance from start: 7.17 km/4.45 miles)

Ashton Keynes Castle
Ashton Keynes
Ashton Keynes Castle was located in the village of Ashton Keynes. It was founded in the 12th century by the Keynes family. Only the earthworks now remain.

The Horse and Jockey Pub (distance from start: 7.17 km/4.45 miles)

The Horse and Jockey Pub
Ashton Keynes
The Horse and Jockey was a "scrumpy house", selling cider made from the apples from the orchards in the village. The Inn was the social centre of the community where dominoes were laid and gossip exchanged, and the hard times debated.

Cotswold Water Park (distance from start: 7.41 km/4.61 miles)

Cotswold Water Park
South Cerney
The 133 lakes of the Cotswold Water Park are old gravel quarries filled with water.

Places of interest (near the route)

  1. South Cerney
  2. South Cerney
  3. Cotswold Water Park
  4. Straight
  5. Little Bridge
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Hotels nearby

  1. Stanton House Hotel
  2. Menzies Swindon
  3. Campanile Swindon
  4. Hilton Swindon Hotel
  5. Cotswold Water Park Four Pillars Apartments
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