Route outline for walk gl154:
Stow-on-the-Wold - The Monarch's Way - Broadwell - Donnington - Battle of Stow Memorial - The Gloucestershire Way - Upper Swell - Stow-on-the-Wold
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
In 1646, towards the end of the English Civil War, the Cavaliers and Roundheads fought the Battle of Stow in fields just to the north of Donnington.
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Gloucestershire Way, a 161km (100 miles) linear footpath connecting Chepstow Castle in Monmouthshire, Wales with Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England. The Gloucestershire Way is waymarked by a cathedral, river and tree topped hill motif. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Gloucestershire Way.
Part of this walk also follows a section of The Monarch's Way, a 984km (615 miles) linear footpath connecting Worcester in Worcestershire, England with Shoreham in East Sussex, England. The Monarch's Way is waymarked by named posts with a crown in an oak tree motif. It follows the escape route of Charles II after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Monarch's Way.
You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):
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