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Windrush Way

Linear Trail · Cotswolds

500

XP

about 4 h 55 min walking

Moderate
21.96 km
Linear
Graded from its length and climb.

Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.

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548 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Hilly walk

2 steep stretches — marked on the map.

Climb

321 m

Drop

288 m

Highest

287 m

Lowest

85 m

Walking time

about 4 h 55 min

Which way round

As mapped: Easy first 3.3 km, climbs 11% for 300 m early on, no steep descents.

Reversed: Easy first 8.2 km, no steep climbing, comes down 11% for 300 m near the end.

Little height either way — ride it whichever way suits.

Main climb: km 3.3–6.1, from 119 m to 284 m.

How the 21.9 km splits

Flat

12.1 km

Climbing

4.3 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.5 km

Descending

5.0 km

Link it with other walks

Gustav Holst Way

Shares 8.6 km of path · meets at km 2.9, 15.3

55.92 km

Diamond Way

Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 14.0, 14.5

106.71 km

Warden's Way

Starts here too · Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.8, 21.4

22.38 km

Winchcombe Way

Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0

68.3 km

Cotswold Way

Crosses at km 0.0

164.94 km

Wychavon Way

Crosses at km 0.0

103.04 km

Oxfordshire Way

Crosses at km 21.5

109.25 km

Heart of England Way

Crosses at km 21.5

166.46 km

Monarch's Way

Crosses at km 21.5

920.73 km

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