Windrush Way
Linear Trail · Cotswolds
500
XP
about 4 h 55 min walking
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
548 m
274 m
0 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.
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
Gustav Holst Way
Shares 8.6 km of path · meets at km 2.9, 15.355.92 km
Diamond Way
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 14.0, 14.5106.71 km
Warden's Way
Starts here too · Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.8, 21.422.38 km
Winchcombe Way
Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 0.068.3 km
Cotswold Way
Crosses at km 0.0164.94 km
Wychavon Way
Crosses at km 0.0103.04 km
Oxfordshire Way
Crosses at km 21.5109.25 km
Heart of England Way
Crosses at km 21.5166.46 km
Monarch's Way
Crosses at km 21.5920.73 km