Hawkwood College and three farms

South Cotswold Group

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Overview

Heading uphill through Birches Farm field, across Folly Lane and through Wickridge Farm, up towards Wickridge Hill, then to Hawkwood Woods and grounds, through Stroud Community Agriculture, down to Hammonds Farm, then exploring Oakbrook Farm, back uphill along a new permissive path to car park. 5 stiles

Terrain 2 Hilly and level mix

Coffee stop

Monday, 10 March 2025

Start time:: 10:30 am
Estimated finish time:: 12:45 pm

Difficulty:: Leisurely
Distance:: 6.4km / 4.0mi
Ascent:: N/A
Type:: circular

Features

Car parking available

Starting point

Grid reference:: SO 85471 06126
Nearest postcode:: GL5 1FU
what3words:: atlas.grownup.poetic

Start time:: 10:30 am

Uplands Playing Field GL5 1FU Warning: Track to the playing field car park is very potholed with high speed bumps. There is also parking on Folly Lane

Upcoming walks with South Cotswold Group

Walk out the Old

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Standish Wood and Haresfield Beacon

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Poulton and The Ampneys

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.5 miles

Figure of Eight around Nailsworth

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.8 miles

Woodchester Park

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.6 miles

Box, Burleigh and Back

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.5 miles

Bisley Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Before the Area AGM

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Striding around Stroud

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

A January Jaunt

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.5 miles

Anyone for Polo?

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

An Easy Start to the Year

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.7 miles

An old railway, a climb to Selsey Common then down the Cotswold Way to the canal and back

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Slipping off Selsley

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Feeling peaky around Coaley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Crayfield Creation

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Bouncing through Bisley in Reverse

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Up and Down Again

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.2 miles

Hunting for snowdrops

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Up and around Upper Cam

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Round the hilltops

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

No larking about.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Double Chemistry Anyone?

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

South of Stonehouse Canal

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.2 miles

Hyding and Boxing around Minchinhampton

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Hilly walk around the Avening valley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

At the third time of asking

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Ups Downs and a View

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Tocknell gets about doesn't he?

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles