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Walking In The Cotswolds

The Monarch's Way

This long distance route of 610 miles follows the supposed escape route taken by Kings Charles 11 after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

The route covers about eighty miles through Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds and is well waymarked with a ship on a white background and the trail is marked on all new editions of Ordnance Survey Explorer maps.

There are three guide books available from bookshops and Meridian Books, the publishers.

www.monarchsway.50megs.com

Countryside Code
  • Enjoy the countryside and respect its way of life and work
  • Guard against all risk of fires
  • Fasten all gates
  • Keep dogs under close control
  • Keep to public paths across farmland
  • Use gates and stiles to cross fences, hedges and walls
  • Leave livestock, crops and machinery alone
  • Take your litter home
  • Help keep all water clean
  • Protect wildlife, plants and trees
  • Take special care when walking on country roads
  • Make no unnecessary noise
  • Take nothing but photographs
  • Leave nothing but footprints
    • Wagging DogClean Up After Your Dog
    Be sure to keep to the correct rights of way

    Follow the coloured arrows that will guide you along the correct route. They can be found on gateposts, trees and stiles, they can be metal, plastic or painted, but always look around you to find them as the signs may be damaged or faded. All public footpaths on explorer maps are marked with a green dashed line and national trails and long distance paths are in green with diamond shapes linking the dashes.






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