Blockley and Batsford Arboretum
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Our view
"The exotic legacy of a 19th-century diplomat adorns this part of the Cotswold escarpment"
Walk directions
Keep the church and post office on your left and walk through the village, turning left at School Lane. Follow this down across a stream and up to the main road. Cross over and turn left on a short path signposted Quiet Lanes Footpath. Re-join the road at the bottom of the hill. Just before Lower Brook House turn right onto a lane, walking up for 0.25 miles (400m) until the lane bears left.
Continue ahead to pass to the right-hand side of a barn. In the next field, follow its right-hand boundary to another gate. Pass through to walk between pastures. Pass into yet another field, and after passing through the next gate go slightly right to a gate leading out to a road.
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Additional information
Terrain
- Lanes, tracks and fields, many stiles
Landscape
- Woodland, hills with good views and villages
Dog friendliness
- Some good long stretches without livestock
Parking
- On-street parking near church
Toilets en route
- In Blockley on edge of churchyard, just off main street
About the walk
England seems to be a country of trees. Walking through Gloucestershire you are surrounded by many native species, but when you visit Batsford Arboretum, you will encounter 50 acres (20.3ha) of woodland containing over 1,000 species of trees and shrubs from all over the world, including 90 species...
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About the area
Gloucestershire is home to a variety of landscapes, including the Cotswolds, a region of gentle hills, valleys and gem-like villages that roll through the county. To their west is the Severn Plain, watered by Britain’s longest river and characterised by orchards and farms marked out by hedgerows that blaze with mayflower in the spring; beyond the Severn are the Forest of Dean and the Wye Valley.
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- Private garden
- Lawn area
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