Around Condicote

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"Following the course of Ryknild Street across the high wold"
Walk directions

From Condicote village green, with your back to the church, take the road south out of the village. Beyond the houses of Condicote bend left where a footpath leads straight on at a gate and follow the lane to a junction. Go straight ahead onto a track at a sign ‘Unsuitable for Motors’ and follow what is in effect all that remains of Ryknild Street. As you might expect, the route is clear – follow this track for just under 2 miles (3.2km) to the B4068, crossing two roads by further ‘Unsuitable for Motors’ signs.

The views are good from this stretch, with distant glimpses of Cotswold hills, combes and farmland, and either side of the track is a landscape divided by fields and dotted with woodland. The section after the B4068 is a surfaced road, which will bring you to a T-junction. Cross to a gate and stile, and then cross a field to a stile. In the next field, curve right to a stile at the edge of woodland. Cross an estate road to follow a woodland path across a staggered junction to a kissing gate at the edge of a field. Curve left to follow a fence down the field to a gate in the bottom corner.

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  Terrain  - Track, field, estate road and country lanes; several stiles
  Landscape  - Long views across high wolds, estate land, villages
  Dog friendliness  - Nice long stretches of track; lead required around livestock
  Parking  - Roadside parking in Condicote village
  Toilets en route  - None on route
About the walk
During the first portion of this walk you will be following the unmistakable line of a Roman road, Ryknild Street. This extended northwest from the Fosse Way near Bourton-on-the-Water, crossed Watling Street near Lichfield, and turned northeast to terminate at Templeborough, near Rotherham. The...
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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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Around Condicote

Recommended by
Our view
"Following the course of Ryknild Street across the high wold"
Dog friendly
Location
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Additional information
  Terrain - Track, field, estate road and country lanes; several stiles
  Landscape - Long views across high wolds, estate land, villages
  Dog friendliness - Nice long stretches of track; lead required around livestock
  Parking - Roadside parking in Condicote village
  Toilets en route - None on route
About the walk
During the first portion of this walk you will be following the unmistakable line of a Roman road, Ryknild Street. This extended northwest from the Fosse Way near Bourton-on-the-Water, crossed Watling Street near Lichfield, and turned northeast to terminate at Templeborough, near Rotherham. The...
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Gloucestershire
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.