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The Cotswold Way – Painswick Beacon loop from Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods

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The Cotswold Way – Painswick Beacon loop from Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods

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The Cotswold Way – Painswick Beacon loop from Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods

03:29

12.2km

280m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

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Coopers Hill Local Nature Reserve

The Cotswolds National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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270 m

View of The Cotswolds Countryside

Highlight • Forest

5.81 km

View from Coopers Hill Local Nature Reserve

Highlight • Viewpoint

Every May, on the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, thousands of people gather on Cooper’s Hill to witness one of the most bizarre annual traditions England has to offer: cheese rolling. The world-famous event, which has been running for hundreds of years, sees more than 40 contests chase a rolling cheese wheel down Cooper’s Hill. The nine-pound (five kg) wheel of Double Gloucester cheese reaches speeds of over 70 miles an hour. The first runner to get to the bottom of the hill wins the contest — and the cheese!

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5.89 km

View from Cooper's Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

Cooper’s Hill - also known to locals as the Cheese Roll Hill because every year on the late May bank holiday - thousands of people like up to chase a wheel of Gloucester Cheddar down the VERY STEEP hill. The prize? The Cheese itself, of course!!

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6.20 km

The Cotswold Way

Highlight • Trail

6.98 km

Coopers Hill Local Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

Cooper's Hill Nature Reserve is an area of woodland, meadows & grasslands in the Gloucester area known for its rich biodiversity including a wide range of plant and animal species.

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7.55 km

Upton Wood

Forest

9.21 km

Buckholt Wood

Highlight • Forest

Discover this pretty secluded woodland located in the western Cotswolds near Gloucester. A network of paths leads around the woods where you can enjoy a diverse range of flora and fauna species, particularly rare butterflies including chalkhill blue, Adonis blue and dingy skipper,

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10.5 km

Painswick Beacon

Highlight • Natural Monument

It is a lovely walk up to Painswick Beacon and the views are very impressive. You are afforded a full panorama from the summit and the views over to the Severn estuary are exceptional. The route to the top does pass through a golf course, though, so watch out for stray balls.

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11.6 km

Painswick Golf Club and Grasslands

Highlight • Natural

Lovely track through well-maintained open grasslands and great views of the surrounding countryside - just beware of the golf balls.

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12.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.25 km

2.90 km

776 m

217 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.89 km

1.21 km

754 m

561 m

511 m

287 m

Elevation

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Tuesday 25 August

26°C

16°C

24 %

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The Cotswold Way – Painswick Beacon loop from Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods

View of The Cotswolds Countryside

View from Coopers Hill Local Nature Reserve

View from Cooper's Hill

The Cotswold Way

Coopers Hill Local Nature Reserve

Buckholt Wood

Painswick Beacon

Painswick Golf Club and Grasslands

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