Build your walk: Cotswold Way

Build your walk

01 How many days?

02 Which way?

03 Where will you sleep?

04 Travelling from?

Station search comes in phase 2; only checked journeys are listed.

Average day: 11 mi
Longest day: 15 mi
Total ascent: 11,834 ft

Your itinerary

Day 1 of 9 · 10 mi

Chipping Campden → Stanton

10 miles with 1,316 ft of climb, through chapter 1 of the guide, and sleeps at Stanton.

Distance: 10 mi (17 km)
Ascent: 1,316 ft (401 m) up
Off trail: +0.1 km to the bed

Height, by our terrainHighest 1,007 ft

Tonight

B&B or inn in Stanton.

6 places to stay within 2.5 km on the National Trail’s own list (read 23 September 2026); 2 also on OpenStreetMap. Listed is not booked — check dates and prices in the search below.

Search for a bed around Stanton. Booking links arrive with our partners.

Food on the way

Food shops: 4 at Chipping Campden, at the start; Nisa (5.6 mi in); Collins Butchers (5.9 mi in); Broadway Deli (5.9 mi in); Your Coop Food (6.0 mi in); John Barleycorn's (6.0 mi in). The last before tonight is John Barleycorn's, 4.4 mi before the end.

8 cafés and 6 pubs along the way.

From OpenStreetMap, read 25 September 2026. A place on the map is not a promise it is open.

On and off the trail

At Chipping Campden

Honeybourne rail · 5.5 km
Great Western Railway: roughly hourly every day, west to Worcester and Hereford, east to Oxford and London Paddington. The nearest station to Chipping Campden, 5.5 km from the start by straight line. Checked 19 September 2026.
Noel Arms Hotel bus · 0 km
Route 606 (Pulhams Coaches): 6 each way on weekdays, 6 on Saturday, none on Sunday; weekdays 06:45 to 19:10. Stop: Noel Arms Hotel, under 100 m from Chipping Campden. Route 1 (Stagecoach Midlands): 3 each way on weekdays, 2 on Saturday, 3 on Sunday; weekdays 08:35 to 15:46. Stop: Noel Arms Hotel, under 100 m from Chipping Campden. And 5 more routes with fewer journeys. Checked 26 September 2026.

At Stanton

Old Manor Farm House bus · 0 km
Route 606 (Pulhams Coaches): 6 on weekdays, one direction only, 6 on Saturday, one direction only, none on Sunday; weekdays 07:12 to 17:53. Stop: Old Manor Farm House, 130 m from Stanton. Checked 26 September 2026.

Travel

Getting there. Journeys from other places are not yet checked; the stations at the start are in the next card.

Luggage

Bag transfer moves your luggage between each night's bed, so you walk with a day sack.

Companies that move bags on this trail:

Carryabag · The Cotswold Way£10.50 per bag per drop for one bag, £6.60 each for two to four bags (2026 season, 18 March to 31 October)
Cotswold Luggage Transfers · Chipping Campden to BathPrice on request.
Sherpa Van · The southern Cotswold Way (its route list says “Cotswold Way South”)Price on request.

Not partners: we earn nothing from these links. Prices as each company publishes them, read 29 September 2026; check with them before you book.

Your plan

Day	From	To	Miles	Ascent	Bed	Transport
1	Chipping Campden	Stanton	10	1,316 ft	B&B or inn · listed	Honeybourne rail, Noel Arms Hotel bus, Old Manor Farm House bus
2	Stanton	Langley	12	1,581 ft	B&B or inn · listed	Old Manor Farm House bus
3	Langley	Coberley	10	1,309 ft	B&B or inn · listed	Seven Springs bus
4	Coberley	Painswick	15	1,542 ft	B&B or inn · listed	Seven Springs bus, St Mary's Church bus
5	Painswick	King's Stanley	9	945 ft	B&B or inn · listed	St Mary's Church bus, Stonehouse rail
6	King's Stanley	Tyndale Monument	13	2,073 ft	B&B or inn · listed	Stonehouse rail, Black Horse Inn bus
7	Tyndale Monument	Petty France	11	1,158 ft	B&B or inn · listed	Black Horse Inn bus, Petty France Hotel bus
8	Petty France	Pennsylvania	12	1,027 ft	B&B or inn · listed	Petty France Hotel bus, Cold Ashton Roundabout bus
9	Pennsylvania	Bath	11	883 ft	Finish	Cold Ashton Roundabout bus, Oldfield Park rail, Bath Spa rail

First walking day

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Cotswold Way: build your walk.