These are our pub walks in the Cotswolds, each with a pub at the start, at the finish or a short step off the route, named on the walk's page. They run from the Slaughters and Chipping Campden to Burford and Kingham, the edge above Winchcombe and Wotton, and the villages round Castle Combe and Tetbury.
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54 walks
Walk · Starts in Winchcombe · 2 hrs, 45 mins · Circular
A 5.5-mile (8.8km) moderate loop of two to two and three quarter hours from Winchcombe, up the Cotswold Way and through the woods to Belas Knap, the Neolithic long barrow, then home on the Winchcombe Way by Wadfield Farm and Sudeley, with two stiles and a narrow road.
Walk · Starts in Winchcombe · 1 hr · Circular
A 2-mile (3.2km) easy circular walk of about an hour from Winchcombe, with no stiles: down Vineyard Street, along the Sudeley Castle drive by the lime avenue and the lake, and back by Rushley Lane and beside the River Isbourne or along Broadway Road.
Walk · Starts in Winchcombe · 4 hrs, 15 mins · Circular · Dog-friendly
A 9.2-mile (14.8km) moderate loop of four to four and a half hours from Winchcombe: up the Cotswold Way through the Sudeley estate to Belas Knap, west along the byways to the top of Cleeve Common, then down by Postlip's Norman chapel and Breakheart Plantation.
Walk · Starts in Witney · 1 hr, 15 mins · Circular
A 3.2-mile (5.1km) easy, flat loop of about an hour and a quarter from the middle of Witney: down the Windrush through the meadows to Witney Lake, back by farm tracks and a lane to Cogges, its manor farm, café and church.
Walk · Starts in Woodstock · Circular
A 1.1-mile (1.7km) easy heritage loop round Woodstock from the stocks in Park Street to Hawksmoor's Woodstock Gate into Blenheim, along the coaching inns of Oxford Street and Market Street to the Town Hall and the Hensington Gate, and back through the churchyard.
Walk · Starts in Wotton-under-Edge · 4 hrs, 15 mins · Circular
An 8.5-mile (13.5km) moderate loop of four to four and a half hours from Wotton-under-Edge, with three big climbs: to the Tyndale Monument, down to North Nibley, north towards Stinchcombe Hill, round by Hermitage Wood and Waterley Bottom, and back over Coombe Hill.
The shortest pub walk in the North Cotswolds is the 2-mile path from Lower Slaughter to Upper Slaughter and back, which starts at the Slaughters Country Inn. From Bourton-on-the-Water, the 6-mile loop by both Slaughters ends at the Willow, a Fuller's pub on the High Street that opens from 10am.
The 10-mile day from Bourton passes the Slaughters Country Inn and the Black Horse in Naunton, a Donnington Brewery pub a short way off the route. In Guiting Power, where a 6.3-mile loop starts, the leaflet names the Farmers Arms, a Donnington pub with a skittle alley. In Blockley, the Great Western Arms, a Hook Norton pub, is about 200m from the walk through Batsford Park. Our guide to Cotswold pubs has more on the breweries.
In Chipping Campden, the Dover's Hill loop and the 9-mile walk to Blockley both finish at the Noel Arms on the High Street. In Broadway, the Lygon Arms, an early seventeenth-century inn with a grill, is back in the village after the walk to Broadway Tower, and on the Cotswold Way to Wood Stanway the one stop is the Mount Inn in Stanton, a Donnington pub about 90m from the path.
In Moreton-in-Marsh, the stile-free loop to Batsford starts on the High Street, where the Redesdale opens at 8am. The loop to Maugersbury passes the Porch House in Stow-on-the-Wold, and the walk to Hampnett ends at the Wheatsheaf, a seventeenth-century coaching inn in Northleach.
In the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, the 4.3-mile loop from Swinbrook starts and ends at the Swan Inn beside the Windrush. The flat walk to Daylesford and the Evenlode starts by the Wild Rabbit in Kingham, which serves dinner from Wednesday to Sunday.
In Burford, the Lamb Inn on Sheep Street is at the end of the 1.7-mile town walk and of the 6-mile loop by Fulbrook and Widford. The Minster Lovell walk finishes at the Old Swan, and walkers report stopping at the Lamb in Crawley halfway, which opens from Wednesday to Sunday. The town walk round Woodstock passes the Punchbowl, a family-run Arkell's pub with rooms.
In the Coln valley, the 6.5-mile loop to Bibury starts and ends by the New Inn in Coln St Aldwyns, open daily from noon. From Lechlade-on-Thames, the flat riverside loop passes the Trout Inn by St John's Lock, which its listing says began as a hospital for the men who built the bridge, and finishes at the New Inn Hotel on the Market Place.
On the Cotswold Edge, both walks from Winchcombe to Belas Knap end at the White Hart Inn on the High Street: the 5.5-mile loop and the 9.2-mile day over Cleeve Common. The 7.5-mile loop from Kingscote starts and finishes at the Hunters Hall Inn, a sixteenth-century coaching inn.
The 8.5-mile walk from Wotton-under-Edge finishes about 170m from the Royal Oak in Wotton; the two pubs out on the route, at North Nibley and Waterley Bottom, may be closed. Above Painswick, the Beacon loop ends at the Falcon Inn on New Street, and in the Five Valleys the Vine Tree Inn at Randwick is about 350m off the Haresfield Beacon walk.
In the South Cotswolds, the 4.5-mile loop from Ford starts at the White Hart Inn there and reaches Castle Combe halfway, where the White Hart is a fourteenth-century Wadworth pub that opens at 9am. The Biddestone heritage trail passes the White Hart at Ford too, and the White Horse is on the green in Biddestone.
In Malmesbury, the river walk passes the Three Cups in Westport on the way back. The town walk in Tetbury passes the Priory Inn and ends near the Royal Oak, which reopened in 2013 after restoration, while the 6.5-mile loop to Ashley has the Trouble House just off the route. For the pubs themselves, see the best pubs in the Cotswolds.
For two days of them, our pub walks weekend is based at a pub with rooms in Guiting Power, with the Naunton loop to the Farmers Arms on the Saturday.
An inn at the Slaughters, two old inns on the Thames, three pubs on the way to Castle Combe and a village pub on the Coln.
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Walk · Starts in Lower Slaughter · 45 mins · Circular · Dog-friendly
A 2-mile (3.1km) there-and-back from Lower Slaughter, easy and almost level, in 45 minutes to an hour: on the Wardens' Way from Lower Slaughter's mill up the River Eye through riverside fields to Upper Slaughter's ford, church and manor, and back the same way.
Walk · Starts in Lechlade-on-Thames · 45 mins · Circular · Dog-friendly
A flat 3-mile (4.8km) circular walk from Lechlade's Market Place, easy and about an hour: out to the Round House where the Coln and the old canal meet the Thames, back along the meadows past Ha'penny Bridge to St John's Lock and the Trout Inn, home by Shelley's Walk.
Walk · Starts in Castle Combe · 2 hrs, 15 mins · Circular
A 4.5-mile (7.2km) circular walk from the White Hart Inn at Ford, moderate and two to two and a half hours: up the By Brook valley by Long Dean and through the woods into Castle Combe, down The Street past the Market Cross, and back through Becker's Wood and Out Woods.
Walk · Starts in Coln St Aldwyns · 2 hrs, 45 mins · Circular · Dog-friendly
A 6.5-mile (10.6km) circular walk from Coln St Aldwyns, moderate and two and a half to three hours: up the River Coln and through Oxhill Wood to Bibury and Arlington Row, then back over the open wold by the Roman Akeman Street to the village pub and shop.
Day loops and short strolls with a pub on the way, from the Slaughters to Tetbury.
Walk · Starts in Bourton-on-the-Water · 5 hrs · Circular
A 10-mile (16.4km) circular walk from Bourton-on-the-Water, four to five hours of moderate walking with stiles and steep slopes. It follows the Wardens' Way through Lower and Upper Slaughter to Naunton, then comes home down the Windrush valley on the Windrush Way.
Walk · Starts in Kingham · 1 hr, 30 mins · Circular · Dog-friendly
A flat 4.4-mile (7.1km) circular walk of about an hour and a half from Kingham: north-west on bridleways across Daylesford's fields to the Evenlode, back down the river meadows and over the Cotswold Line on the level. Walkers report it wet and often flooded in winter.
Walk · Starts in Burford · 2 hrs · Circular · Dog-friendly
A 4.3-mile (6.9km) easy loop of about two hours from the Swan at Swinbrook: north on a lane and west over fields to Fulbrook, back by a lane, then down a wooded valley to Widford's lone church and along the Windrush to the Mitford graves at St Mary's.
Walk · Starts in Chipping Campden · 3 hrs, 30 mins · Circular
A 4.5-mile (7.2km) circular walk from the Market Hall in Chipping Campden, two and a half to three and a half hours, moderate with steep sections. It climbs the Cotswold Way to Dover's Hill, home of the Olimpicks, and drops through Lynches Wood; a 3-mile version skips the climbs.
Walk · Starts in Winchcombe · 2 hrs, 45 mins · Circular
A 5.5-mile (8.8km) moderate loop of two to two and three quarter hours from Winchcombe, up the Cotswold Way and through the woods to Belas Knap, the Neolithic long barrow, then home on the Winchcombe Way by Wadfield Farm and Sudeley, with two stiles and a narrow road.
Walk · Starts in Tetbury · 3 hrs · Circular
A 6.5-mile (10.5km) moderate circular walk of about three hours from Tetbury's Goods Shed, with stiles: along the old railway line, over the fields to Ashley and its Norman church, and back on the Monarch's Way past a brick pillbox, walking towards the town's spire.
Pubs and inns that begin or end a walk on this page. Opening hours change, so check before you set out.
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Inn · Lower Slaughter
An inn in Lower Slaughter, bought and renamed by the Brownsword family in 2011, with dog rooms and a Field Kitchen from April to September.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
Pubs · Lechlade-on-Thames
A family-run pub by St John's Lock at St John's Bridge, Lechlade, recorded as an inn by 1692, with a riverside garden and fishing rights on the Thames.
Walker-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
Pubs · Castle Combe
A Grade II listed Wadworth pub on The Street in Castle Combe, open from 9am with pastries, with a courtyard garden, and dog friendly.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Inn · Coln St Aldwyns
A 16th-century coaching inn with rooms in Coln St Aldwyns, reopened in 2020 by Baz and Fred, with a Garden Suite and food every day.
Verified Nov 2026
Inn · Nailsworth
A coaching inn at Kingscote, about 5 miles by road south-west of Nailsworth, with 13 rooms in a converted stable block, a beer garden and a play area.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · Biddestone
A dog-friendly pub on the green at Biddestone serving pub classics, with a garden at the back, curry night on Thursdays and a quiz on the first Tuesday of the month.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
Inn · Burford
An inn on the River Windrush at Swinbrook, near Burford, with bedrooms in its stables and a riverside cottage.
Verified Oct 2026
Pubs · Bourton-on-the-Water
A Fuller's pub on the High Street in Bourton-on-the-Water, open from 10am, with a garden and outside seating, food all day, and dogs and families welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Woodstock town walk, at about 1.1 miles (1.7km), which passes the Punchbowl and the King's Arms. The Burford and Tetbury town walks are each 1.7 miles, ending at the Lamb Inn and near the Royal Oak.
Yes. The walks from Broadway to Broadway Tower, from Moreton-in-Marsh to Batsford, from Northleach to Hampnett, from Stow to Maugersbury and from Bourton to Wyck Rissington have no stiles. They start or end near the Lygon Arms, the Redesdale, the Wheatsheaf, the Porch House and the Willow.
Several. The section from Broadway to Wood Stanway has one stop, the Mount Inn in Stanton. The Winchcombe walks to Belas Knap go up by the Cotswold Way and end at the White Hart Inn, and the Painswick Beacon loop comes home along it to the Falcon Inn.
Many do, but check first. The White Horse at Biddestone, the White Hart in Castle Combe, the Willow in Bourton, the Three Cups in Malmesbury and the Royal Oak in Tetbury all welcome dogs. At the Slaughters Country Inn, dogs stay in some rooms but are not allowed in the restaurant or lounges.
Yes. The 4.5-mile loop from the White Hart Inn at Ford goes up the By Brook valley into Castle Combe, where the White Hart and the Castle Inn are halfway round, and back through the woods to Ford in two to two and a half hours.
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