Walks you can reach from Stonehouse by train
Gloucestershire · South West England
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Gloucester Circular via Gloucester Docks (Gloucestershire)
15 minutes direct from Stonehouse.
Medieval friaries, Gloucester Cathedral's fan-vaulted cloisters, the historic docks and the river-meadow Alney Island reserve on the Severn.
Gloucester Docks: Britain's most inland port, the 1827 terminus of the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, ringed by Victorian warehouses.
Gloucester Cathedral: A great medieval cathedral with celebrated fan-vaulted cloisters, near the start of the walk.
Llanthony Secunda Priory: The surviving buildings of a 12th-century Augustinian priory beside the Gloucester docks.
Alney Island Nature Reserve: A river-meadow nature reserve on an island between two channels of the River Severn.
Over Bridge: A single-span masonry bridge over the Severn designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1829.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Bristol Rail Campaign (photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Kemble Circular via Thames Head and Cirencester (Wiltshire)
15 minutes direct from Stonehouse.
Cotswolds farmland, disused canal towpath, ancient hillfort, beech woods, high watershed, grand parkland vistas, market town streets, quiet fields and upper Thames riverbank.
Time: 8h (6h walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Warnings: Can flood at Thames Head.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Didcot Parkway Circular via Wittenham Clumps (Berkshire)
1 hour direct from Stonehouse.
Thames Valley farmland, riverside paths, attractive villages, Iron Age hill forts and a nature reserve.
Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Stroud Circular via Rodborough Common (Gloucestershire)
4 minutes direct from Stonehouse.
Hill and moorland paths and with substantial climbs.
Hilly: half on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Minchinhampton and Rodborough Commons (National Trust; 2h in)
Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Railwalks.
Gloucester to Stroud (Gloucestershire)
15 minutes direct from Stonehouse.
Great wide open views back to Gloucester and across towards Wales. Starts through Gloucester's historic streets, then field paths (muddy in winter) skirting Robinswood Hill, crossing under the M5 to wide open countryside with great views. Noisy near the roads and motorway in the first half and quieter and more scenic beyond.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
1 lunch spot: the Fagin's
Warnings: After crossing under the M5 there is a short stretch of busy road with blind corners and little space off the carriageway before the footpath to Brookthorpe; take care. Fields can be very muddy in winter, and some stiles and bridges (e.g. near Daniel's Brook) are hidden in brambles and easily missed.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Gloucester to Cheltenham Spa (Gloucestershire)
15 minutes direct from Stonehouse.
Wonderful. Riverside path with street sections at either end and flat and easy-going. Part of the Severn Way and Gloucestershire Way.
Time: 7h (5h walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Walk details: Railwalks.
Kemble to Stroud (Wiltshire)
15 minutes direct from Stonehouse.