Walks from Bradford-on-Avon

A very beautiful walk full of lush foliage and native flowering plants. Almost entirely along the Kennet & Avon Canal towpath, flat and easy to follow and full of lush foliage and flowering plants. A stone-paved descent to the canal at the Bath end needs caution in the wet; the towpath gets a bit muddy after heavy rain but the underlying surface is stable. Around 30 benches en route.

Waterway: nine tenths along the Kennet and Avon Canal.

Bathampton Meadows: Green corridor linking the historic city of Bath to the countryside (National Trust).

Bath Skyline: Wide open space overlooking the World Heritage City of Bath (National Trust).

Lunch: A cafe at Brassknocker Basin, plus opportunities for food, drink and restrooms every few miles, with pubs in the first and last thirds.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Reverse direction: the Saturday Walkers Club.

Scenic walk; long walk. Riverside path and flat and easy-going.

Lacock: Country house with monastic roots, once home to William Henry Fox Talbot, inventor of the photographic negative (National Trust; 4h30 in; 3h30 to visit).

1 lunch spot: Lacock café (4h30 in)

Walk details: Railwalks.

Pleasant. Field paths and flat and easy-going.

Westwood Manor: Fifteenth-century stone manor house (National Trust; 3h30 in; 1h to visit).

Walk details: Railwalks.

Significantly more attractive. A quiet, safe route to the west of the B3090, slightly longer than alternatives but avoiding busy-road crossings and partly alongside Orchardleigh lake.

Westwood Manor: Fifteenth-century stone manor house (National Trust; 1h to visit).

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Picturesque; magnificent. Canal towpath with woodland, fields and flat and easy-going.

Waterway: four fifths along the Kennet and Avon Canal.

Walk details: Railwalks.

Waterway: three quarters along the Kennet and Avon Canal.

Warnings: Includes a hazardous crossing of the A350.

Walk details: Slow Ways.