Chipping Camden to Broadway Tower

Need To Know

6.4k / 4 miles (8 miles return)

Highlights: A great walk that takes in the pretty town of Chipping Camden, with magnificent views from Dover’s Hill in Chipping Camden and Middle Hill in Broadway. See the beautiful and historic Broadway Tower and enjoy the views from the estate, including grazing deer and the village of Broadway.

Parking: Free on street parking in Chipping Camden Town, or Chipping Camden School Car Park, GL55 6HT at weekends and school holidays (Chargeable) or Market Hall Car Park, GL55 6AW (chargeable).

Facilities: Public toilets just off the high Street in Chipping Camden. There are also toilets at the café at Broadway Tower.

How long did it take? 3 hours to Broad Way Tower with the little ones in tow.

Eat/ Drink: Loads of options in Chipping Camden. Great Pubs, restaurants, and cafes to choose from. On a Sunday morning, we had a delicious pastry and coffee to go from the Bantam Tearooms. There is also a lovely café with an amazing view at Broadway Tower.

Type of Walk: Point to Point. If you don’t feel up to walking back to the start point, when you reach Broadway Tower there is the option to head down the hill to Broadway Village (via a well signposted path) which is another 1.5 miles and get the bus back to Chipping Camden.

Dogs: Yes

Accessibility: Moderate inclines and declines, wide grassy tracks on the hill and muddy paths through the woods. Some steep steps in sections. Kissing gates, stiles. Uneven paths and rocky terrain. Not suitable for wheelchairs or pushchairs.

Step by step:

Start in Chipping Camden Town Centre and see the old market hall, complete with the marker as the official start of the Cotswold Way.

Walk straight down the high street, turning right at the St Mary’s Church and continue down the lane, past some lovely cottages. At the junction continue straight (Hoo Lane). This is waymarked as Cotswold Way.

At the end of the road, continue forwards up the track past the farm buildings, upwards along the path. You will soon reach the road. Cross the road. Great views of the village from here! Going left, walk a little way along the road. Pick up the trail marked the Cotswold Way on the the other side.

Follow the path up. Then through the gate and on to Dover’s Hill.

Turn left and walk across Dover’s Hill, past the trigg point, and taking in the magnificent views. Carry on along the level walk across the top of the hill. When you reach the topography, look to your left and see the National Trust car park. Walk through the car park and on to the road, turning right when you reach the cross roads.

Cross the road and use the footpath on the left hand side of the road which is set above the edge of a field. Climb over a stone stile.

After the stile bear left through a wall gap and follow the path through a small wooded area. The pathway turns in to a track called the green mile which continues for one mile.

Continue along the path until you reach the stile. Climb over the stile and head diagonally across two farmers fields. you will then come on to Buckle Street. Cross the street and enter another farmers field, which brings you out on to Fish Hill.

Turn right after the stile through a path that leads you through a small wooded area which brings you out to the car park at Fish Hill.

Here you will need to cross the busy A44, so make sure to take extra care.

Follow the footpath signs across the A44 and then across the road as the path swings left through some light woodland, continue to follow the trail through pastures and an undulating valley as you see Broadway Tower come up on the horizon.

Pass through the gat to enter the Broadway Tower Estate. After taking in the Tower estate, including a small play area, café and shop as well as Broadway Tower itself, you can either turn around and head back the way you came to Chipping Camden or continue along the path down the hill in to Broadway village, where you can return to Chipping Camden by either bus or taxi.

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