GPS Cycle and Walking Routes

Colerne Walks

4 miles (6.8 km)

This pretty village is located in North Wiltshire, close to the city of Bath. There's some quaint cottages and nice footpaths taking you towards the Cotswolds countryside. There's also a 13th century church, a 17th century manor house and a decent 17th century pub to relax in after your exercise. All in all there are nearly 90 historic listed buildings in the village, an unusually high amount.
This circular walk from Colerne takes you south to visit the neighbouring village of Box where you can enjoy a walk along the pretty By Brook.
Along the way you will pass along quiet country lanes with some fine views of the surrounding lush countryside of the Cotswolds. The southern end of the route uses a section of the Macmillan Way. This waymarked long distance trail is a good way of further exploring the surrounding area on foot.

Postcode

SN14 8DD - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locations

Colerne OS Map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Colerne Open Street Map - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Walks near Colerne

Pubs/Cafes

The Six Bells Inn is a traditional Cotswold Stone pub dating back over 400 years. There's a cosy interior with log burners and a splendid large garden area outside. Here you can enjoy food freshly cooked in a log fired oven or on a grill.  You can find them on the High Street with postcode SN14 8DD for your sat navs. The pub is also dog friendly.

Photos

Vicarage Lane, Colerne - geograph.org.uk - 981369

Vicarage Lane, Colerne

High Street, Colerne - geograph.org.uk - 994481

High Street, Colerne. To its villagers Colerne is known as ‘the village on the hill’ and this sums up both its position and much of its history. The parish lies on an upland spur of land with the valley of the By Brook to the south and east and a scarp slope to the north where the land drops steeply to North Wraxall. Much of the parish lies on limestone with Great Oolitic limestone in the north, which has been used for much of the local building. In the south, where the land falls away below the village, is an area of sands, rubbly limestone and some clay. Traditionally the higher land was used for sheep-rearing with corn and root crops grown on the lower.

South east from Colerne - geograph.org.uk - 994474

South east from Colerne. The hill rolls down to Lidbrook Bottom where the Lid Brook joins the By Brook. Box Hill is on the other side of the valley.

View from Tutton Hill - geograph.org.uk - 3750980

View from Tutton Hill

Footbridge over Lid Brook - geograph.org.uk - 3750984

Footbridge over Lid Brook

The By Brook - geograph.org.uk - 445890

The By Brook

The Six Bells, Colerne - geograph.org.uk - 981363

The Six Bells, Colerne

Downhill from Colerne - geograph.org.uk - 327645

Downhill from Colerne

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GPX File

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