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Wickwar

Wickwar, South Gloucestershire, England

14.24 KM

A loop from the Gloucestershire village of Wickwar to Orange End and Hawkesbury via the Lower Woods Nature Reserve. This route intersects with the Hawkesbury Upton walk from 2023.

29 Aug 2020
Some Hills
4hrs, 30min (3hrs, 28min)
altitude Graph for wickwar walk

Elevation: Max 137m, Min 51m, Gain 86m

Pictures from the walk

footpath through woodland

Little Stanley Wood

close up of cow parsley

Cow parsley

split tree with sawn logs at base

Split tree in Spoil Coppice

red telephone box on rural junction with houses in background

Telephone Box, Orange End

exterior of church window

Saint Mary the Virgin Hawkesbury

box hedges in graveyard

Box hedges

chest tombs and box hedges in church graveyard

Chest tombs in the graveyard of Saint Mary's, Hawkesbury

small village with church covered in scaffolding and white sheeting

The village of Hawkesbury, with Saint Mary's Church in scaffolding

small village with church covered in scaffolding and white sheeting

Leaving Hawkesbury

field with telegraph pole and clouds in black and white

Lower Chalkley Farm

vehicle track through hilly woodland

Burnt Wood

woodland clearing

Woodland clearing

carved wooden crocodile in field

Carved wooden crocodile near Sturt Bridge

all the walks

Some walks nearby

hedges and barn
Hawkesbury Upton

A lovely walk through the villages of Hawkesbury and Hawkesbury Upton. The church and surrounds at Hawkesbury are a definite highlight. From the first Beyond Bristol book. See also the Wickwar walk …

tree covered hill with line of walkers in foreground
Tresham

A circuit of Tresham, Alderley and Ozleworth, this is a very pleasant and varied walk around the Gloucestershire countryside. At Ozleworth it is worth detouring to visit the redundant, if very well …

River bank with reads and trees. Dead tree in foreground.
Berkeley

An easy Gloucestershire circular starting the village of Stone and heading up to Berkeley following the route of the Little Avon River. The walk returns via Whitcliff Deer Park. The town of …