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Hinton & Dryham Circular Walk

Author - Lou Johnson

Length - 3.0 miles / 4.9 km

Ascent - 300 feet / 91 metres

Grade - easy

Start - OS grid reference ST732768
Lat 51.4895070 + Long -2.3873886
Postcode SN14 8HG (approx. location only)

This short walk from Hinton (Gloucestershire) explores a typical rural area of the Cotswolds. The route follows lanes, field paths and a short section of the Cotswold Way. You can also visit Dyrham Church and the adjacent house which is owned by the National Trust. The Bull Inn in Hinton is a perfect place to stop for refreshments.

Suitable parking is available in a layby at the west end of the village green (grid ref. ST732768). After parking walk into the village and pass the Bull Inn on your left where alternative parking is available for patrons. Continue along the lane to the next junction (grid ref. ST738766). Turn left uphill and take the signed footpath on the right. Follow the path up the field with the hedge on your right across the southern flank of Hinton Hill to a gap in the hedge. Continue across the next field to a get. Entering a larger field walk straight across.

Reaching the far side of the field, turn right onto The Cotswold Way. The path crosses several fields and descends to reach Upper Street in Dyrham (grid ref. ST739759). Turn left and follow the road as it bends right. You may wish to make a short diversion to Dyrham Church along a track on the left. Pass Dyrham Park and House (NT) on your left and continue down the lane between stone walls.

Reaching the next junction with a grass triangle, fork right and continue through the village. At the first T-junction turn right signed to Hinton and Pucklechurch. Continue up the lane ignoring the lane on the right. Continue uphill to reach a junction with Talbot Farm on your left. Keep straight ahead here and continue to the next junction (grid ref. ST733764). Bear half right here into Chapel Lane. Where the lane ends, continue ahead through a gate onto a footpath. The onward path bears a little left to cross two more fields, each with gates, to reach the road in Hinton. Turn left and the layby used at the start of the walk is a short distance away.

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