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Wotton-under-Edge is an old weaving town where timber-framed shops rub shoulders with Georgian townhouses. Andrew Swift takes one of the...
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This month Andrew Swift explores a little-known corner of Gloucestershire about an hour’s drive north-west of Bath and experiences some...
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This month Andrew Swift guides us through a delightful feature-packed walk, taking in five villages along the River Chew, with magnificent structures, ancient standing stone monuments and some spectacular scenery as you go Much of this eight-mile walk follows the course of the River Chew, along with a couple of...
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Box once had a population of 1,300, but after Brunel’s Great Western railway opened in 1841 things were set to...
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Walking with a clear view of the skies and surveying the hills and the landscape stretching out beneath them is...
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One defining memory of lockdown is the peace, the sound of the trees rustling in the breeze and the birds proclaiming their presence in song, as if exuberantly surprised by the sudden lack of competition. For those with the time to walk, we became aware of how our city is...
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Andrew Swift takes us on a journey through the historic town of Warminster – choose either the full walk starting...
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Start the year off with a stimulating walk along an uplifting stretch of coastline. Andrew Swift makes his way along...
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How are we affected by the environment in which we live? Martin Gledhill, senior teaching fellow at the department of architecture and civil engineering at the University of Bath, and Frances Longmore, who studied walks in Bath for her MA in literature and landscape, conduct a tour encouraging walking with...
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Avoiding wild country paths, muddy fields and dark forests this month, Andrew Swift wanders around the city investigating the pubs...
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While firmly established as Bath’s literary heroine, Jane Austen was not the city’s biggest fan. Andrew Swift recreates one of...
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A succession of green lanes, a Norman castle, views over Salisbury Plain and a towpath with a dramatic flight of 16 locks are the highlights of Andrew Swift’s circular walk from Devizes This month’s walk is ideal for a sunny autumn day. Six and a half miles long, it starts...