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Slow Ways linking Berkeley and Dursley, Frampton on Severn, Stonehouse, Thornbury
England / Gloucestershire / Berkeley
Berkeley’s four Slow Ways are 38% checked
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Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
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Walk to Berkeley from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Berkeley—Dursley
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Berdur one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent 181m | Descent 237m | |
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Berkeley—Frampton on Severn
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Berfra one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 14km/9mi | Ascent 78m | Descent 87m | ||
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Berkeley—Stonehouse
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Bersto one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 17km/11mi | Ascent 123m | Descent 151m | ||
Thornbury—Berkeley
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Thober one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 14km/9mi | Ascent 138m | Descent 175m | |
Thornbury—Berkeley
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Thober two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 13km/8mi | Ascent - | Descent - |
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Collective progress
40% of Berkeley’s four route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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3 people have contributed to Berkeley’s Slow Ways
0 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Berkeley
38km out of 69km have been walked and reviewed
37km of reviews have been shared in Berkeley
Latest Updates
I walked this Slow Way in the Berkeley to Thornbury direction. It is a really nice walk from Berkeley as far as the Rockhampton area and still a pleasant one from there on into town. Much of the northern part of the route goes through the old-world domain of the Berkeley Castle estate, passing close to the castle grounds in Berkeley itself; then its hunt kennels; its walled deer park; its shooting woods and its castellated horsey farmstead, complete with flag atop the house and jumps for the hunt followers to leap over scattered around the route. You simply turn right when you have come through the gate into the farmstead area and head over the stile to the right of the metal gate into the field ahead (it is pictured). Head in the general direction of the right hand oak tree at the bottom of the slope. In the next field the Slow Way is mapped along the official right of way but you can turn left and cut down through the field earlier, cutting off a corner. Between Rockhampton common and the edge of Thornbury the route gets more more fiddly with some eccentric, tatty infrastructure and the odd bramble tendril. Go through the right hand metal gate at the turn of the lane and head a little right to reach the double stiles into the new housing estate (pictured)....
Mockymock
Mockymock added Thober two, a new walk from Thornbury to Berkeley
Walk this routeThe short section through Roundhouse Wood is lacking in waymarks and potentially quite confusing. I enclose photos of the unusual crenelated farmhouse at New Park Farm, part of Roundhouse wood in May, and a particularly unhelpful kissing gate near Rokhampton....
jamescorbett
The steps up the railway embankment to the former crossing were dilapidated and overgrown with brambles and the Stiles were falling apart. Overall not a pleasant experience and unfortunately the closure of the level crossing and state of Stiles made this a difficult, or even impassable route....
Joan in Dursley
Slow Ways added Berfra one, a new walk from Berkeley to Frampton on Severn
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Bersto one, a new walk from Berkeley to Stonehouse
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Thober one, a new walk from Thornbury to Berkeley
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Berkeley’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
ST6838099281
Lat / Lon
51.69139° / -2.45883°
Easting / Northing
368,381E / 199,282N
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Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Berkeley's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
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Accommodation for under £50 a night
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Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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