Limestone Link (Cotswolds to Mendips)
A 36-mile long-distance walk in Gloucestershire and Somerset linking the limestone outcrops of the Cotswold Hills and Mendip Hills. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: ST 751 728
Distance: 36 miles (58 km)
Time: 14–18 hours
Duration: 2–3 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
141 Cheddar Gorge, Mendip Hills, Wells and Glastonbury
142 Shepton Mallet, Mendip Hills East, Frome and Midsomer Norton
155 Bristol and Bath
Summary
The Limestone Link long-distance footpath runs from the Mendip Hills in Somerset to Cold Ashton in Gloucestershire and is waymarked by the image of an ammonite. The Mendip section starts between Churchill and Rowberrow, near Dolebury Warren, and passes roughly west-to-east above the villages of Blagdon and Compton Martin close to the northern boundary of the Mendip Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, passing through West Harptree. It then continues through Temple Cloud, Hallatrow, and Durcott before turning north through Dunkerton and Southstoke, south of Bath.
The path then follows Cam Brook to Midford and along Midford Brook before joining the Avon Walkway at the Dundas Aqueduct, heading north alongside the River Avon and the Kennet and Avon Canal past Claverton and the Claverton Pumping Station to Bathampton, where it crosses the A4 and goes through Batheaston. Following a small river through Northend and St Catherine, the final part of the path passes Monkswood Reservoir and runs alongside St Catherine’s Brook to Cold Ashton. It connects with both the Mendip Way and the Cotswold Way. (Source: Wikipedia)