Bath, Somerset Trip over Easter - 5 Nights, 5 Walks: 25 - 30 March

5 Nights – 5 Walks: arrive on Thursday afternoon/evening.

The end of March seems too early in the year to risk posting a trip involving proper mountains, so Bath makes more sense. It will be a mixture of a couple of easy-ish walks with longer options, already on the website, and slightly more strenuous ones currently only in draft form (or – one – even just a raw concept awaiting a recce trip or two).

The first walk will bea (new) Bath Spa Circular (via the Skyline Walk): 20.6 km with 500m ascent. The route starts straight from the station steeply up an elevated park in a cliffside location with excellent views across the Avon Valley and Bath, and back down to the Avon Valley, along the Kennet & Avon Canal and up the downs to the east of town to pick up the NT-created Skyline Walk. Finish with a glorified sightseeing meander through the centre of town, including almost all the sights as well as some elevated viewpoints and commons. There may be an optional extension…

The rest of the walks will be a (new) Frome Circular (via Marston Park and Nunney): 21.6 km with 247m ascent as per the draft but with a longer option via the Orchardleigh Estate but also with shortcuts, 35 to 40 minutes train journey from Bath. A (still just a raw idea) Warminster Circular (via Maiden Bradley and the Longleat Estate), 30 to 40 minutes train journey from Bath. The existing Chippenham Circular (11 minutes by train from Bath, 18 km with a 27 km option). And the existing Bradford-upon-Avon to Bath for departure day (16 km and flat) [or this variation which is slightly longer and more spooky: Bath Circular via Two Tunnels and a Canal.

The wildcard easy walks for punters wanting to sit out a day are the two Bristol Short Walks we have on the website (12 to 20 minutes train journey): https://www.walkingclub.org.uk/city-walk/bristol-harbour/ and https://www.walkingclub.org.uk/city-walk/bristol-clifton-suspension-bridge/. Walkable by themselves, they overlap near the train station and can easily be shunted together into one route with a more meaningful length.]

I will post updates as drafts become finalised and the three new walks have a web presence.

- date tag: #2027-03-25T18:00