Dursley
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Straddling the 100 mile Cotswold Way, Dursley makes an ideal base for exploring the edge of the Cotswolds on foot.
Walks from the town contain all the best elements of the long distance path - steep hanging woods carpeted with flowers, surprise views and hidden valleys, and welcoming village pubs.
The nearby train station at Cam has excellent links with Bristol and Gloucester, a connecting bus service to Dursley centre, and buses to Stonehouse, Stroud and the surrounding areas. From here, some of the finest walks in the area await you.
Beginners might like to start with an excursion to nearby Stinchcombe Hill. Cool and inviting in summer, eerie in winter with the wind droning through the bare trees, the ancient stony track leads from Stinchcombe Village Hall and is canopied with grand beech trees, hornbeam, crab apple and ash.
The crumbling chalk footpath contains many fossils, and in fact the whole hill is a geological record of the creatures which lived there thousands of years ago.
The sides of the hill were quarried to create the cottages in the surrounding vale, and in August if you poke about among the bushes, you may find enough wild strawberries and blackberries for afternoon tea!
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