Gloucestershire Walks

Cleeve Hill Walk and Route Map

Cleeve Hill walk, Gloucestershire
Cleeve Hill · Photo: Philip Halling

Cleeve Hill is located a few miles from Cheltenham and is the highest point in the Cotswold hills (1080 feet high).

If you like walks with amazing views, head over to Cleeve Hill Common where you can see for miles around. We have three Cleeve Hill walks on the app for you to explore.

Download the Gloucestershire Walks App to follow these routes with real-time GPS navigation.

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Walk information

Cleeve Hill Walk 1

Walk distance
2¼ miles
Time
1 hour
Route type
Circular

This is the shortest of three walks from Cleeve Hill Common Car Park.

There are a few slopes but this walk is the easiest way to see the beautiful views across Cheltenham, the Malvern Hills and into Wales on a clear day.

The walk crosses the open common, taking you past the Memorial Tree, a single Beech tree which is the highest tree in the Cotswolds.

Walk information

Cleeve Hill Walk 2

Walk distance
4½ miles
Time
2 hours
Route type
Circular

This is the second Cleeve hill walk which takes you across the common, providing you with some magnificent views over Cheltenham, Malvern and into Wales.

There are some steep sections during the course of this walk.

Walk information

Cleeve Hill Walk 3

Walk distance
6 miles
Time
3 hours
Route type
Circular

This is the longest Cleeve Hill walk and provides some beautiful views over the Cotswold countryside, taking in views over Winchcombe, Cheltenham and the Malvern Hills.

The walk follows part of the Cotswold Way, crossing over the limestone grasslands and the diverse habitat of the common, it also takes you across fields and streams where you can hear the flowing waters as well as passing through the Breakheart Plantation woodland which provides some shade on a hot day.

There are some steep sections during the course of the walk.

These Cleeve Hill walks start at coordinates: 51.921905, -2.010152

Navigate the walks

Gloucestershire Walks App

Follow the Cleeve Hill walks with GPS guidance

It's like sat-nav, but for footpaths.

Choose a walk and follow the pointer showing your live position on the route map, so you always know you're on the right path.

The app works without a phone signal, so you can keep following the route wherever the walk takes you.

Download the app

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On a computer? Scan the QR code with your phone's camera to get the Gloucestershire Walks app.

Gloucestershire Walks app showing the walker's live position on a route map

Designed to be simple

  • Choose a walk and follow the pointer
  • See your live position on the route map
  • Works without a phone signal
  • Includes 200 Gloucestershire walks
  • Free one-month trial
  • Available for iPhone and Android

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Expanded route map for Cleeve Hill Walk 1, a 2.25 mile circular walk in Gloucestershire