Lower Slaughter Circular Walk

Lower Slaughter is a pretty Cotswold village in Gloucestershire. We have two walks starting in Lower Slaughter which take you through the beautiful Gloucestershire countryside and include a visit to Upper Slaughter.

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Lower Slaughter walk 1
1.75 miles

This is the shorter of two walks that takes you around Lower Slaughter and Upper Slaughter. The walk starts in Lower Slaughter, a perfect example of a Cotswold village where you feel you have stepped back in time.

Pretty honey coloured houses line the road with the River Eye running through the village. A short walk across open fields links Upper and Lower Slaughter.

There is an old restored Mill in Lower Slaughter you can visit with a tea room and homemade ice cream. There is also a great pub.

Refreshments: The Slaughters Country Inn, Lower Slaughter

Lower Slaughter walk 2
3 miles

This is the longer of two walks from this location which takes you around Lower and Upper Slaughter and the surrounding countryside.

The route starts in the pretty Cotswold village of Lower slaughter and takes you across open fields that link Upper and Lower slaughter together. As with the first walk, there is a pub called The Slaughters Country Inn, however, this longer route continues from Upper Slaughter across the scenic Cotswold countryside before taking you back to the start. There is some road walking on this route.

Here is a route map for the Lower Slaughter walk

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