Lower Slaughter Circular Walks

This is the shorter of three 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.

This longer walk from this location 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.

Please be aware that there is a section of road walking along a busy and fast road with no path. 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.

The longest of the three Slaughters walks begins in Lower Slaughter beside the River Eye, then heads out into the quieter countryside of the upper Windrush valley. Fields, woods and river meadows make up much of the route. On the way you cross the line of the Roman Fosse Way and pass close to the old trackbed of the Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway.

The far point is Naunton, a working Cotswold village known for its dovecote, with the Black Horse Inn just off the route. Two steady climbs through the middle of the walk are the main effort, and woods such as Roundhill Plantation and Warren Beds add some shade.

The return takes you through Upper Slaughter, with its Norman church, and down to Lower Slaughter and the Old Mill beside the river. It makes a good half day out.