Picture Index to Book One Quick Link 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 About the "Favourite Walks" series LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES WITH INFO ABOUT PLACES ON OR NEAR THIS WALK Sheepscombe 1 Sheepscombe 2 Workman's Wood Whiteway Colony 'All this just goes to prove that having once lived here, those who find it suits them are reluctant to live anywhere else, and those who have left feel drawn to return when they can.' Joy Thacker colony historian 1993 We would be delighted to receive your best digital photos for possible addition to this page - please send them to pics (at) southcotswoldramblers.org.uk		southcotswoldramblers.org.uk/books Walk 5 Bidfield Farm, Sheepscombe, Ebworth Estate and Whiteway
		This 5 mile walk goes downhill, sometimes fairly steeply through woods and fields to visit the fascinating village of Sheepscombe. A short uphill section takes you to a vantage point overlooking the village, before descending to Far End and into National Trust woodland of high nature conservation value. The bridleway ascends gently most of the way, and shortly before leaving the Ebworth Estate climbs more sharply to reach Foston’s Ash, up on the plateau with wide views. Later the route skirts the Whiteway Colony, founded in 1898 by a Tolstoyan anarchist group, and which developed into a patchwork of smallholdings with people living in a variety of homemade sheds, huts, houses and railway carriages etc. In 1924 a colony hall was erected to house social activities and a school house and in 1969 the colony swimming pool was opened. They are the longest surviving secular community in the country. Start point near Bidfield Farm see map and Area Map Limited Parking at Foston's Ash Inn only if patronising them see map Limited Parking at Butchers Arms, Sheepscombe only if patronising them see map Bus Timetable No 23 to Sheepscombe from Stroud
		The walk takes you around this quiet corner in Sheepscombe village
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		More photos on the way