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Not a member? Why not try up to three walks. See below.

 

CLICK HERE to see ALL our  planned walks. Scroll down to see a list of our walks under Upcoming Walks and Events. Click the title of your walk to see full details.

After trying out and enjoying up to three of our walks, we hope you will wish to join our friendly group. Details of how to join Ramblers are here.

See photos of some of our walks here

Current Group Walk Guidelines click here.

Late News

—– You can see details of our walks below the photo on this Home page or under Walks, Walks Programme —– Photos of our walks up to 8 July are on the Photos page —–

Latest on the Message Board

A46 Bath Road (Stroud to Nailsworth) closure until Aug 28

The A46 is closed between Rodborough Hill (the Clothiers) to B&Q, and is apparently causing huge problems for motorists. Sally

Big gap in our walks programme

Apart from the Picnic walk on Saturday 18th for those who have booked, there are no walks until Monday 20th, as no-one offered to lead a walk on Monday 13th nor a midweek walk. Sally

Walk Programme July – Sept.

There are still 4 Mondays (13 July, 3rd, 17th, 31 Aug),  2 midweeks (14/15/16 and 28/29/30 July) and 4 Saturdays (15 Aug, 12, 19, 26 Sept)

Road closure Avening. Nailsworth to Avening Road is now open

If you have booked to come to the Picnic walk on Saturday 18 July, the road from Nailsworth to the Sports and Social Club in Avening is now open. This will also allow you to use the loos at the garden centre before the walk if required. Sally

Cotswold Way and Gloucestershire Way diversions – 12 June for 6 months

If you are leading (or planning to lead) a walk that covers the part of Birdlip Parish (which includes Crickley Hill, the National Star College or Barrow Wake), there will be major diversions because of the A417. Details of this can be found on the National Trails website HERE There is a map HERE Sally

How to put an emergency contact number into your phone

We put this on our website 18 months ago but it seems a good idea to highlight it. Every Rambler should have this information available when they are out on a walk. You can set up an emergency contact number on your phone for someone to call (friend, family member) on your behalf without the…

Minutes of the AGM are on the website on the Group menu

Leaders – want to lead a Faster Paced walk?

Trying to put on walks to suit everyone isn’t easy. We experimented with nominating 1 Saturday a month as a possible Faster Paced walk but it was suggested that this was too limiting, so we are now saying that leaders are free to choose whether they prefer to lead a Moderate or a Faster Paced…

How to report footpath problems

There is a link on our website under Footpaths, Report a problem, which takes you to Gloucestershire Public Rights of Way office who use Fix my Street. The form cannot be used as it goes to a group’s Footpath Officer, and we do not have one! I have left the form on our website in…

Leaders without a pre-organised backmarker

If you are a leader who doesn’t have a pre-organised backmarker who knows your route but rely on a volunteer in the car park beforehand, it would be very helpful if you could give them a copy of the map of your route so they know where you are going. Another option for people who…

Ramblers app

If you use the app to access walks, you need to select Walking, My group (if you want just us) or My area (if you want all group walks in Gloucestershire). The information you get for each walk doesn’t show the name of the walk leader or contact details, but if you click on the…

Finding our walks with the new Ramblers website

The much delayed new Ramblers head office website came on line on 31 May. To find OUR walks, the easiest way is to start from our www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk website, click on All our planned walks below the main picture, which will take you to our page on the Ramblers main website. Scroll down to Upcoming walks…

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LATEST WALKS PROGRAMME 

A link to our walks UP TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER 2026 can be found either by Clicking on our Planned walks on the Home page (you can instantly see the first 4 but use the arrows to see more) or by using the Walks dropdown menu where, under Walks Programme, you can find a PRINTABLE TABLE.  On our Message board is a guide on how to find our walks on the Ramblers website, and who to contact if you have problems.

About the South Cotswold Ramblers Group

South Cotswold Ramblers Group is one out of nearly 500 in England, Scotland and Wales who are part of Ramblers, Britain's walking charity. VISIT RAMBLERS WEBSITE HERE.

Why not walk with us on our varied Group walks in the Stroud district in this beautiful part of Gloucestershire?  Every week we are putting on midweek and Saturday walks (up to 10 miles) and Monday easier (3 - 4 miles leisurely) walks. Get to know the best rambles around the Five Valleys around Stroud including the Slad Valley made famous in Laurie Lee's Cider with Rosie, Painswick, Westonbirt, Nailsworth, Berkeley, Slimbridge, Dursley, Frampton-on-Severn, Wotton-under-Edge and Tetbury as well as our regular walks outside this superb walking area.

If you decide to join our friendly walking group, you will also be supporting the valuable work of Ramblers in Britain and you will also be entitled to walk with any Ramblers' group in Great Britain!  It's easy to join our group here.

Come and try a few walks with us as soon as it is possible

VISITORS FROM ABROAD, you will be very welcome to join us on a walk (hike) without being members.

CARING FOR FOOTPATHS AND OTHER RIGHTS OF WAY - Our volunteer members keep an eye on the local footpath network, working with Gloucestershire Public Rights of Way (PRoW) Officers to help solve problems. Tell us about footpath problems here online.

FOOTPATH VOLUNTEERS - Some of our members clear and waymark paths, and erect and repair signposts and stiles. Could you help? 

WALK IN THE COTSWOLDS - see a map of our home area.

VISIT OUR HUGE PHOTO GALLERY - Our regularly updated walks photos show you our delightful area and the people who take part!

VISIT AGAIN - If you have enjoyed looking at our website, please visit again. Send us a message if you wish. We usually update the website several times a week. Good walking.