![]() ![]() Following the passing of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act of 1949, which made provision for the designation and creation of long distance paths, I put forward the idea of a footpath route following the Cotswold escarpment. ![]() it is necessary to trace the history of the project to date. Although recognised as a suitable route for a National Trail in due course, the path was initially sponsored by Gloucestershire County Council, who had no powers of footpath creation, and so used only existing rights of way.Īn early guide to the Way, in the hand-drawn pictorial style of Alfred Wainwright, was produced by another Cheltenham-area rambler, Mark Richards, in 1973. 7 March 2012) of Cheltenham area and the late Cyril Trenfield of the South Gloucestershire area were principals. The Cotswold Way route was first suggested some 50 years ago by Gloucestershire-area Ramblers, of which Tony Drake (d. It was officially inaugurated as a National Trail on and several new rights of way have been created. The Cotswold Way is a 102-mile (164 km) long-distance footpath, running along the Cotswold Edge escarpment of the Cotswold Hills in England. The Cotswold Way passing through the site of the Battle of Lansdowne ![]()
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