Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Dover's Hill is the last of the many fine vantage points for the northbound Cotswold
Way walker. At 755ft (230m) it was named after Captain Robert Dover (1582-1652),
a wealthy and somewhat eccentric lawyer who organised his first 'Olympick Games'
there in 1612. The games included leapfrog, wrestling, skittles and 'shin-kicking', and
apart from an interruption during the Civil War they continued annually until 1852.
Dover's Olympics were revived in 1951, and now take place each spring bank holiday.
Walk ahead to a topograph, then wander along the edge of the escarp-
ment with lovely views into the Vale of Evesham to the left. When you
reach a trig point bear right to find a kissing gate in the meadow corner.
With your back to the last extensive panorama of the walk, follow a path
between fields to Kingcomb Lane.
Cross the road, turn left and, after about 100 metres, head to the
right on a descending path which comes onto a track. This becomes the
metalled Hoo Lane further down and brings you to a junction by a thatched
cottage. Continue ahead, then turn left by St Catherine's Roman Cathol-
ic Church into
Chipping Campden
High Street. Continue ahead, passing
Sheep Street on the right, then the Town Hall (the official end to the
Cotswold Way), and many other lovely buildings, before turning right into
Church Street. Walk the last few hundred metres to the Parish Church of
St James, thus completing your 102 mile (164km) pilgrimage from Bath
Abbey.
The Market Hall in Chipping Campden, built in 1627, is a prominent feature of the High
Street
