Looking for a great guidebook for the Cotswold Way? Below you’ll find a selection of trusted trail guides covering the full route, individual sections and practical planning advice. These are Amazon affiliate links, which means if you buy through them, it helps support this site at no extra cost to you — and keeps our maps, weather forecasts and trail guides freely available. Thank you for supporting the Cotswold Way community!
The Cotswold Way (Cicerone Press)
- Author – Kev Reynolds, Jonathan Williams & Lesley Williams
- Publisher – Cicerone Press
- Publication Year / Edition – 4 March 2024
- ISBN – 978-1786312105
- Price – £13.99
The guidebook divides the route into 14 manageable stages, with clear descriptions walking north to south and an abbreviated set of directions for those walking south to north. A separate, pocket-sized map booklet with detailed 1:25,000 Ordnance Survey maps provides reliable navigation at every stage of the journey.
The Cotswold Way (Trailblazer Guides)
- Author – Tricia & Bob Hayne
- Publisher – Trailblazer
- Publication Year / Edition – 20th February 2024
- ISBN – 978-1912716418
- Price – £11.85
Running through the Cotswold Hills in Gloucestershire, England, to the historic city of Bath, in Somerset. southern England, almost entirely in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In this brand new edition, all routes have been completely re-walked.
The Cotswold Way (National Trail Guides)
- Author – Anthony Burton
- Publisher – Aurum
- Publication Year / Edition – 5th May 2016
- ISBN – 978-1781315705
- Price – £11.34
Starting and finishing among the golden Cotswold stone of Chipping Camden and Bath, and affording stunning prospects of the Malvern Hills, the Forest of Dean and even the Black Mountains in Wales, it winds through rolling farmland, magnificent beech woodlands, and up over the austerely beautiful Cleeve Hill with its panoramic views out over Cheltenham and far beyond. With a wealth of historic interest, from Neolithic burial mounds to Roman villas and country houses, this is genuinely a walk through the heart of England.