The Cotswold Canals is the name that is given to the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames and Severn Canal. The Stroudwater Navigation runs from the River Severn at a village called Framilode to Wallbridge Basin in Stroud and from there it's the Thames and Severn Canal that goes to Inglesham Lock (near Lechlade) where it joins the River Thames.
The Cotswold Canals Trust is a charity that aims to protect and restore the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames and Severn Canal.
There are Wikipedia pages for Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames and Severn Canal.
For help about the Cotswold Canals, I looked at the Pearson's Canal Companion for the "Severn & Avon". I consulted the 7th edition (2011) of that Pearson Guide but I see the 8th edition came out in July 2020.
During August 2020, I walked the western half of the Cotswold Canals.
Here's a table summarising my holiday.
Click on the link for the day to see a map of the route that I walked
and to see some photos that I took along the route.
| date | day number | start and end points | total walked | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon Aug 17 | walk 1 | Framilode to Stonehouse | 11.3K | |||
| Tue Aug 18 | walk 2 | Stonehouse to Brimscombe | 9.7K | |||
| Wed Aug 19 | walk 3 | Brimscombe to Frampton Mansell | 8.3K | |||
| Thu Aug 20 | walk 4 | Frampton Mansell to Coates | 8.1K | |||
| ---------- | ||||||
| totals | 37.4K |