Gloucestershire Photos by Hetty
9th May 2020 5 miles Map of walk
Yellow fields at Hammond’s Farm, looking towards Callowell
and Whiteshill
The yellow is not buttercups
We didn’t go up to the white field to see what that was
Owl on a gate post
Lovely alpacas at Hammond’s Farm
In Pincot Lane there is a cider mill
and two cider presses
On the A46 -The Eagle – once a pub
Towards Painswick
Pitchcombe village hall by the church, once the school
Photos of Pitchcombe village are lower down the page from previous walks
This is the head of the little valley between Pitchcombe and Whiteshill
Towards Rodborough Hill
Looking back – we walked from the houses top right, down to the stream then up to the barn top left, down to the A46, then up to here
Hammond’s Farmhouse
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4th April 2020 4.3 miles Map of walk
This is similar to a walk we did four years ago, but in the opposite direction.
We walked to Salmon Springs, then up to Callowell, through the fields past Stokenhill to Pitchcombe.
Brown’s Hill Court is across the Painswick Valley in Wick Street
We didn’t spot this window when we walked in the other direction
For photos in Pitchcombe village – see below
We went down and up Wade’s Lane, passing the mill house and then back to Stroud along Wick Street
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8th April 2016 5 miles Map of walk
Pitchcombe church was rebuilt in 1819, and enlarged in 1870. It was built on the site of a church erected in 1327. It is next to the Village Hall, which was the village school, built 1803. Nearby is Wragg Castle Farm, which maybe the site of the 12th century “Ragged Castle”. The church is out of the village, but near where the castle once was.
Pitchcombe village is a little way from the church
The coach house for Pitchcombe House, mid to late 18th century
1906 on an entrance by Pitchcombe House
Pitchcombe House c.1740
Pitchcombe Upper Mill and mill pond, mid to late 18th century, on the Pitchcombe Brook.
Former mill house, early 17th century
Star farmhouse, late 17th century
Looking back
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