Taken from ‘Walking in the Cotswolds with children.’ By Dave Meredith Published by Sigma Leisure
A walk around Blockley in the Cotswolds. Not a Railway Walk, although a station was named after the village but is situated around a mile and a half away, and we include a visit at the end. The walks ‘With Children’ are ideal for my Parkinsons issues because they are limited to around three miles, which I can still manage.
Blockley is a beautiful Cotswold village, built of the local honey coloured stone and one famous for its silk mills. In fact at one time more than 600 people were directly involved the the production, and manufacture of silk in Blockley. The population at the time was higher than it is now, which is a bit rare these days. The walk covers the village, its mill streams as well as some of the old mills, a wander into the forest on the village edge, across stunning upper Cotswold fields where the views have changed little in hundreds of years. A quick look at the church and also the longest vehicle ford in the Cotswolds is included. If you are looking for something to do, then this walk covers a lot of the beautiful village of Blockley and its immediate surroundings yet can easily be accomplished in an afternoon or a morning. Leaving time to visit to Chipping Camden or Morton on Marsh, both nearby. There are several pubs where food is provided. A most charming walk.