Kemble Circular via Thames Head and Cirencester walk
Past the Thames Head and along a disused canal, then up through woods to the Severn/Thames watershed and back through the magnificent Cirencester Park and Town
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Thames/Isis River: Lyd Well
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Signpost marking start of the Thames Path
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Skew Railway Bridge over Thames & Severn Canal (detail)
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View from Queen Anne Monument to Cirencester Park House and Parish Church
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Wall around Cirencester Park and the tallest yew hedge in the world
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Market Place, Cirencester
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Thames Path signpost upon first meeting the river, from Kemble Station
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Thames/Isis (here a winterbourne) flowing under A429 road bridge, near Kemble
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Thames/Isis (here a winterbourne) in field north of A429
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Thames/Isis (here a winterbourne) in field north of A429
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Thames/Isis (here a winterbourne) in field north of A429
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Thames/Isis River: Cotswold stone wall with some drainage holes stretching across the river near Lyd Well
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Thames/Isis River: Lyd Well
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King Athelstan’s Mounting Block, by The Fosse Way (the A433)
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Trewsbury Mead near the Source of The Thames, a few weeks after it had been in flow up here
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Trewsbury Mead near the Source of The Thames, a few weeks after it had been in flow up here
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The last 100 metres to the Source of The Thames
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The Source of The Thames: Memorial Stone and signpost marking start of the Thames Path
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Skew Railway Bridge over Thames & Severn Canal
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Skew Railway Bridge over Thames & Severn Canal (detail)
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Cotswold Canal Trust volunteers clearing growth at Stop Lock on Thames & Severn Canal by Coates Round House
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Coates Round House on the Thames & Severn Canal
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Coates Round House on the Thames & Severn Canal, interior shot (spot the staircase handrails)
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Coates Round House on the Thames & Severn Canal
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Thames & Severn Canal, with Tarlton Road Bridge
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Thames & Severn Canal: Tarlton Road Bridge
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Thames & Severn Canal: view through Tarlton Road Bridge to Coates Portal of Sapperton Canal Tunnel
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Thames & Severn Canal, near Tarlton Road Bridge
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Thames & Severn Canal: the King’s Reach towards Tarlton Road Bridge
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Coates Portal of the Sapperton Canal Tunnel on the Thames & Severn Canal
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Coates Portal of the Sapperton Canal Tunnel on the Thames & Severn Canal: doric columns and rusticated masonry
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The Tunnel House Inn, Coates, on the Thames & Severn Canal
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View down the King's Reach from bridge over Coates Portal entrance to Sapperton Canal Tunnel
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Hailey Wood, part of the Bathurst Estate
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Hailey Wood, part of the Bathurst Estate
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An uncapped tunnel air shaft in Hailey Wood (Sapperton Tunnel, Thames & Severn Canal)
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View into valley, from road to Sapperton
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View into valley, from road to Sapperton
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OS height point in a metal fenced area (‘594.88 ft above Datum’), off Jackbarrow Road
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House in Sapperton
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The Golden Valley, from near St. Kenelm's Church, Sapperton
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St. Kenelm's Church, Sapperton
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Memorial in St. Kenelm's Church, Sapperton
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Memorial in St. Kenelm's Church, Sapperton
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The Golden Valley, from Bishop's Ride, Sapperton
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Bathurst Estate Permissive Access Notice
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Overley Ride, Cirencester Park
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Alfred's Hall, Cirencester Park
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Alfred's Hall, Cirencester Park
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The Broad Ride, Cirencester Park (towards Sapperton)
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The Broad Ride, Cirencester Park (towards Cirencester)
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Horse Guards shelters, Cirencester Park
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Broad Ride, Cirencester Park: views across Rough Hills towards Sapperton
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Ivy Lodge, Cirencester Park
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Round Tower, Cirencester Park
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Pope's Seat, Cirencester Park
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View from Seven Rides to Queen Anne Monument, Cirencester Park
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Queen Anne Monument, Cirencester Park
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The Hexagon, Cirencester Park
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The Barracks, Cirencester
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The Old Baptist Church, Cirencester
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Coxwell Street, Cirencester
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St. John the Baptist, Cirencester
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Medieval Town Hall, Cirencester, with church behind
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The Fleece Hotel, Cirencester
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The Obelisk, Cirencester
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The Roman Amphitheatre, Cirencester
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The River Thames or Isis, here a winterbourne (north of Parker's Bridge)
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The River Thames or Isis, here a winterbourne (north of Parker's Bridge)
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