Winchcombe Attractions
Take the B4632 to Winchcombe (13mi/21km; pop. 4,500), an attractive old Cotswolds town built of gray sandstone. The church, in the Late Perpendicular style (1490), contains carvings from the earlier Benedictine abbey (founded ca. 800), of which nothing now remains.
The church at the centre of Winchcombe, St Peter's, is famous for the gargoyles that adorn it.
The church at the centre of Winchcombe, St Peter's, is famous for the gargoyles that adorn it.
Wychavon Way
This 41-mile / 66-kilometer trail begins at the Cotswold Way at Winchcombe, heads towards Bredon Hill, on through the Worcestershire countryside and ends at the edge of the river Severn.
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