Five Valleys

Coordinates: 51°44′35″N 2°12′58″W / 51.743°N 2.216°W / 51.743; -2.216 The Five Valleys are a group of valleys in Gloucestershire, England, which converge on the town of Stroud at the western edge of the Cotswolds. The valleys are as follows:

Part of the five valleys from Rodborough hill

A field at Baker's Mill in the Golden Valley

• The Frome valley (known as the "Golden Valley" above Stroud)
• The Nailsworth Valley
• The Toadsmoor Valley
• The Slad Valley (of Cider with Rosie fame)
• The Painswick Valley

The Five Valleys Walk is a popular circular walk of some 21 miles around Stroud. It has been held annually since 1987, in aid of the Stroud-based Meningitis Trust, usually on the last Sunday in September. A more exacting version of this walk has also been published, as the "Five Valleys Circuit" (see Barry Hill, Walking the South Gloucestershire Cotswolds, pp. 100–116); this includes an ascent over the high ground of Selsley Common rather than the charity walk's low-level route from Stonehouse to Nailsworth, up the old railway line by the Nailsworth Stream.

References

Hill, Barry Walking the South Gloucestershire Cotswolds, Thornhill Press (Cheltenham) 1992

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