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Sport and Leisure Activities There really is nothing better than spending time outdoors enjoying the quintessential English courntryside of the Cotswolds. In this area of outstanding natural beauty every conceivable leisure and sporting activity is available. These include walking and hiking, cycling, horse riding, polo, golf, gliding, ballooning and fishing. Golf Cotswolds Hills Golf Club Ullenwood, Leckhampton, Glos 01242 515264 18 holes with scenic views Handicap certificates required Cotswold Edge Golf Club Upper Rushmire, Wooton-under-Edge, Glos 01453 844167 Fairly flat parkland with friendly, relaxed atmosphere. Challenging back 9 and many memorable holes. Magnificent views Minchinhampton Golf Club Minchinhampton, Stroud, 01453 832642 (Old) / 833840(New) 2 high quality 18 hole courses, Avening and Cherington. Members' club on a level Cotswold plateau. Avening is cleverly bunkered and Cherington has large, undulating greens of superb quality. Attractive Cotswold stone clubhouse. Lovely countryside. Cirencester Golf Course Cirencester Golf Club, Cheltenham Road, Bagendon, Cirencester 01285 653939 Wonderful views across the Cotswolds and Malvern Hills from this parkland course. The 5th, a par 3 over water, is a particularly lovely hole which overlooks Tewkesbury Abbey, the town and the River Severn. Leisure Club including indoor pool and gym Suits all standards of player. The prevailing wind can make the long par 3s tricky. Only two holes require a climb from tee to green. Good views. Tewkesbury Park Golf Course Tewkesbury Park Hotel , Lincoln Green Lane, Tewkesbury, GL20 7DN 01684 295405 Wonderful views across the Cotswolds and Malvern Hills from this parkland course. The 5th, a par 3 over water, is a particularly lovely hole which overlooks Tewkesbury Abbey, the town and the River Severn. Leisure Club including indoor pool and gym. Polo Tetbury has two of England's finest clubs on its doorstep offering sport and social events for players and spectators plus plenty of sponsorhip and corporate opportunities for businesses. Beaufort Polo Club 01666 880510 www.beaufortpolo.co.uk The quality of the tournament polo played at the Beaufort is very high and exciting. It includes the highest handicap tournament in the world outside Argentina:- The Argentine Club Cup. Matches are played from April to September and are a great day out. The tented village has shopping for everyone, amusment rides for the children plus the polo match itself, fast moving action from start to finish and stamp in the divots between chukkas. Cirencester Park Polo Club Gloucestershire, GL7 1UR www.cirencesterpolo.co.uk The oldest polo club in England is set amid 3,000 acres of parkland and woodland on one of this country's most beautiful estates. Cirencester Park offers one of the most packed fixtures lists of all the clubs, with matches almost every week from April to September and a full diary of social occasions as well. Walking The Cotswold Way WalkThe Cotswold Way is a famous hike along the western escarpment of the Cotswolds from Chipping Campden in the north, to Bath in the south. It was designated a National Trail in 1998 and covers 102 miles from start to finish. The recommended walking stages are as follow:-
Riding South Cerney Riding School Cerney Wick, Cirencester, Glos 01793 750151 Lessons & hacking for all ages. Tuition up to BHS Stage 2. Prices on application. Facilities for special needs & disabled. Hacking in the Cotswold Water Park. Barton End Stables 01453 834915 Beautiful off-road countryside. Small, friendly. BHS approval. Beginners to advanced lessons. Fun days and courses offered The Talland School of Equitation Church Farm, Siddington, Cirencester, Glos. 01285 652318 World renowned BHS & ABRS approved equestrian centre catering for beginner to advanced. Tuition in side-saddle, dressage & jumping, with excellent facilities, superb horses and Cotswold location. Holiday & career courses a speciality. Children welcome. Cycling Cycling is a great way to soak up the true atmosphere of the Cotswolds beautiful countryside and idyllic villages, not to mention the lazy lunches at the wayside inns. There are many published routes and designated trails to help you feel confident in exploring Gloucestershire by bike including The Stroud Valleys Pedestrian Cycle Trail which runs from Stonehouse to Nailsworth along a disused railway line. This 6 mile route offers safe cycling with level gradients and several access points. Mountain Biking in the Cotswolds Pack of 5 leaflets describing off road routes (from 6-21 miles) around Andoversford, Cleeve, Kilkenny, Leckhampton & Shipton. Each has a coloured map & clear directions and notes places of interest & refreshment stops. £4-95 + P&P from address below. Contact Cotswold Cycling Company Kemble Bike Rides A guide describing 8 cycle routes offering short family rides, all day cycle tours and more challenging mountain bike rides. All rides begin and end at Kemble Station, between Swindon & Stroud. Booklet £1-50p & 50p P+P from the address below. Contact Cotswolds AONB Partnership 01451 862000 Ballooning Cheltenham Balloon Flights Yew Tree Farm, Woodmancote, Cheltenham, Glos. 01242 675003 Hot air balloon flights everyday. Ballooning In The Cotswolds Updown Cottage, Culver Hill, Amberley, Stroud, Glos. 01453 873529. All year ballooning.
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