Five Valleys

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:

* 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