Summary
Where
Gary Harris Cycles
Common Mead Ln
Hambrook [nr Frenchay], BS16 1QQ
Who
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What
Series: Great Western Randonnées
Brief
Time to get ‘slaughtered’ in The Cotswolds! Big hills, little hills and more #wills_hills with chocolate box villages interspersed leading you to The Slaughters. You may use my name in vain.
Event Info
£10.00
11/06/27 @ 15:00
BR
Audax Awards
200
209 km
15-30 kph
13h56
Silver Grimpeur
2971m
Facilities
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Overview
A grimpeur audax showcasing The Cotswolds edge; will your legs be slaughtered?
Bit to far and hilly? Try Granny's Cotswolds Telegram 160 for an Imperial Century with a lower speed allowance.
Description
Make a beeline to Wotton-under-Edge where the fun begins as you climb into the Cotswolds! Over to Nailsworth and up The W. Down into Brimscombe for the first stop at Felt Cafe, then climbing back out again making your way north.
New for 2024 the route avoids Cheltenham instead rolling along the top edge moving from the Coln to Breesmoor Brook Valleys; before descending to Winchcombe picking up the old route to The Flag and Whistle on the Gloucestershire and Worcestershire Steam Railway.
Keep going to the quintessential Broadway and climb up again into the Cotswolds turning at Chipping Campden to cruise (well almost) through picturesque countryside and villages including the chocolate box Lower Slaughter and on to Northleach.
A 'relaxing' stretch follows before entering the valleys and mill towns again for a visit to Dursley Heritage Centre. Hold onto your hats and engage low gear for the final steep one before a quick return.
Navigation
Route notes and a variety of files/links will be available usually 5 days before the event.
Will's are considered the Gold Standard for AUK events!
Map
The interactive map below is a guide, subject to change and not necessarily the final version. Toggle 'chart' for elevation & approx. slope %; now works in full screen too.
Route & validation
- The route is advisory - you just have to visit the controls and gain proof of passage within time limits where specified; there may be parts that you'd like to take a different route and that is entirely up to you; the time limits for the controls don't change!
- Validation: Instant - you get to take your validated brevet card home straight away at the end of the event.
Start details
Parking:
No parking available at the start - please use local on road parking in and around Frenchay Village; Beckspool Rd and Frenchay Hill have no parking restrictions.
For full details see Gary Harris Cycles
Reviews
What others think.
Slaughtered in the Cotswolds. (2017)
The name gives a good indication of the intent, as does the inclusion of a 20% climb around the 175 km mark (Simon Warren: 6/10, ‘this vicious little road’) — but that’s not the whole story. The name also refers to Upper and Lower Slaugther, two small villages in the Cotswolds, and this is a route of many chocolate-box villages and towns. In fact, on a sunny day, this would probably be one of the prettiest routes I have ridden. The climbs have views, looking out over counties. The descents have their villages, with their anchoring churches. The roads are generally decently surfaced, though there are some small, muddy and leafy lanes, with cambers and corners. The cafe at the steam railway station in Toddington was, on a Saturday, full to bursting with cyclists. Very well organized.
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