Walking a long-distance trail is all about freedom ... while top-rated circular routes include the Three Dales Way, Cotswold Round and Lakeland Round. Whichever one you choose, here’s what ...

From Cotswold Way to Painswick Rococo Garden, here are five walks you can enjoy this winter near Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Dominic Mills, 23, will spend Boxing Day walking the Cotswold Way, leaving from Bath in Somerset at 03:00 GMT and aiming to finish in Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire at about 12:00 on Friday.