Limestone Link
Limestone Link | |
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![]() Footpath waymark sign for the Limestone Link | |
Length | 58 km (36 mi) |
Location | South West England |
Trailheads | Mendip Hills/Cotswolds |
Use | Hiking |
Difficulty | Moderate to strenuous |
Sights | Mendip Hills |
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TheLimestone Linkis a 58-kilometre (36 mi)long-distance footpathin England, from theMendip HillsinSomersettoCold AshtoninGloucestershire.It is marked by anammonitewaymarker.
The Mendip section starts betweenChurchillandRowberrow,nearDolebury Warrenand travels roughly west to east, passing above the villages ofBlagdonandCompton Martin,close to the northern boundary of the MendipArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty;it then passes throughWest Harptree.It passes throughTemple Cloud,HallatrowandCamertonbefore turning north throughDunkertonandSouthstoke,south ofBath.
The path then followsCam BrooktoMidfordand then followsMidford Brookbefore joining theAvon Walkwayat theDundas Aqueduct.It continues north alongside theRiver Avonand theKennet and Avon Canal,pastClavertonand theClaverton Pumping StationtoBathampton.Here it crosses theA4and goes throughBatheastonand then, following a stream, throughNorthendandSt Catherine.The final part of the path goes pastMonkswood reservoirand alongside St Catherines Brook to reach Cold Ashton.
The footpath connects with theMendip Wayand theCotswold Way.