Start at the statue of William Tyndale (William Tyndale Statue, Bristol) in Millennium Square which is near the harbour area in central Bristol. (BS1 5LL- with this being the postcode of the nearby Millennium Square car park)Cross Millennium Square towards the entrance to the We The Curious science centre and then walk over nearby Pero’s Bridge.
Go straight ahead following the signs to St. Mary Redcliffe on a shared walking and cycling route, continuing along the side of Queens Square. Notice to your right the site of the first American Consulate to Britain (PortCities Bristol) and walk over the Redcliffe Bascule Bridge.
Continue straight ahead, following cycle route 3 (which is now signposted) and with historic St Mary Redcliffe church (St Mary Redcliffe Online) on the other side of the roundabout and passing the house where the poet Thomas Chatterton (Thomas Chatterton | The Poetry Foundation) was born.
Then follow cycle route 4, named the Bristol and Bath Railway path, from outside Temple Meads railway station. Continue on this for about 3 ½ miles in a north-easterly direction to the Fishponds area of Bristol, which can be accessed at various points from the Bristol and Bath Railway Path.
Cross the A432 in Fishponds, where the birthplace of Abolitionist Hannah More (Hannah More: The story of a Bristolian Abolitionist, advocate for the poor, and champion of female education — The Bristorian) near St Mary’s Church will now be on your left.
After about ¼ mile turn left into Oldbury Court Road and walk about half a mile to the car park of the historic Oldbury Court Estate at BS16 2JH. (Oldbury Court Estate) From the car park take the walking/ cycling path to the right and after about ½ mile join the Frome Valley Walkway at Frenchay Bridge. (FRENCHAY BRIDGE, Non Civil Parish – 1276727 | Historic England)
Follow the Frome Valley Walkway- passing St Peter’s Church in Frampton Cotterell- for about 5 ½ miles to where it crosses Frampton End Road at Algars Manor ( private property). Turn left off the walkway and follow the road, going under the railway line to a junction with a more major road and at this point take the footpath on the right which leads to the church of St James the Less, Iron Acton.( St James The Less Church — Local Poyntz – www.ironacton.info )
From the church, and to re-join the FV Walkway, continue along the same path behind houses and, at a junction of footpaths keep right across three fields reaching Nibley Lane close to the railway line. Turn right onto the road, crossing the railway and rejoin the FV Walkway to Chipping Sodbury where the walkway comes along the north side of the churchyard of St John’s Church St John’s Chipping Sodbury | Welcoming, Growing, Connecting.
To access accommodation and local services in Chipping Sodbury, leave the Frome Valley Walkway at this point and then rejoin here.
Continue on the FV Walkway to the junction with Common Mead Lane. At this point leave the FV Walkway and continue on a public footpath directly ahead. Cross a paddock and two fields until a junction of paths where the Jubilee Way comes in from the left. Keep straight ahead, keeping to the right of the hedge to walk along the side of a field and then veer slightly left and join the Cotswold Way uphill to St John’s Church, Old Sodbury.
Continue along the Cotswold Way, passing Little Sodbury Manor (private property) for about 1¼ miles to the parish church of St Adeline at Little Sodbury St Adeline’s Little Sodbury | Alive and Thankful and then to the village of Horton. On reaching the road in Horton, turn right and soon left along a more minor road, following the way markers for the Monarch’s Way.
Continue for half a mile ( ignoring where the Monarch’s Way turns right off the lane) and continue to the parish church of St James the Elder St James’ Horton | Alive in our Community and adjacent Horton Court Horton Court Gloucestershire | National Trust. Then continue north along this very quiet lane for about a mile and a half to the small village of Hawkesbury and the parish church of St Mary the Virgin. Hawkesbury St Mary the Virgin | National Churches Trust.
After the church, and with this on your right, continue up the lane. After 300 yards, take a public footpath on the right. Follow this steeply uphill through woodland and three fields to rejoin the Cotswold Way, turning left onto a track.
Continue along the Cotswold Way, passing the Somerset Monument, the hamlet of Lower Kilcot and then on to the village of Alderley where the parish church of St Kenelm is close to the route and which is one of the churches of the Tyndale Benefice( The Tyndale Benefice | Serving the communities of Wotton, North Nibley, Alderley and Tresham.)
Continue on the Cotswold Way to the town of Wotton- under- Edge and the parish church of St Mary, the lead church in the Tyndale Benefice. Continue on the Cotswold Way to the Tyndale Monument (Tyndale Monument North Nibley).
Continue on the Cotswold Way to the village of North Nibley. Where the Cotswold Way continues on Lowerhouse Lane, continue left to the parish church of St Martin (Home – St Martins Church, North Nibley)