(1.5 miles/2.4Km's):
The starting point of the walk is the church yard, famous for its Yew Trees which are said to be about 200 years old. After visiting the Church turn right down St Marys Street past the stocks and the old Court House. You will see the magnificent Painswick Hotel on your left. Follow Knapp Lane down to the Painswick Stream. Cross the stream by Painswick Mill, which was built in the 17th Century and made cloth until the mid 19th century. Follow the footpath, turning left along the stream, past Cap Mill, which specialised in making caps for workers in the cloth industry, and Savory’s Pin Mill which made hairpins and paperclips. Turn left to follow Greenhouse Lane to cross back over the river, then take the footpath on the right. The footpath will lead you back towards the village centre by turning left onto St Marys Street. This will take you past the Friends’ Meeting House, the Dover House, a fine example of a small Cotswold house in the Queen Anne style and Yew Tree House, who’s yew trees are said to be older than those in the churchyard. Turn right up Bisley Street to discover what used to be the main street of the village, with some of the oldest buildings in Painswick. These include Byfield House, a Tudor house with an arched doorway once used by donkeys carrying cargoes of fleeces and cloth, The Churr and Little Fleece. Turn left to follow New Street back to the church, passing the Post Office which is the only timber frame building example to survive in Painswick.
