Beating The Bounds - Brimscombe and Thrupp Parish

"Beating the Bounds" - Brimscombe and Thrupp Parish

A led walk - rekindling an annual tradition of walking the parish boundary



Sunday May 10th

Start Stroud Brewery

Meet 10:30 am for 11am departure

Tickets - £10pp



Distance: Approximately 7 miles (11 km)

Walking Time: 3 to 4 hours

Elevation: Significant. The ascent through The Heavens and up to Far Thrupp involves a steady gain of about 150m



Beating the Bounds is an ancient Anglo-Saxon custom, still observed in some English parishes, where community members walk the parish boundary, usually on Rogation Sunday.

Rogation is an ancient church festival to seek blessing for a community and its sustenance. Beating the Bounds was traditionally used to teach younger generations the precise, undocumented boundary lines of their parish. It was also used to reinforce a place, hear local stories and why the boundary is there, and to celebrate the earth and changing seasons.



Tackling this clockwise we turn left along the canal tow-path before heading through The Heavens - you get the "hard" climbing done early through some of the most beautiful woodland in the Stroud valleys, then enjoy the high-level views before a gentle descent.

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• This Sunday, 22nd February, 10:00 am, Clothing Swap at the Brewery in Stroud
• Next Friday, 27th February, 07:00 pm, Budding Artists DJ Edition in Stroud
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