Burhill

The walk up Burhill is a proper leg-stretcher, and it's all the better for being straightforward rather than fancy. You're looking at a modest peak just above Broadway, with views across the Cotswold Edge that genuinely reward the effort - the Vale of Evesham spreads out below, and on a clear day you can see as far as the Malverns. The summit itself is bare and windswept, nothing complicated about it. There's a triangle of stone at the top, a trig point marked on the maps, and that's your prize.

This one's best suited to walkers who want something achievable without making a morning of it. An hour up, half an hour down, though that assumes you're not stopping every five minutes for the view. Kids will manage it fine if they're regular walkers - the gradient is steady rather than brutal. The real value is how it sits alongside a longer Cotswolds ramble. You can string it together with Broadway itself, which has proper shops and pubs, making it an easy win if you're camped at Broadway Caravan and Motorhome Club or Leedons just nearby. Push a bit further and you've got options all along the Edge.

Timing matters. Early morning gets you there before the crowds thin out, and the light across the Vale is lovely then. Autumn feels right for it - the air's crisp and the views sharpen up. There's no facility up there, no café, no admission charge. Just you, the hill, and the landscape. That's rather the point.