Charfield Hill

The walk up Charfield Hill from Dursley takes about twenty minutes if you're not dawdling, and the effort pays off proper. You get views across the Cotswolds that stretch for miles on a clear day - the sort of thing that makes you understand why people moved to this part of Gloucestershire in the first place.

It's not a dramatic peak. The summit sits at just over 300 metres, so don't expect alpine drama. What you do get is a decent vantage point over the surrounding countryside, and on a good afternoon the light hits the fields below in a way that makes photography types fidget with their settings for hours. Walkers will find it a straightforward climb with proper paths, though it does get a bit muddy after rain.

You can knock this out in an afternoon without trouble. An hour up, thirty minutes pottering about at the top, hour back down. Families with younger kids should factor in extra time for dawdling and complaints about legs.

If you're based at Pepper Pot Caravan Park or Wixoldbury Farm Glamping, this sits nicely as a half-day adventure before heading back for tea. It's the sort of hill walk that doesn't demand full commitment but rewards you for making the climb. Worth doing if you're in Dursley anyway, though I wouldn't say plan your whole trip around it.