[1] The first part of this walk follows the well-signed Cotswold Way National Trail southwards. Very near the war memorial you’ll see a large wooden signpost indicating the way. Head on down the left-hand side of the Green and turn left along Church Street, passing the Crown & Trumpet pub and Church of St Michael & All Angels.
(A) This was built in the 19th century as a more central church for Broadway village, which had gradually moved away from the older church situated 1km/½ mile further along the road (and passed later in the walk).
Just beyond the church, turn right along a track, then keep to the right-hand path across a field to a footbridge and continue ahead across the next field to West End Lane.
[2] Cross the road and carry on up the enclosed footpath ahead (with good views back over Broadway), which leads up to and through a coppice. Exit the woodland and continue along the left-hand side of the field. Go left and then right around a barn to join a track. Turn left along it.
From along here there are good views east across the valley to Broadway Hill, with the tower clearly visible.
[3] After passing Manor Farm – and just before a rather unkempt farmyard area, where the Cotswold Way turns right - leave it by turning left then go straight ahead along an enclosed path by Buckland Wood, which can be quite muddy initially. The path leads down, turning left and right past Lydbrook Plantation to arrive, just beyond the plantation boundary, at a fence corner. Here turn left, then right at the next corner to go down the field and cross a stream to the Snowshill road (It can be boggy at this point, but there’s an alternative footbridge a short distance to the south).Turn left along the road, past the churchyard to St Eadburgha’s Church.
This beautiful 12th-century building is well worth a look inside.
[4] Thereafter, turn up the track on the opposite side of the road (Coneygree Lane - an old coaching route - on the map), signed for Broadway Tower. Ignoring any ways off, keep ahead on the main track. After about 1km/½ mile, turn right at a T-junction to soon go through a gate, then bear half-left up the field to the house at the top. Continue along the track to a junction and turn left through the gate up another track, which leads past Rookery Hall. Carry on until you reach a kissing gate on the left. Go through this, pass the new café, then through another gate and across the grass towards the tower.
(B) Situated on the second-highest point in the Cotswolds, Broadway Tower provides superb views across the Vale of Evesham. The Malvern Hills can be picked out and, on a clear day, the mountains of South Wales as well. Built for the sixth Earl of Coventry, the tower was completed in 1799 and is now open to the public.
[5] From here, go through the nearby gate and turn left to follow the Cotswold Way back down to Broadway. At the High Street, turn left back to your starting point.