Beating The Bounds - Brimscombe and Thrupp Parish
Schedule
Sun, 10 May, 2026 at 10:30 am
UTC+01:00Location
Stroud Brewery, Kingfisher Business Park, GL5 2BY Stroud, United Kingdom | Stroud, EN
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"Beating the Bounds" - Brimscombe and Thrupp ParishA 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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