Adlestrop is a classic Cotswold village, full of beautiful old cottages. It has a tiny shop and post office, which sells souvenir pictures of the old station. Follow Main Street until you come to the church. Adlestrop House next door, which was formerly the rectory, used to be visited by Jane Austen, who based her novel Mansfield Park on the village and the surrounding area. Take the footpath that runs between the church and the house. After emerging from the trees, follow the track that skirts around the cricket pitch and then turn right off the track, walking parallel to the lake, to a wooden gate leading to a small car park and a lane.

The path takes a very short detour through a wood before it reaches a road. Turn left, walk past the junction, then go through the wooden gate on the right following the footpath sign. Take the path all the way through the wood until it emerges at a lane on the edge of the small village of Adlestrop. Keep walking along the lane until it meets Main Street. Here you will find the village bus shelter, with its sign from Adlestrop train station, which closed to passengers in 1963. The bench inside has a plaque displaying the poem Adlestop by Edward Thomas, in which the poet recalls a late June evening in 1914 when his train stopped unexpectedly at the village halt (see panel below). This is a lovely tranquil spot to rest awhile and listen to the birdsong.