Birdlip to Painswick through beech woods, Cooper's Hill, and Painswick Beacon.
From Birdlip, the route threads through mature beech woodland to Cooper's Hill, known for the annual cheese-rolling event. It then crosses Painswick Beacon's common and golf land, where earthworks from an Iron Age fort are still visible, before descending to Painswick near the trail's midpoint.