12 Lovely Photos of the Great West Way in Spring

While the landscapes of the Great West Way are beautiful at every time of year, spring is the season when they really come into their own, bursting with new life and colour. Woodlands are transformed with new leaves overhead and carpets of bluebells below. Bright daffodils dance in the breeze on fresh, green hillsides. Lambs gambol in the fields and fluffy ducklings bob in the rivers and canals. Spring time on the Great West Way is a season of hope and excitement.

Discover the quintessentially English landscapes of the Great West Way transformed by springtime during a trip along the route this spring. Here are 12 beautiful pictures of spring on the Great West Way to inspire and delight you.

A carpet of bluebells at West Woods near Marlborough

A spring day's view from Bath Skyline in Somerset. Image: National Trust Images & Chris Lacey

Pretty Cotswold stone cottages in Burford in May

The Punch Bowl Gardens in Windsor Great Park in May

Wisteria in the Walled Garden at Bowood House and Gardens near Calne

A friendly lamb

A bright meadow at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, in the spring

Leigh Woods near Bristol in spring time. Image: National Trust Images & James Dobson

Daffodils in March at Tyntesfield in Somerset. Image: National Trust Images & William Shaw.

A hot air balloon high in the sky on a bright spring day

Snowdrops at Westonbirt, the National Arboretum in Gloucestershire

Blossom-covered trees at Iford Manor Gardens near Bath

We hope we've inspired you to start planning your future Great West Way trip! Find out more about the exciting things to see and do, wonderful places to stay and the welcoming cities, towns and villages along the route.