walks calendar

Always plan to be at start point for walk at least 15 minutes before the listed start time and car share wherever possible.
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Walks info was last updated Monday, 26th July 2010

	Whitehorse Workout, 9 miles
Date	Sunday 1st August
Start Time	10:30 AM
Meeting Point and Parking	Meet by the Fox and Hounds pub; park considerately on nearby streets. SU305890 Click for Map
Route	Mostly flattish, apart from a steep ascent to the White Horse and steady descent down from the Ridgeway. A lot of stiles along the way, a number of which are quite wobbly.
Walk Leader	Devinder Sivia 01865 820145
Lunch	Bring packed lunch

	Wantage and surrounding villages, 9 miles
Date	Saturday 7th August
Start Time	3:00 PM
Meeting Point and Parking	Outside the Civic Hall, Portway car park. Parking charges in force on Saturdays. Surrounding roads are free parking. Stagecoach buses from Oxford and Abingdon x30/31. 32 from Didcot. SU397877 Click for Map
Route	Up out of Wantage to the Letcombes, then through Childrey and back to Wantage via the West Berks canal. A moderate walk. Social event at end
Walk Leader	Sara Smith 07787 827937
Lunch	Bring afternoon tea

	Winchcombe Wander, 8.5 miles
Date	Sunday 15th August
Start Time	10:30 AM
Meeting Point and Parking	Back Lane car park, Winchcombe, costs £1 for all day parking SP023285 Click for Map
Route	Relatively easy walk with lovely scenery and historic buildings including an abbey and castle. Takes in farmland, the Cotswold Way and a woodland path. Hostelry stop at end.
Walk Leader	Gerry Barwell & Julie Minch 07790 911174
Lunch	Bring packed lunch

	Crickley Hill Country Park, 9 miles
Date	Sunday 29th August
Start Time	10:30 AM
Meeting Point and Parking	The Visitor Centre Crickley Hill Country Park SO929164 Click for Map
Route	A country park on the Cotswold scarp approximately 6 miles East of Gloucester with extensive views. The route explores farmland, a limestone valley, commons high above the Severn Vale and Beech woodlands along the Cotswold edge. There will be time to look at the Iron Age Camp after the walk if anyone is interested. Refreshments at the Air Balloon PH after the walk.
Walk Leader	Rosie Butler / Rosemary Burton 07910 012433
Lunch	Pub stop en route. Bring packed lunch

	Faringdon Circular, 12.5 miles
Date	Sunday 5th September
Start Time	10:15 AM
Meeting Point and Parking	Gloucester Street car park, Faringdon. SU287956 Click for Map
Route	A circular walk from Faringdon, featuring an Iron Age camp at Badbury Hill, the 13th C. Cistercian Great Barn at Great Coxwell and Faringdon's Folly. Liable to be overgrown and muddy. Possible pub stop at Little Coxwell.
Walk Leader	William Barford 01865 554442
Lunch	Bring packed lunch

	Bourton to Bledington, 16 miles
Date	Sunday 10th October
Start Time	9:30 AM
Meeting Point and Parking	Car park next to Birdland in Bourton-on-the-Water. All day parking is very expensive (£6.30 when last checked) so car share where possible to spread the cost. Toilets in car park. SP169203 Click for Map
Route	Starting from bustling Bouton-on-the-Water and taking in the quieter villages of Little Rissington, Wyck Rissington, Icomb, Bledington (possible pub stop) and Nether Westcote. Hopefully good Autumn colour. This will be a relatively fast paced tramp.
Walk Leader	Vanessa Corrick 01865 750249
Lunch	Bring packed lunch

	Ramblers 75th Anniversary Event Oxfordshire Way Baton Walk, 13.5 miles
Date	Sunday 14th November
Start Time	9:30 AM
Meeting Point and Parking	Waterperry overflow car park - look for the white pick up. SP627065 Click for Map
Route	Walk to Beckley to meet the Oxon 20s 30s Group at or near the Abingdon Arms Pub at approximately 11.30am. Then back to Waterperry along the Oxfordshire Way. Route subject to change if flooded. Note that this is part of a series of baton walks across England, Wales and Scotland to celebrate the Ramblers 75th Anniversary.
Walk Leader	Gavin Powell 07703 60957
Lunch	Bring packed lunch

	Bibury and the Coln Valley, 6 miles
Date	Sunday 27th February
Start Time	10:00 AM
Meeting Point and Parking	Bibury. Meet opposite the Trout Farm, near the Swan Hotel. SP114068 Click for Map
Route	Walking on the south-eastern fringes of the Cotswolds.
Walk Leader	Vanessa Corrick 01865 750249
Lunch	Bring elevenses - back in Bibury by lunch time