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Explore Charlbury on Foot with New Walking Guides

Walking around Charlbury has never been easier, thanks to support from Cotswolds National Landscape. Their funding has helped introduce new walking maps at the Co-op and the station, as well as informative interpretation boards at Mill Field and Centenary Wood. Keep an eye out for our updated walking leaflets, soon to be available in businesses across town.

Whether you’re a local resident or a visitor, these resources will help you discover the beauty of Charlbury and its surrounding countryside. Lace up your walking boots and start exploring today!

Charlbury is a Walkers are Welcome town. Walkers are Welcome is a nationwide initiative launched in 2007 to be ‘welcoming to walkers’. It enables and encourages the development of accredited towns and villages in England, Wales-Cymru and Scotland to support their communities’ economic growth through the promotion of walking.

Walkers are Welcome Charlbury can be found here; https://walkersarewelcome.org.uk/2019/01/charlbury-a-cotswolds-gateway-town/

Walks around Charlbury

Here are a few circular walks from Charlbury as shown and numbered on the map above. Follow the links for detailed maps and walk descriptions

The Forest of Wychwood – A circular walk through Charlbury’s ancient forest (walk 1)

Historic Shorthampton – Along the Evenlode valley to the wall paintings of Shorthampton Church (walk 2)

The Four Hamlets – Explore the beautiful villages north of Charlbury (walk 3)

Ditchley Park – A circular walk with far reaching views across the Cotswold National Landscape and the historic Ditchley Estate (walk 4)

Stonesfield and the Salt Way – A circular walk along historic trackways (walk 5)

Finstock and the Evenlode – An easy, enjoyable walk through glorious scenery (walk 6)

Easier Walks

Gateway Walks

With support from the Cotswold National Landscape, we’ve created two easy Gateway Walks around Charlbury. Walk down to the Mill Field and the River Evenlode (G1), or take in the views on Hundley Way to the Old Shed café (G2).

Whilst you are on Mill Field, stop and read the interpretation boards dotted along the path, kindly funded by Cotswold National Landscape.

Town Trail

Charlbury has been a town since 1256: discover its historic buildings and classic Cotswold streets on the accessible Town Trail, also shown on the town map.

Train and Bus Walks

With an hourly rail service from London, Oxford and Worcester, Charlbury is an ideal location for walking without the need to bring your car. “Frequent bus services to Witney, Chipping Norton, Woodstock and Oxford and local train services are also ideal for “point to point” linear walks – take the bus or train out and walk back! Details of one such walk from Kingham to Charlbury are available by following the link below and more of these walks will be added soon. An excellent book called “From the Thames to the Wye” has been produced by the Cotswold Line Promotion Group with details of walks between stations along the North Cotswold Line. Copies are available to buy from “Number 5″ in Market Street, Charlbury”

Train and Bus walks

Longer Walks

Oxfordshire Way – a long distance path of 67 miles from Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire to Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire which crosses stunning Middle England countryside and which links the Heart of England Way to the Thames Path.

Wychwood Way – a waymarked long-distance footpath in southern Oxfordshire . The route runs for 37 miles through the ancient Royal Forest of Wychwood in the west of Oxfordshire

Publication of maps:

The maps published on the Charlbury Town Council ‘Walks around Charlbury’ walks are produced by licence with Ordnance Survey.

• You are not permitted to copy, sub-license, distribute, sell, or otherwise make available the Licensed Data to third parties in any form;

• and third-party rights to enforce the terms of this Licence shall be reserved to Ordnance Survey.”

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