Walking Britain Faringdon, Radcot and Littleworth
Introduction to Walk 1061
County/Area - Oxfordshire
Author - Visit Southern Oxfordshire
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km
Ascent - 250 feet / 76 metres
Time - 4 hours 20 minutes
Grade - easy/mod
This circular walk in Southern Oxfordshire starts from Faringdon and explores the countryside to the north including an attractive section of the River Thames. A GPS File is available for download (see walk description).
Maps | |||
| Ordnance Survey Explorer 170 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Explorer 170 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 163 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Landranger 163 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 164 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Landranger 164 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY |
It is recommended you take a map. The preferred scale is 1:25k. | |||
Walks from the same start
Other walks nearby
1.9 miles / 3.0 km away
Badbury Hill, including the Great Barn at Great Coxwell
Grade - easy
Length - 6.0 miles / 9.8 km
4.8 miles / 7.7 km away
Wayland's Smithy & Uffington Castle from Woolstone
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 5.5 miles / 8.9 km
5.6 miles / 9.0 km away
Uffington Castle, the White Horse and Wayland's Smithy
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 6.5 miles / 10.6 km
5.6 miles / 9.0 km away
Uffington White Horse & Wayland's Smithy
Grade - easy
Length - 3.3 miles / 5.3 km
7.1 miles / 11.3 km away
Wayland's Smithy, Ashdown House and Ashbury
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 7.5 miles / 12.2 km
10.7 miles / 17.2 km away
Fulbrook & Widford from Burford
Grade - easy
Length - 6.0 miles / 9.8 km
12.4 miles / 19.9 km away
West Berkshire downs from East Garston
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 7.4 miles / 12 km
Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
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