Walking Britain The Ridgeway around Lewknor
Introduction to Walk 1140
County/Area - Oxfordshire
Author - Donald Morton
Length - 13.0 miles / 21.1 km
Ascent - 400 feet / 121 metres
Time - 6 hours 50 minutes
Grade - moderate
This is a very flat walk through six narrow Chiltern parishes, narrow and long historically to incorporate the varying assets from the meadowlands, and arable lands up to the woods providing pannage for the pigs and firewood and coppicing. The walk stays on the lower levels and does not climb into the woods but these provide the scenery on one side while on the other are wide prospects over Oxfordshire. There is a pub in the start village and Crowell. A GPS File is available for download (see walk description).
Maps | |||
| Ordnance Survey Explorer 171 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Explorer 171 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 165 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Landranger 165 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY |
It is recommended you take a map. The preferred scale is 1:25k. | |||
Other walks nearby
2.5 miles / 4.1 km away
The Ridgeway at the End of the Chilterns
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km
2.8 miles / 4.5 km away
Christmas Common, Ibstone Common & Turville Heath
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 8.5 miles / 13.8 km
4.9 miles / 7.8 km away
The Ridgeway around Chinnor
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 9.0 miles / 14.6 km
6.1 miles / 9.7 km away
Saunderton circular via Bledlow Ridge
Grade - moderate
Length - 11.3 miles / 18.3 km
6.1 miles / 9.7 km away
Princes Risborough circular
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 9.5 miles / 15.4 km
9.7 miles / 15.5 km away
The Ridgeway at Chequers
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 7.3 miles / 11.8 km
9.8 miles / 15.6 km away
River Thames & Hambleden from Henley-on-Thames
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km
9.8 miles / 15.7 km away
Henley-on-Thames to Marlow along the Thames Path
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 9.0 miles / 14.6 km
10.1 miles / 16.1 km away
Henley-on-Thames, Aston and Hambleden
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km
Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
Recommended Books & eBooks
The End to End Trail
Navigation
This pocket handbook to navigation will help you master the necessary map and compass skills for mountain walking. Chapters include map scales, symbols and contours, grid references, map reading, bearings, route planning and night and bad-weather navigation, as well as navigating with a GPS.
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