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Council and Thame T Thame and Council carry straight on. To the right are medieval fish ponds and an old up the steps in front of you. Turn right and follow the path around the This leaflet has been produced by 21st Century Thame with support of South Oxfordshire District District Oxfordshire South of support with Thame Century 21st by produced been has leaflet This Short Walks from Thame Church Distance 2.9km (1.8 miles) Distance 5.7km (3.6 miles) town spring.

1 Start at the Museum. Cross the road and turn right. Just before church to the south porch. This is the parish church of St Mary the 1 Start at the Cattle Market car park and turn right into which continues to Oxford. to continues which 4 short circular walks in and around

You soon leave the nature reserve and reach the main Oxford Virgin, which dates back to the 13th Century. Continue along the path

Thame is part of National Cycle Network Route 57 Route Network Cycle National of part is Thame the Six Bells pub turn left into Brook Lane and follow this past St. 4 Moorend Lane. Pass the Bishop's Palace on the left and a green

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Joseph's RC Church. At the end of Brook Lane go half left onto a Road. Turn right over the bridge, noting the site of the old ford on the in the same direction and where the paths cross, turn right. on the right to the end of the road. By bicycle By right. Cross the road and continue up the slight slope passing the old woodland path into the Cuttlebrook Nature Reserve. 7 At the far side of the churchyard go through a gate into the 2 Bear slightly right onto a footpath leading between houses

key Rycotewood College on your left, now a housing development. cricket field and head for the far right hand corner of the field.

ample parking available in the town. the in available parking ample Bridleways (cycleways) 2 Follow the path through the woods running gently downhill to where it exits into Cromwell Avenue beside numbers 42 and

south at junction 6. Follow signs to Thame. There is is There Thame. to signs Follow 6. junction at south and straight over a crossing path, until you reach the brook. Pass a 5 Where the main road turns right, carry straight on into Priest Another gate leads onto the Aylesbury Road near a roundabout. Turn 44. Turn left and at the end of Cromwell Avenue cross the main

From the north leave M40 at junction 8a, or from the the from or 8a, junction at M40 leave north the From Footpaths

Thame End passing the Prebendal on your left, now privately owned, and the right up Bell Lane, which leads you back to the Museum. By car By pond on your left and continue alongside the brook until you come road to the lane on the other side. This is the continuation of

M40 Public houses to a bridge. Cross the bridge and turn right, then after a short church on your right. Follow the road down to the old Long Crendon Moorend Lane – an ancient trackway.

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P Thame centre parking distance right again, retracing your steps on the opposite bank. Follow this wide track past the sewage works and Ham rain information: call 0845 7484950 or visit visit or 7484950 0845 call information: rain T 3

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away from Haddenham and Thame Parkway which is on the the on is which Parkway Thame and Haddenham from away muddy. Ignore the stile on the left which leads to Haddenham.

Thame is a short bus (280) or taxi ride ride taxi or (280) bus short a is Thame This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the B4011 By train By permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her 4 The track becomes narrower and enters a section through

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Meadow View Park at other times. The Arriva Line 40 is a Mon - Sat daytime service service daytime Sat - Mon a is 40 Line Arriva The times. other at may have occurred in producing this map. April 2014 5 Go through a gate and follow the path around the edge of

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After about 50 yards go through a small gate and across the next field following the hedge on the To Towersey Distance 6.4km (4.0 miles) 4 4 right. In the far right hand corner go through a large metal gate onto Judd's Lane and turn right towards 1 Start at the Upper High Street car park. Cross the road and Moreton. At the war memorial turn left along the road. walk down Nelson Street, passing the Fire Station and the Players 5 Just before a bungalow on the right, turn right onto a footpath, which may be muddy. At the end of Theatre. At the end turn left into Elms Road and where this bends the enclosed footpath go through a gate into a field. to the right carry straight on along a footpath. 6 Cross the field following the hedge on your right to a stile. Over this and up a slope to join the 2 Go past Elms Park and the grounds of John Hampden Phoenix Trail. Take the path straight ahead through a metal barrier, passing the Lord Williams's School Primary school. Where the path ends turn slightly right to join the playing fields on your left. At the end turn left into Sycamore Drive. Phoenix Trail. Turn left onto the trail and follow this under two The Three Horseshoes pub at Towersey Distance 5.2km (3.2 miles) Around Moreton 7 Take the first right into Beech Road and, soon after the road bends to the right, take the path in the bridges and across a pedestrian crossing. 1 Main Route. Start at the Town Hall. Cross the High Street, turn right and, immediately after the corner on the left between houses. Follow this over a bridge and up a slight slope. At the top of the slope 3 Continue along the Phoenix Trail passing a light industrial 5 Continue along Towersey Road passing Lord Williams's Co-op, turn left into a passageway. Go straight across the car park and through a small residential area turn right alongside the Recreation Ground. At Southern Road turn left and, at the end, turn right into the complex and noting the artistic structures which adorn this old Lower school and at the T junction turn left into Queen's to a roundabout. Still going straight ahead cross the road into Moreton Lane. High Street and back to the Town Hall. railway line. After about 1.5 miles turn to the left off the Phoenix Road. Take the second on the right into King's Road and at the 2 Proceed down Moreton Lane passing the Recreation Ground on the right. Where the road bends 8 Short Cut Option 1. Near the end of Point 2 above take the tarmac path to the right and follow Trail just before it passes over a road bridge. Go down the slope to mini roundabout turn left into East Street. Follow this past the to the left carry straight on into a lane which leads to the Phoenix Trail. Cross the trail and continue this over a small bridge to the outskirts of the village of Moreton. Before the village, turn right along a the road and turn left along the road into the village of Towersey. hospital and at the next roundabout turn right into the Upper straight ahead. Pass Bates Leys Farm on the right and, after an S-bend in the path, carry straight on path with a pond on your left. Go over a stile and across a field keeping alongside the trees on your left. 4 Pass the Three Horseshoes pub and at the crossroads turn left High Street and back to the car park. along a grassy path ignoring the tarmac path to the right. Cross the next stile and turn right, thus rejoining the main route at Point 6. back towards Thame. Cross the road to the pavement and 3 Go over the next stile, cross the footbridge over the Cuttle Brook and continue straight on 9 Short Cut Option 2. Take option 1 above but instead of turning right on the outskirts of the continue along it for about 1.5 miles until you reach the main through the next two fields, keeping parallel to the hedge on the right. At the end of the second field go village, carry straight on, ignoring the side road on the left and passing houses on both sides of the road. road. Cross this with care and go through the metal barrier Respect the environment - 4 short walks and 4 long walks through a gap in the hedge in front of you and turn right onto a bridleway. Take the next road on the right by the war memorial and join the main route at Point 5 above. opposite into Towersey Road. please take your litter home in and around Thame Long Crendon 5.5 Before reaching the church take the waymarked lane on the Haddenham 9.9 Cross a small field, through a gate and across a storage right which leads to an enclosed footpath. At the end of the path yard and bear slightly right past a cottage. Cross the bridge, Long Walks from Thame Distance 8.0km (5.0 miles) Distance 9.4km (5.8 miles) 4 long circular walks around Thame carry straight on with hedge on right, then through gap in hedge to which marks the county boundary, and climb over a metal gate 1 This walk may be started at either (1A) from Priest End by continue with hedge now on left. Cross two fields then turn right 1 Start at the Cattle Market car park and turn right into using the step built into it. Continue through an avenue of trees, of about 5 and 6 miles St Mary's Church or, (1B) to avoid crossing the busy A418 by- onto track which comes in from the left. Follow this across two Moorend Lane. Pass the Bishop's Palace on the left and a green which was part of the old carriageway from Thame to Tythrop pass, from the far side of the by-pass in the Old Long Crendon fields, passing a small wooded area and a pond on the left. Then on the right to the end of Moorend Lane. House, then cross the stile on the right. key Road. (1A) Starting from Priest End bear left, keeping the church through a gap into an industrial area. Bridleways (cycleways) 2 Bear slightly right onto a footpath leading between houses 10.10 Bear left onto a path through crops with views of the on your right, and cross the bridge over the River Thame (the 6.6 Follow the red brick path to the end of the first road, then to where it exits into Cromwell Avenue beside numbers 42 and Chiltern Hills and Whiteleaf Cross to the left. The track Footpaths county boundary). Take great care crossing the by-pass, then cross left and right into Hikers Way (note green sign). At end of Hikers 44. Turn left, and at the end of Cromwell Avenue cross the main eventually widens, passing the site of the Thame Show, some Public houses over a stile a few yards up on the left signposted “Thame Valley Way turn right and follow the red tarmac path through the rest of road to the lane on the other side. This is the continuation of allotments and Chinnor Rugby Club. At the main road, cross Way”. (1B) Starting from the Old Long Crendon Road go through the estate, emerging at a stile and footbridge into a field. Moorend Lane – an ancient trackway. P Thame centre parking over and take the footpath opposite alongside the Kingsey Road. a gate and take the same stile a little way down on the right. see over 7. Go diagonally left across two fields and stiles then bear half Follow this wide track past the sewage works and Ham 11. Take the second footpath on the right alongside a wall to wc Toilets i Information 7 3 11 (1A & 1B) Follow the path straight ahead with hedge/fence on right to follow hedge on right. Over another stile then up a slope The Courthouse, Long Crendon Wood. Go past a farm on your left, under a power line and then, a recreation field. Cross the field diagonally to the left corner, right across two fields each with double stile and footbridge. with hedge still on right and trees over to left. Over the next stile to after 100 metres, turn left off the track and over a stile. take the road in front of you and after a few yards turn right This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the 2. Cross next field with fence on left and over stile to lane. permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her 2 a main road and turn left along the pathway. 4 Follow the left hand field edge to a double stile and slightly downhill. Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Turn right for 80 metres and, opposite stile on right, turn left onto 8.8 Cross the road when safe to do so and continue along the footbridge. Over this and bear right 45 degrees to a concrete 1212. At the end of Onslow Drive turn left into Cromwell path across field. Continue in same basic direction across next 21st Century Thame cannot accept responsibility for any errors that pathway on the other side. Take the first right off the main road to bridge. Continue across another field to the stile and bridge in Avenue and follow this road, eventually coming to a green area may have occurred in producing this map. April 2014 two fields following waymarks. Then, with stream and hedge on bring you back to the start. Cuddington front of you. The stream marks the county boundary. on your left. This is The Moats - an ancient fishponds site. At the left, go across the following two fields each with double stile and 5 Continue through a small wooded area and past far side of The Moats turn left into Chalgrove Road, then take footbridge. Cross next field to a stile which leads onto a road. i For information about events, places to eat, Chearsley Scotsgrove Mill. Then head up the wide grassy track in front of the second right into Parliament Road. Follow this road round accommodation and attractions visit Thame Information 3.3 Turn right onto road and follow this for 0.5 miles to a fork. you for about 0.75 mile to a metal gate on your right. Through and at the end turn right onto a footpath which leads you back Centre (Mon - Fri) in the Town Hall. Tel: 01844 212833 Take the right fork, Frogmore Lane, and follow this steeply uphill this and follow the path straight ahead. Continue on a permissive to the Cattle Market. Easington or go to www.visitsouthoxfordshire.co.uk passing the Manor House on the right. Continue to centre of Long path running parallel to a road, until you see the “30mph” sign. www.thame.net www.thametowncouncil.gov.uk Crendon with shops on left. Go through a gate onto the road, turn right over a railway bridge 4.4 At main road go straight across into High Street and and follow the road to an open green area with the church and follow this, passing many interesting old houses and thatched pond on the right. This is Haddenham Church End. cottages. At the end of the High Street note the ancient A418 6 Leave the pond and church on your left and turn right North Weston & The Oxfordshire Courthouse (NT) on the left and the church straight ahead. into Flint Street. Where the road bends to the right, bear slightly Distance 8.1km (5.0 miles) left onto a footpath. Follow this through a metal gate and under Townsend a railway bridge to a path junction. 1 From the Town centre make your way to the Leisure Go straight on following the right hand field edge until Centre car park to the west of the town just off the Oxford Road. 7 5 you reach a kissing gate on the right. At this point bear half left 2 Turn left out of the car park and walk down a path at the Haddenham towards a stile at the edge of a wood. Go through the wood and, side of the road. Go past some houses and continue along the as you leave it, turn right onto a path cutting diagonally across track ahead of you, bearing right at the fork. Cross the road by the the corner of a field to a stile. roundabout and carry straight on to the cycle track that runs Long 8. Continue in the same direction across another field past parallel to the main road. Crendon 8 4 some horse jumps to a stile towards the far left hand corner. 3 Follow the cycle track for 0.75 mile to North Weston then, B401 Cross this and follow the path alongside a fence, then a wood The village pond, Haddenham where it runs out, turn left into a minor road. At the end of the 1 and then across a large open field to a stile. road continue along the bridleway, passing over a bridge under which ran the Thame - Oxford railway. After the lane opens out 6 carry straight on for about 200 yards and then, after going under St Tiggywinkles 3 6 Wildlife Hospital some telephone lines, turn right across a small patch of ground to 7 a lane running between hedges. Follow this second lane slightly 7 Church End uphill and across a wooden bridge until you reach a small gate 5 At the path junction turn right and follow this grassy path Golf Kingsey, Towersey & the Phoenix Trail onto a road. 8 slightly uphill. Tythrop House is ahead to the right and the path Driving Range 8 5 Distance 9.9km (6.2 miles) 4 Cross the road and go through a gate on the far side. For 5 converges on an iron fence. Follow this and through a gate to a the main route turn right and follow the path parallel to the road. . 1 Start from the Upper High Street car park. Walk up the drive on the edge of the village of Kingsey. At the Oxfordshire Golf Course entrance turn left up the private 2 1B Upper High Street away from the town to the mini roundabout 6 Take the drive slightly to the right and at a road turn right road for about 300 yards and then left again onto a tarmac 4 9 6 and turn left into East Street. Continue past the hospital and go along it until you reach the main Thame - Princes Risborough footpath. Take the second tarmac path to the right leading to a 3 straight on at the next mini roundabout into Kingsey Road. road. Cross this and turn right along the grass verge for about 80 bridge over a lake. 4 Where the pavement runs out use the parallel roadway in yards until you reach a track to the left signposted “Public 10 Kingsey 5 Cross the bridge, go across a patch of grass and turn left River Thame 2 7 Churchill Crescent. Bridleway”. onto a tarmac path alongside the lake. At a T junction turn right THAME 3 1A A4129 2 Just before reaching the main road bear slightly left onto a 7 Take this track and at the end of the horse paddocks bear onto another tarmac path and follow this until you come to a gate. pathway. Go across the main road to a wide track leading past slightly right to go over a bridge and past the car park for a Turn right before the gate and after a few yards go left over a stile, 12 the Chinnor Rugby Club, some allotments and the site of the fishing lake. The track narrows for about 0.75 mile until you A418 leaving the golf course. Thame Show. The track narrows to a path through crops with reach the village of Towersey. Bear left along the road, passing 2 1 6 Turn left along a lane which eventually becomes a tarmac 1 views of the Chiltern Hills and Whiteleaf Cross to the right. the pond on the right and the church on the left. At the North 11 road where you bear left to enter the village of Moreton. Carry 1 3 At the end of the field go over the large stile to the right crossroads carry straight on along the road in front of you. Weston 3 2 straight on past the war memorial ignoring the road to the left. and continue on through an avenue of trees. This is part of the 8 Pass the “Three Horseshoes” pub and continue until you 8 Upon reaching a fork, keep left and go left again onto a footpath 11 old carriageway from Thame to Tythrop House. Climb over a reach a bridge across the road. This is the Phoenix Trail which past a pond and over a stile. metal gate using the step built into it and cross the bridge which follows the line of the old railway between Thame and Princes 7 Cross a field keeping alongside the trees on your left. Go A329 Towersey marks the county boundary. Pass the cottage on your left and Risborough. Just before the bridge take the path to the right bear left across a storage yard, through a gate and across a small which leads up onto the trail and turn right towards Thame. over a stile and footbridge and turn right. Where the path ends 7 10 8 continue straight on across a field following the hedge on your field to a stile on the far side. 9 Follow the Phoenix Trail all the way to Thame noting the right to a stile. Step over this and up a slope to the Phoenix Trail. 4 Continue in the same direction across a large field aiming various artistic structures which were designed and constructed 9 8 Take the path straight ahead through a metal barrier, 9 for the left hand edge of the wood in front of you, then continue by students from Rycotewood College. At the pedestrian passing the Lord Williams's School playing fields on your left. Half 4 along the path with the wood to your right. Over the next stile crossing continue straight across towards the centre of town. The Oxfordshire PHOENIX TRAIL and bear slightly left across a field aiming to the right of some way along take the paved path to the left into the school grounds. Golf Course Moreton 10 Soon after passing under the second bridge, turn right off Go past the Leisure Centre on the left and the original Lord horse jumps. Cross the stile in the fence ahead of you and go the Phoenix Trail and bear left onto a footpath alongside Williams's School building on the right, back to the Leisure Centre across the corner of the next field through the crops. houses. Go past the John Hampden Primary school grounds and car park. turn right into Elms Park . B4445 9 Alternative Route. Turn left point 4 above and follow 5 11 Go straight across the park and leave it at the iron gates. this broad path around the 6 Turn left into Park Street and follow this past the mini golf course perimeter. This roundabout and back to the Upper High Street car park in front B4012 Thame eventually meets the lane of you. Park that runs into the village of Moreton. Turn left and follow the instructions from New Park point 6 above. 0 1 2km Respect the environment - The Oxfordshire Golf Course Emmington please take your litter home 0 1 mile St. Catherine’s Church, Towersey