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Photos by Pam and Tony Clark, and Ruth Cornish. Ruth and Clark, Tony and Pam by Photos Leaflet designed by Sam Osborne Osborne Sam by designed Leaflet Linking Route 5 Leave Thame on Moorend Lane, turning left at Cromwell Avenue and crossing the main road Eastern Bypass to the lane opposite. Continue on the lane past the sewage works and a farm The Thame Outer Circuit and about 100 metres after passing under some power cables, turn left at a footpath sign. Take this and follow the waymarks The Thame Outer Circuit is described in an across three fields to Scotsgrove Mill. Then anti-clockwise direction, starting and finishing at Haddenham and Thame Parkway, but may be joined at take the well-marked bridleway straight on Along the old railway track for about a mile until you reach a large 4-way any point. It takes in the villages of Long Crendon, Shabbington, Tetsworth, Sydenham, Emmington, footpath sign. Towersey, Kingsey and Haddenham Church End as well You have reached the Outer Circuit between www.thamegreenliving.org.uk as passing through the Rycote Estate and the Oxfordshire A418 points 1 and 2. Find out more about Thame Green Living at at Living Green Thame about more out Find Golf Course. The terrain is generally flat and the walk is mainly on public rights of way with a few sections using Town Hall Information Centre Information Hall Town fairly quiet roads. However, it should be noted that this Townsend Leaflets of other walks in the area are available at the at available are area the in walks other of Leaflets B area is fairly low- lying and that, after periods of heavy rain, some fields, particularly those adjacent to the River Outer Circuit www.thametowncouncil.gov.uk/visit-thame/town-trails Thame, may be flooded. You can also find this walk online at: at: online walk this find also can You Section 1 HADDENHAM A The walk has been divided into three sections, with the Rycote Chapel on leads near livestock and to clean up after their dogs. dogs. their after up clean to and livestock near leads on start and finish of each accessible by bus from the centre C 2 things as they find them, to take litter home, to keep dogs dogs keep to home, litter take to them, find they as things Worminghall 1 of Thame. The walk descriptions overleaf are written 4 3 Walkers are asked to respect the Country Code: to leave leave to Code: Country the respect to asked are Walkers LONG using relevant bus stops as starting and finishing points, B401 M40 this project is gratefully acknowledged. gratefully is project this bearing in mind that the first and last parts of a walk may 1 CRENDON 25 The role of Thame Town Council in sponsoring in Council Town Thame of role The have to divert from the main circuit. The map also shows a number of linking routes, again cleaner, greener, healthier Thame. healthier greener, cleaner, using public rights of way, which connect sections of the plan adopted by Thame Town Council to promote a a promote to Council Town Thame by adopted plan D Church End walk with the centre of Thame, thus facilitatingIckford shorter countryside as an integral part of Thame Green Living, a a Living, Green Thame of part integral an as countryside LR Haddenham Church End walks using part of the main circuit. An alternative to the 24 Wheatley Ramblers to encourage walking in the the in walking encourage to Ramblers Wheatley 5 route between Long Crendon and Shabbington is shown The walk has been created by members of Thame & & Thame of members by created been has walk The on the map. This is a nicer route and slightly longer but E LR the Outer Circuit. Circuit. Outer the parts of it may be muddy in the wet. 5 1 Linking Route 4 walks from the town which link in with parts of of parts with in link which town the from walks THE LINKING ROUTES LR town. Also shown are linking routes to facilitate shorter shorter facilitate to routes linking are shown Also town. SHABBINGTON 4 23 Leave Thame via East St and Kingsey Road. Just These numbered routes, shown in different colours on and finish of each accessible by bus from the centre of the the of centre the from bus by accessible each of finish and before the Eastern Bypass bear left and follow the map, are provided to enable shorter walks to be taken 6 been divided into three separate sections, with the start start the with sections, separate three into divided been Waterperry the bridleway, crossing the main road and from and to Thame which link with parts of the Outer River Thame surrounding the market town of Thame. The walk has walk The Thame. of town market the surrounding continuing past the Rugby Club and Thame Circuit. These routes are all on public footpaths and are THAME A4129 KINGSEY circular walk through the Oxfordshire countryside countryside Oxfordshire the through walk circular Showground. When reaching a stile on the right, generally well marked. The routes are described going A418 The Thame Outer Circuit is an approximately 20 mile mile 20 approximately an is Circuit Outer Thame The cross this and another and through a large gate out from Thame and need to be followed in the reverse 7 (the pedestrian side will not be locked). After order when used to return to Thame. passing the cottage, bear left and follow the North footpath across several fields, keeping in the Weston same direction. Walking Routes When you meet a crossing path at a junction, A418 8 TOWERSEY this is the Outer Circuit between points 23 and 24. Albury LR TIDDINGTON Rycote 3 Linking Route 1 Chapel PHOENIX TRAIL 22 9 The Thame From Priest End take the Old Long The Oxfordshire Rycote Golf Course Crendon road up to the by-pass. Cross Moreton Linking Route 3 A329 this, with great care, and take the path 10 Outer Circuit Leave Thame on the Phoenix Trail heading opposite to a stile on the left signed LR towards Princes Risborough. Some 500 yards Outer Circuit “Thame Valley Walk”. Cross this and B4445 Section 3 after passing the sloping exit to Towersey you 2a follow the TVW waymarks across three Outer Circuit come to a crossing public footpath. fields to a track, go right for 80 yards Section 2 B4012 11 Thame This is the Outer Circuit at point 22. then left on a path across a field. Then Park across several more fields in the same 21 direction until reaching a road. New Linking Route 2 12 LR Park You are then on the Outer Circuit From the Recreation Ground follow 2b between points 4 and 5 Moreton Lane in a straight line across the Phoenix Trail and continue until 20 reaching a tarmac path on the right. Take this and continue through the EMMINGTON village of Moreton straight on M40past the 19 war memorial until reaching another path junction where the route divides. 13 For Route 2a take the right fork, bear left, and follow the bridleway past the TETSWORTH golf course. Immediately after passing SYDENHAM the club house over to the right you meet 18 Kingston the Oxfordshire Way and the Outer 14 15 17 Circuit between points 11 and 12. Stert Towersey village green 16 For Route 2b take the left fork and follow the lane, initially on tarmac and past various farms, for some miles until you reach the main A40 road in Tetsworth. This is the Outer Circuit between points 13 and 14. See reverse for detailed 20 mile circular walk in the Key descriptions of the countryside around the market Long Crendon Church and Courthouse three sections of the Bridleway (cycleway) town of Thame in Oxfordshire Thame Outer Circuit. 0 1 2 3 4km This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her HADDENHAM • LONG CRENDON • SHABBINGTON Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Footpath Thame Green Living cannot accept responsibility for any errors that • TETSWORTH • SYDENHAM • EMMINGTON may have occurred in producing this map. March 2021 0 1 2miles Public house Bus Stop • TOWERSEY • KINGSEY Oxfordshire Golf Course Section 1. Haddenham to Shabbington Section 2. Shabbington to Emmington 6.0 OR 7.25 MILES. START: HADDENHAM AND THAME PARKWAY STATION. 280 BUS FROM THAME. 7.9 MILES. THIS LONGER SECTION MAY BE SPLIT INTO TWO HALVES, (3.6 AND 4.3 MILES) WITH A BREAK AT TETSWORTH, BUT THIS CANNOT BE DONE USING PUBLIC TRANSPORT. 7. There is a 110 bus service between Thame and Shabbing- 12. Follow the right edge of this field for about 50 yards to a hedge. Continue in the same direction and, about 120 yards gate. Go along the right side of the next field to a gate ton but this is infrequent. Otherwise take the 280 bus from waymark post. Bear left to follow the OW waymark, ignoring after passing a pylon, look for a gap in the hedge on the right. and a road. Turn left and follow the road through Thame and alight at Shabbington Turn. Cross the main road the bridleway. Keeping the hedge on the right continue down Sydenham village to the main Thame-Chinnor road 17. Go through the gap and head across the field under the and head up the side road towards Shabbington for about to the corner of the field. Go left, then right across a half a mile further on.