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OXFORDSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE CYCLE MAP Ascott-under- Wychwood Windrush Valley Cycle Route Charlbury

Planned National Route 48 (Fosse 2) to Shipton-under- B4437 Moreton and Leicester Wychwood Great Rissington Finstock A429 A424 Leafield Farmington Steep hill

B4022 A40

Great A361 Unsigned link route A429 Taynton Sherborne Barrington to Charlbury railway Follow one-way station (6 miles) NORTHLEACH system in Burford Windrush Fulbrook Asthall Swinbrook Leigh Little Widford Hailey National Route 48 Barrington (Fosse 2) to Cirencester: Minster Crawley 12 miles, fully signed Eastington BURFORD Lovell Asthall WITNEY

B4020 B4047 B4425

Aldsworth Westwell A40 A361 Follow cycle path along main road

Brize Norton scale A4095 0 1 mile CARTERTON

The route Getting there by public transport Key 17 miles of fine Cotswold scenery await the cyclist on a well The nearest railway station is Charlbury, 6 miles from the route at Regional Route 47 signposted route passing through historic market towns and Asthall Leigh, with regular services to London Paddington, Oxford National Route 48 honey-coloured stone villages. and Worcester. An enjoyable link route on country lanes is link route to railway station Witney has several cycle paths providing safe routes to Burford marked on this map but not signed. Road on the north side of town. Regional Route 47 follows the For cyclists continuing on National Route 48 to Cirencester, A road cycle path beside Burford Road as far as Minster Lovell. Kemble station (also with services to London Paddington) is B road, unclassified road The route then follows country lanes along the Windrush another 4 miles past the town on National Route 45. river Valley, often undulating but never steep – with one exception railway, station approaching Farmington. Only one main road is encountered, in Map data from OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org, CC-BY-SA). For licence details, see www.creativecommons.org. Cartography by Richard Fairhurst pub Burford, and several pubs along the way offer refreshment. (www.systemed.net/carto).