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WALK & CYCLE BRACKLEY Recommended walks in and around Brackley Evenley · Farthinhoe · Greatworth · Hinton-in-the-Hedges Radstone · Stowe · Syresham · Turweston · Whitfield

l 12 walks of 30 mins to 4 hours l routes to suit all abilities l beautiful countryside to explore l written by local residents l includes suggested cycle routes

From the series of Award Winning Travel Guides 2 3 BRackley Town Centre INtroduction

Walk 7 HalseHelmdon Northampton (M1) Brackley is a small market town in South Northamptonshire nestling in beautiful countryside Walk 8 of rolling hills. The best way to appreciate the beauty is on foot (or cycle) and the walks Brackley Circular walk route RUFC included in this guide will help you get the most from the area. Rural walk route BP Garage A43 Busy road crossing, and M&S South Northants has a rich heritage and a booklet Explore Heritage is available take extra care b from https://www.southnorthants.gov.uk/tourism to help you find the hidden HAL Pub / café Walk 1 D secrets. When you need refreshment you can download an excellent guide to local Walk 3 S A E O R R

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O R O A N b Brackley D Children, how observant are you? Throughout the pages you will notice pictures of animals, Leisure Bracken Leas Centre Primary School flowers and places of interest that you may see on your walk, some easier to spot than others. TURWESTON ROAD When you see them, tick the box and add up the total number of points you score. There

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O A Y D The Publishers would like to thank the following Brackley residents who suggested their A A43 W S N LO favourite routes so you could share them: Jean Morgan, Richard Savory, Reverend Anne VIL PA Shorter, David Mico, Hazel Wainwright, Jenny Nisbet, Donna Hooper, Victoria Pratt, Mark Walk 2 Brackley HA Walk 3 Junior L SE Roland, Tim Pridmore. Also George Eatwell, Louis Feiven, Jack Richardson and Joe Turner School RD D from Magdalen College School who helped during their work experience. OA The Bell Swimming R Brackley Pool R Baptist The Greyhound B O Church N T Walk 1 Map Design: Mary Spence MBE A E M E Waynete Walk 2 R Paintings: Tracy Smith T Infants School Wincheste r S House H Brackley Walk 3 School G B Banbury HI Park St Peter’s Methodist Magdalen Church W Church a College School Contents lk B The Plough 2 HILL S

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ending back at the K Distance: 5 miles railway bridge; go up steps to exit. There are Time: 2 hrs 30 mins COC plenty of benches to stop within the reserve Blackwell Farm OS Map: Explorer 191 & 206 and admire the stunning views. Start: Playground, Farthinghoe Farthinghoe Grid Ref: 453345E 239564N Retrace route back to hump-back bridge, Limes Farm turn right over stile and follow permissive Bridleway Shop & Café M Pushchairs/Prams No A IN footpath to wooden bridge on right. AD Young Children No picnic RO (Option to cross stile and bridge to view Bridleway area Wheelchairs No The Fox small lake.) Dog Walking Bins provided No

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Planned construction of HS2 is likely to disrupt these routes. Be prepared for temporary road closures or diversions. CYCLING AROUND BRACKLEY Canons Ashby - 24 miles Canons Charlton and Croughton - 16 miles Ashby Stables Cottisford and Croughton - 17 miles Tea Room Stowe and Boycott Farm - 21 miles Eydon Kingfisher Syresham and Wappenham - 17 miles Wardington - 22 miles Woods recommended for their walks Moreton Pinkney Directions for each route can be downloaded from www.globalmapping.uk.com/brackley

CYCLING in SOUTH Edgcote northamptonshire A361 SUGGESTED CYCLE ROUTES in South northamptonshire For more cycling routes get the Cycling in South

l 14 road routes from 10 to 29 miles Northamptonshire Guide l 5 family friendly woodland rides Hare & Hounds l helpful cycling tips Culworth l recommended refreshment stops l includes national cycle routes Slaptonfrom local outlets Inn From the series of Award Winning Travel Guides H Weston S Red Lion 2 The Crown Weedon Wardington R O Lois U Upper T Wardington E Wappenham Abthorpe The Star Inn

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Marston Middleton St Lawrence Hazelborough Walk 9 Wood Cheney The Greatworth B4525 Greatworth A43 The New Inn Inn Croweld Greatworth Syresham Farthing Thenford Whistley Whistley The King’s Wood The Dolphin Wood Wood Head Inn A422 Walk 8 Halse Copse Radstone Walk 11 Limes Farm Whit eld to Biddlesden Halse Shop & Tearoom Syresham Walk 7 Farthinghoe Radstone The Fox Walk 4 A43 Farthinghoe & Nature Reserve Whiteld Brackley Leisure A422 Walk 1 Dadford Centre Turweston Walk 3 Steane / Hinton- Upper in-the-Hedges Walk 10 Astrop Stowe Park & Newbottle Hinton-in- Turweston the-Hedges Brackley Chackmore

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and won the Georgian Group award for Just before road turn right over low “the best modern house in the classical wooden fence. Bridleway not that obvious WALK 5 tradition” in 2004. but keep fence to your left until you tusmore park The original village was to the north emerge from trees! Cross road to Lodge, Tusmore Park is a 3000 acre private estate, farmed west of the main house. It was abandoned through Iron Gate and follow track to end. and closely managed for game. in the mid14th century, almost certainly after the Black Death. Over stile and head diagonally cross Distance: 3 miles field to the left of tall tree to stile. Continue Time: 1 hr straight across 2 fields. OS Map: Explorer 191 WALK 6 Start: Slip road off A43 shelswell park Over stile, cross bridleway to corner of Grid Ref: 455932E 231085N field, over 2 stiles and cross field to main road. The Shelswell walk starts in Cottisford and takes in Fringford and Hethe. Pushchairs/Prams Partly Option to cross bridge and visit Fringford Young Children Yes Distance: 5 miles via stile on left or cross road and stile, Wheelchairs Partly Time: 2 hrs 30 mins signposted Hethe. Keep hedge on right, Dog Walking Bins provided No OS Map: Explorer 191 over stile and continue straight to Hethe. Benches/Seating No Start: Lay-by on Cottisford to Picnic Areas Yes Fringford Road Cross road and follow well defined Traffic Free Yes Grid Ref: 459295E 231042N footpath to Cottisford.

We have highlighted a suggested walk Pushchairs/Prams No Through two kissing gates, turn right at but the estate is criss-crossed by well Young Children Yes road and back to start. signed footpaths, bridleways, byways – as Wheelchairs No well as estate roads. It is important to stay Dog Walking Bins provided No Pheasants on the Public Rights of Way, particularly Benches/Seating No Female near the main house, where security is tight Picnic Areas No to protect privacy. Wildlife is plentiful and Traffic Free Mostly there are several extensive badger sets. The current house was designed Through kissing gate and follow path Male by architect Sir William Whitfield RIBA past lake and through woodland.

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OS Map: Explorer 191 & 206 H Red kite After 200 yards you can choose to turn S Start: Leisure Centre, Brackley 2 left towards Halse Copse (continues at 6 R O Grid Ref: 458044E 238067N U below) or continue along the bridleway and T under some power lines, turning right where E Pushchairs/Prams No the bridleway become a footpath. Greatworth Water Young Children Yes Tower Wheelchairs No Halse Radstone Keep heading northeast across a large Grange Dog Walking Bins provided No field and eventually you come to the Benches/Seating No Manor Radstone Road. Take great care here. Go Farm Picnic Areas Yes through small gap in hedge, turn left towards Traffic Free Mostly Halse Radstone and, opposite the Radstone turn, go left and follow the field edge. Facing the Leisure Centre follow path Lower Farm H A to the right and walk behind the Centre L S You then come to a footpath and E up a small slope, turn left then bear right R either turn left which takes you back to The and pass a pond on your left to Humphries O A D Worlidge and the starting point or you can Drive. Cross the road, turn right and follow join the Halse Copse walk. footpath on left of Humphries Drive to the Hall Farm

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A gentle walk with views over Stuchbury starting Take extra care Stuchbury Manor from the car park at The Inn in Greatworth Farm (welcomes walkers, open every day apart from Monday daytime)

Distance: 3 miles Painter’s H Spinney S Time: 1 hr 20 mins 2 Washbrook R OS Map: Explorer 206 O Spinney Canada goose U T Start: The Inn, Greatworth E Grid Ref: 455150E 242438N Banbury Stuchbury Manor Follow track up hill and turn right Farm Pushchairs/Prams No through gap in hedge, cross field, turn left Young Children Yes at marker and then right at second marker Wheelchairs No B4525 through copse past pond on left and over Greatworth Dog Walking-Bins provided Some wooden bridge. Park Benches/Seating No Picnic Areas No Cross field to far corner, through gap Traffic Free No and re-cross B4525 and follow single track road for 100 yards. AD RO Turn right out of the pub car park and N DO then right onto Helmdon Road. Turn left through gap, cross field, H EL M y a w through gap in hedge and turn right onto il a r d Walk to end of houses and then turn bridleway, rejoin Helmdon Road and walk e tl n a left over stile and then a second stile. Cross back to pub m is field (aim to right of buildings) and cross d Bridleway stile, keeping hedge to your left and follow Greatworth Helmdon OAD R Hall to main road. N O

MARSTON R LMD OA D E Over stile and cross B4525 and 10 yards H Greatworth to the right enter Stuchbury Manor Farm over cattle grid. Half way along track veer off to the left to stile. Cross field past farm The Inn buildings on right and rejoin main track through half gate in far corner of field. Floyd’s Farm Planned construction of HS2 is likely to disrupt this walk.

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Brackley Silverstone Stowe Park elds Over bridge, Woods 20 Woodlands 21 Walk route WALK 10 through gate Farm and head up Wheelchair access Stowe Park & the hill, aiming Route marker CHACKMORE to the left of the Kissing gate Starting from the Visitor Centre car park at New Inn two houses. Go Farm, this walk takes in much of Stowe’s parkland, through iron gate Stile goes past the Queen’s Head in Chackmore with at Lamport and, the option of extending the walk to the north. keeping hedge on There is a tea room inside Stowe Gardens which your left, follow requires an admission charge (as does the car footpath, crossing Haymanger Akeley park) unless you are National Trust members. stile, until reaching Pond Wolfe’s Wood Little owl Obelisk Farm Distance: 6½ miles Roman Road. Time: 3 hrs 30 mins OS Map: Explorer 192 You can either turn left and continue Dadford past Stowe School to point 10 or go straight Walled Conduit Start: Car park, New Inn Farm Gorrell Farm Garden House Grid Ref: 468300E 236500N ahead on the path to Wolfe’s Obelisk, then downhill and turn left at stream. Sports Field Pushchairs/Prams Partly Young Children Partly Go past Haymanger Pond and follow path Bourbon Tower Wheelchairs Partly up the hill through gate past the walled garden. Dog Walking-Bins provided No Benches/Seating No Continue straight on before turning left Picnic Areas No onto path heading back towards Wolfe’s Home Farm Traffic Free Mostly Obelisk past Conduit House. Rejoin path Stowe Lamport Lodge back to Oxford Avenue (old Roman Road). School Leave the car park, heading back the Turn right and follow Oxford Avenue to way you came in to the Corinthian Arch and Boycott Stowe | Stowe Avenue. Boycott Pavilions, passing Stowe School on Manor Gardens Stowe Castle the left. Farm OXFORD AVENUE OLDGolf ROMAN ROAD Octagon |footbridge From the arch follow Stowe Avenue to Boycott Course Lake Pavilions Chackmore, turn left into village passing the Branch left at Boycott Pavilions, through Queen’s Head on your left. gate and follow signs for Corinthian Arch, The Lake returning to car park at New Inn Farm. Continue through village and on leaving, take path off to left, cross field to far corner and climb over stile taking footpath to left. New Inn Oxford Farm Cross field, over stile and cross plank bridge. Water Tea Room Corinthian Arch Keep the hedge to your right and then head diagonally for the far corner aiming for gap in hedge. Through kissing gate and head STO WE Dance Farm 0 1/4 1/2 mile for line of trees which you pass through, A Park Farm V E Queen’s crossing footbridge and follow footpath NUE Long-horned cow 0 500 m 1 km Head downhill to trees. © Global Mapping (www.globalmapping.uk.com)

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Right onto bridleway and follow across fields WALK 11 skirting southern edge of Whistley Wood. WHITFIELD to SYRESHAM Path goes into woods before meeting This circular route takes in Whistley Wood with B4255 and main entrance into woods. its beautiful display of bluebells in spring and a Turn right and cross road after 100 yards, Squirrel riverside walk along the Ouse Valley. over stiles to Crowfield where you turn right alongside house, over stile and round Distance: 7½ miles back of garden crossing track and head Turn right passing through Biddlesden, Time: 4 hrs across field, crossing wooden bridge and cross bridge over river and turn left through OS Map: Explorer 192 & 207 immediately turn right. gate and heading off to left to follow route Start: Whitfield of River Ouse. Cross parkland with hedge Grid Ref: 461121E 239542N Corner of field, cross stile and wooden screen to your left. Pushchairs/Prams No bridge and then left over stile into wildlife Young Children No protection area. Follow brook across field, Through gate, follow path through Wheelchairs No veer right to corner of field over stile into trees, cross river and turn right following Dog Walking-Bins provided No playing fields at Syresham, turn left at course of river over number of stiles until Benches/Seating Yes community hall, through car park, left onto reaching road. This section includes views Picnic Areas No Main Road through village, past King’s Head of lakes and river. Traffic Free Mostly on your right. Turn right, past Mill House, cross river Take footpath from centre of Whitfield Turn left onto old A43 then after 100 and back to start. over three stiles. Follow footpath turning yards right over stile, head straight across right at barn and cross field towards small field past gates on right to stile hidden in group of trees. Over stile and left onto track corner. Over second stile and left (over under A43 continuing on track to old road. A43) following concrete track down to river. Continue in same direction and follow track Head up hill looking for stile on right in Peacock turning right where it meets hedge . Over butterfly two stiles and wooden bridge following hedge, over second stile in wooden fencing fence line to end where bridleway crosses. and follow path/track all the way to road.

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Bushey End Stile Wood Brackley Take extra care 23 23 runway Westbury Turweston Aerodrome 24 Created in 1977, St James’ Lake is a delightful small lake, with an island at one end, set in a WALK 12 beautiful park of around five acres. The park St James’ Lake is open to the public to enjoy the wildlife Around St James’ Lake and the Pocket Park. and scenery; wildfowl on the lake includes moorhens, Canada geese, coots, grebes, Distance: ½ mile and kingfishers. A footpath encircles the Time: 30 mins lake and there are picnic benches. The lake OS Map: Explorer 191 is popular for angling. The adjacent Pocket Start: Parking on Hinton Road Park follows the line of a dismantled railway Grid Ref: 458183E 236520N and includes a dipping lake. Pushchairs/Prams Yes The Pocket Park stretches for ¾ mile and Young Children Yes gives you an optional extra walk in either Wheelchairs Yes direction. To the south it joins Hinton Dog Walking-Bins provided Yes Road and to the north passes under an Benches/Seating Yes old railway bridge before linking up with Picnic Areas Yes Banbury Road. The habitat is ideal for Traffic Free Yes water voles.

B All walks in this guide are based on official foot- A N B U paths or bridleways. The publishers accept no R Y R responsibility for any loss, injury or inconven- O picnic A ience sustained by anyone using this guide. area D The Fox Walking Tips Warm up before setting off with a few stretches. Wear suitable footwear. P reed o Wear layers to keep a comfortable temperature. c beds k Carry a water bottle. e t

P a r Published by Global Mapping k Global House, 10 Glebe Drive St James’ d is Brackley NN13 7BX m Lake a n www.globalmapping.uk.com t le © Global Mapping 2018 d r a i Maps are for private use and non-commercial lw a websites only. y

The publishers gratefully acknowledge the 2 support of South Northamptonshire Council 2 who are sponsoring this guide as part of a series picnic of initiatives to support tourism across South Walk route area Northamptonshire District. AD For further information on what to see and do RO Optional diversion ON in South Northamptonshire please visit HINT https://www.southnorthants.gov.uk/tourism Kissing gate 0 100 yds