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Chalgrove Walk

3.3 miles (5.3 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap The village of Chalgrove is located in Oxfordshire, near to neighbouring Stadhampton and the city of Oxford. The pretty village includes a number of picturesque thatched cottages around a villlage green.
This walk takes you to nearby Brightwell Baldwin and Brightwell Park. You can follow a pleasant lane south east to the nearby village, with fine views across the surrounding countryside. You'll also pass the historic Brightwell Park estate where there's some interesting old parkland and buildings. The old country house of the Stone family burnt down in 1786 but a cruciform 17th-century dovecote that was some distance from the house survives in the park.
Part of the walk uses a section of the Shakespeare's Way. You could continue your exploration of the area on this waymarked, long distance walking trail.
Please scroll down for the full list of walks near and around Chalgrove. The detailed maps below also show a range of footpaths, bridleways and cycle paths in the area.

Chalgrove OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Chalgrove Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Walks near Chalgrove

  • Stadhampton - This Oxfordshire based village is located a few miles south east of the university city of Oxford.
  • Dorchester Circular Walk - The delightful Oxfordshire town of Dorchester on Thames has some lovely footpaths to follow through the surrounding countryside and woodland
  • Wallingford Circular Walk - This circular walk explores the countryside surrounding the riverside Oxfordshire town of Wallingford
  • Wittenham Clumps - This circular walk climbs to these two distinctive hills near Dorchester
  • Wantage - The Oxfordshire town of Wantage is in a great location for exploring a lovely section of the Ridgeway
  • Ardington - This pretty village is located in the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, just to the east of Wantage
  • Letcombe Regis - This Oxfordshire based village includes a pleasant local nature reserve and a noteworthy Iron Age hill fort on the Ridgeway National Trail.
  • Sutton Courtenay - This route from the Oxfordshire village of Sutton Courtenay uses part of the Thames Path and other public footpaths to create a circular walk through the surrounding area.
  • East Hendred - This rural village in Oxfordshire is located in the North Wessex Downs AONB and the historic Vale of White Horse near the settlements of Ardington and Wantage
  • Culham - A short circular walk around the delightful Oxfordshire village of Culham, passing the 15th century Culham Manor and the picturesque Culham Lock on the River Thames.
  • Benson - This pretty South Oxfordshire village is in a great spot for riverside walks and exploring the Chilterns Hills AONB
  • Clifton Hampden - This pretty Oxfordshire village lies just to the east of Sutton Courtenay on the River Thames.

Photos

Village green, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire - geograph.org.uk - 4513202

Village green, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire

Land at Cadwell Farm - geograph.org.uk - 3617667

Land at Cadwell Farm

Brightwell Park (geograph 3444821)

Brightwell Park.

Big Cedar, Brightwell Park (geograph 2026574)

Big Cedar, Brightwell Park

Ice house in Brightwell Park (geograph 3444810)

Ice house in Brightwell Park. In 1790 a replacement house was built. It has since been demolished, but its kitchen wing, stables, ice house and an 18th-century stone arch bridge in the park survive

The road through Brightwell Baldwin - geograph.org.uk - 5249089

The road through Brightwell Baldwin

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