Walks near Bicester by train
Oxfordshire · South East England
Stations: Bicester Village · Bicester North
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Hanborough Circular via Blenheim Palace (Oxfordshire)
30 minutes from Bicester Village, with one change.
Beginner-friendly: A gigantic well-signposted park. It’s completely fine to deviate from the route — explore as you like! Plenty of options for lunch — no need to reserve a table. It's an easy walk from the station to the beautiful, vast (and free) grounds of the finest example of English baroque architecture. For a somewhat extortionate fee you can also visit the house, but you'd probably want a whole day for that.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 3h30–7h
3 lunch spots: Woodstock (1h30–3h in) — the Crown, the Back Lane Tavern, or the Star Inn
1 end-of-walk reward: the George and Dragon
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Saunderton Circular via Bledlow (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes from Bicester North, with one change.
Highly recommended: Rolling Chiltern Hills, open ridge, secluded valleys, gentle gradients with one or two steep hills and fine valley views.
Time: 5h–10h
1 lunch spot: the Lions Of Bledlow (2h–4h in)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Golden Cross
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 2.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Princes Risborough to Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
15 minutes direct from Bicester North.
Highly recommended: Beech woods, chalk downlands, high ridgeline, nature reserves, escarpments with wide views and a pleasant old market town.
Hilly: two fifths on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Time: 4h–8h
1 end-of-walk reward: the Shoulder of Mutton
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Moreton-in-Marsh Circular via Longborough (Gloucestershire)
1 hour from Bicester Village, with one change.
Gentle Cotswold hills, open fields, ridge with fine views and honey-coloured villages.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Princes Risborough to Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire)
15 minutes direct from Bicester North.
Sloping fields, beech woods, hamlets, upmarket farms, cottages and two short steep hills with fine views.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hanborough to Charlbury (Oxfordshire)
30 minutes from Bicester Village, with one change.
Rolling Oxfordshire farmland, landscaped parkland, lakeside paths, open fields, ancient hedgerows, Roman road, Cotswold stone villages and deer park.
Time: 6h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Little Kimble to Saunderton (Buckinghamshire)
30 minutes from Bicester North, with one change.
Gentle Chilterns hills, beech woods, open stretches, fine views and undulating but not taxing gradients.
Time: 5h
Warnings: Bring a compass.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Reading to Henley-on-Thames (Berkshire)
45 minutes from Bicester Village, with one change.
Flat Thames towpath, riverside parks, wooded sections, pasture fields, meadows and riverside gardens.
Waterway: four fifths along the River Thames.
Time: 4h–8h
Warnings: Flood risk sections.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Reading to Shiplake (Berkshire)
45 minutes from Bicester Village, with one change.
Flat Thames Path riverside countryside, the Horseshoe Bridge and the historic Bull Inn at Sonning (of Three Men in a Boat).
The River Thames: England's best-known river, whose towpath (the Thames Path National Trail) carries long stretches of nearly every walk in this set.
Time: 2h30
Warnings: Shared with cyclists between Reading and Sonning; walkers only beyond.
Walk details: Reading to Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership (turn-by-turn directions).
Kingham to Moreton-in-Marsh (Oxfordshire)
45 minutes from Bicester Village, with one change.
Fields near river Evenlode, quiet tarmac lanes, flower-filled meadows, gentle hills and picturesque Cotswolds villages and churches.
Time: 5h
Warnings: Can be boggy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Islip Circular via Otmoor RSPB Reserve (Oxfordshire)
7 minutes direct from Bicester Village.
Rolling countryside, fields, woods, rivers, wetland nature reserve, quiet villages and old churches.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
King's Sutton Circular via Aynho (Northamptonshire)
15 minutes direct from Bicester North.
Open fields, Cotswold villages, long views and gentle countryside.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).