Walks you can reach from Charlbury by train
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Hanborough Station Circular via Blenheim Palace (Oxfordshire)
7m direct from Charlbury.
13km. Moderate ascents. 3h30–6h.
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.
An essential walk! 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.
Highlights: Blenheim Palace and Woodstock.
Lunch stops in Woodstock (1h30–2h30 in): the Crown, the Back Lane Tavern, or the Star Inn.
End-of-walk reward: the George and Dragon.
Kingham Station to Moreton-in-Marsh Station (Oxfordshire)
8m direct from Charlbury.
17km. 5h.
Fields near river Evenlode, quiet tarmac lanes, flower-filled meadows, gentle hills, and picturesque Cotswolds villages and churches. Can be boggy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Moreton-in-Marsh Station to Honeybourne Station (Gloucestershire)
15m direct from Charlbury.
Tough: steep ascents. 20km. 6h30.
Long views; picturesque. Hill and moorland paths and with substantial climbs. Sections can be overgrown.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Moreton-in-Marsh Station Circular via Longborough Opera House (Gloucestershire)
15m direct from Charlbury.
20km.
Gentle Cotswold hills, open fields, ridge with fine views, and honey-coloured villages.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Oxford Station Circular via Port Meadow (Oxfordshire)
15m direct from Charlbury.
15km. Flat terrain. 4h–6h30.
Flat riverside towpaths, water meadows, canal towpath, Oxford city streets, college lanes, and historic squares. Can be flooded.
Highlights: Pitt Rivers Museum and Oxford.
Lunch stops in Wolvercote (1h–2h in): the Trout Inn, Godstow, or the Jacob's Inn. Other lunch stops: the Perch (30m–1h in), or the Anchor (2h–3h30 in).
End-of-walk rewards: the Lamb & Flag, Oxford, the Red Lion, the Turf Tavern, the Bear, the Crown, the Royal Blenheim, the Castle Pub, or the Jolly Farmers.
Radley Station to Oxford Station (Berkshire)
15m direct from Charlbury.
Easy: 11km, flat terrain. 3h.
Riverside path and flat and easy-going; surfaced. Can be very muddy or boggy; Sections prone to flooding after heavy rain.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Honeybourne Station to Stratford-upon-Avon Station (Gloucestershire)
30m direct from Charlbury.
15km.
Beautiful line through the northern Cotswolds. Trackbed of old railway line, fields, roads through villages, and flat greenway. Route follows the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway from 1859, closed for passenger services in 1968-1969, finally closed in 1976. Now a greenway. First section still in use for goods traffic; moderately busy road between Pebworth and Long Marston.
Documented by Walk Midlands — download GPX route
Honeybourne Station to Evesham Station (Gloucestershire)
30m direct from Charlbury.
14km. Moderate ascents. 4h30.
Picturesque. Field paths and flat and easy-going. Short stretch on a fast-traffic road with limited verge; Can be very muddy or boggy.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Didcot Parkway Station Circular via Wittenham Clumps (Berkshire)
30m direct from Charlbury.
19km. Gentle ascents. 5h.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Station to Evesham Station (Gloucestershire)
30m direct from Charlbury.
Tough: 23km. Flat terrain. 6h.
Picturesque; wide views. Riverside path with fields and with gentle gradients.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Evesham Station to Pershore Station (Worcestershire)
30m direct from Charlbury.
34km. 8h.
Vale of Evesham market gardens, river meadows, pastures, minor hills, country estate, woods, and Iron Age hillfort summit with panoramic views. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Station to Pershore Station (Gloucestershire)
45m direct from Charlbury.
19km.
Dramatic outlying northwestern limb of the Cotswolds. Walk crosses from Gloucestershire into Worcestershire at Carrant Brook. Dangerously busy lane with tight bends near Aston-on-Carrant.