Walks you can reach from Heyford by train
Oxfordshire · South East England
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King's Sutton Circular via Aynho (Northamptonshire)
9 minutes direct from Heyford.
Open fields, Cotswold villages, long views and gentle countryside.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Oxford Circular via Port Meadow (Oxfordshire)
15 minutes direct from Heyford.
Flat riverside towpaths, water meadows, canal towpath, Oxford city streets, college lanes and historic squares.
Pitt Rivers Museum (2h45 in)
Oxford (3h15 in)
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
4 lunch spots: Wolvercote (1h15 in) — the Trout Inn, Godstow, or the Jacob's Inn; plus the Perch (30m in), or the Anchor (2h in)
8 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
Warnings: Two fifths urban. Can be flooded.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Banbury Circular via Milton Church (Northamptonshire)
15 minutes direct from Heyford.
Gentle farmland, fields, wooded boundaries, villages, quiet lanes and canal.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Map reading required.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Radley to Oxford (Berkshire)
30 minutes direct from Heyford.
Riverside path and flat and easy-going; surfaced.
Waterway: four fifths along the River Thames.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be very muddy or boggy; Sections prone to flooding after heavy rain.
Walk details: Railwalks.
Appleford to Radley (Berkshire)
30 minutes direct from Heyford.
Pleasant scenery; picturesque. Riverside path and flat and easy-going.
Waterway: three quarters along the River Thames.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be very muddy or boggy; Sections prone to flooding after heavy rain.
Walk details: Railwalks.
King's Sutton to Banbury (Northamptonshire)
9 minutes direct from Heyford.
Open fields, Cotswold villages, long views and finishing into Banbury.
Time: 7h30 (6h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Source: A longer variant of Kings Sutton Circular (Saturday Walkers Club).