Vale of White Horse Group

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Walking in the Vale of White Horse

Welcome to the Vale of White Horse Ramblers group. We cover the historic Vale of White Horse in the south-west corner of Oxfordshire. The market towns of Abingdon, Wantage, and Faringdon are all on our patch.

We are lucky to have some excellent walking nearby: the two National Trails – The Thames Path and The Ridgeway, which form natural boundaries to the Vale; the Uffington White Horse – the oldest in the country; Waylands Smithy – an atmospheric Neolithic long barrow; and many hill forts and other ancient monuments. The southern edge of our area is part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Join our walking community

Our group helps local people enjoy walking and protect the places we love to walk. We organise regular walks led by competent leaders - a great way to get outside, make new friends and discover how walking boosts your health and happiness.

We walk on most Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; usually shorter morning walks during the week and longer at weekends. In normal times we also organise linear walks on long distance trails and occasional weekend breaks and social events.

More than half of our walks start close to public transport. Unless stated otherwise, dogs are allowed, but preferably on leads.

You’re very welcome to try walking with us or to get involved in looking after paths and green spaces as part of the county-wide Parish Path Wardens scheme. Or you can get involved in helping to open up new places to explore with our path maintenance team.

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Join the Ramblers and enjoy

unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our quarterly Walk magazine
exclusive discounts from our partners
knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Join now for just £3.42 per month

Upcoming walks and events

V - Abingdon, Drayton, Sutton Courtenay circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

V - Route changed now Streatley circular via the Ridgeway and Aston Upthorpe Downs

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

V - Bury Down, Ridgeway, West Ilsley circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

V - Uffington Wellington Bomber circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

V - First loop of Scutchamer Knob Figure of 8

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.5 miles

V - Scutchamer Knob Figure of 8

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 18.0 miles

V - Second loop of Scutchamer Knob Figure of 8

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 12.5 miles

V/WO - Bampton River Thames picnic circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 7.3 miles

V - Abingdon, Sutton Courtenay circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.5 miles

BOOKING REQUIRED-Abingdon Walking Festival, Walk 5: Thames Path - Folly Bridge,Oxford to Abingdon

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

BOOKING REQUIRED-Abingdon Walking Festival, Walk 1: Easy Access walk to Radley Lakes circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy Access

Distance:: 4.0 miles

BOOKING REQUIRED-Abingdon Walking Festival, Walk 3: ‘The Abingdon Waterways Walk’

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.5 miles

BOOKING REQUIRED-Abingdon Walking Festival, Walk 2: Sutton Wick, Drayton and Ock Valley circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.8 miles

BOOKING REQUIRED-Abingdon Walking Festival, Walk 4: Thames Path, Clifton Hampden circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.5 miles

Abingdon Walking Festival

Start:

V - Bluebell walk from Faringdon to Badbury Woods

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.5 miles

V - Wantage circular via East Challow

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

V - Faringdon, Buckland and Hatford circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

WO/V - Eynsham to Wolvercote

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

V - Abingdon, Oxford via Boar's Hill

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.5 miles

V - Uffington Downs Wellington Bomber circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.6 miles

V - Bishopstone to Wayland's Smithy

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.5 miles

V - Northmoor circular via Sutton

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.7 miles

V - Uffington Village Trail and Bomber Memorial circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 1.8 miles

V - Shakespeare's Way, Sandford Lock to Begbroke

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.5 miles

V - Uffington Village Trail and Bomber Memorial circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 1.8 miles

V/WO - Stanton Harcourt circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.6 miles

V - Along the ridge from Faringdon

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.5 miles

V - Besselsleigh, Cothill, Boar's Hill circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 13.0 miles

V - A guided history walk around Radley and the Thames

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.5 miles

V - North from Dorchester

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

V - Abingdon Green Spaces

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.5 miles

V - Wantage Circular via the Ridgeway

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 13.0 miles

V - Lardon Chase to Hartslock circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.5 miles

V - Summer Flowers on Segsbury Castle

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Oxfordshire Area Picnic

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

V - Ardington and East Hendred circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.3 miles

V - Clifton Hampden Thames Path circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.8 miles

V - Shakespeare's Way, Begbroke to Church Enstone

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 12.1 miles

V/WO - Buscot, Lechlade circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.5 miles

V - BOOKING REQUIRED - Vale Group summer awayday from Pitchcombe

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

V - A circuit from Letcombe Regis

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

V - Abingdon, Culham circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.5 miles

V - Ardington, the Ridgeway and downs

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 13.0 miles

WO/V - BOOKING REQUIRED - Burford & The Cotswolds

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.5 miles

V - Wantage and Ardington Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.5 miles

V - Stanford in the Vale circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.8 miles

V - Abingdon, Thames Path, Radley circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Find out more

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our quarterly Walk magazine
exclusive discounts from our partners
knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Join now for just £3.42 per month