Join our friendly group for great walks and good company.
The walk is mainly flat except the final part where we do have a bit of a climb. However there are steps and railings to help us up. There are no stiles. The M40 is a noise feature for the last part of the walk. Some paths may be very muddy after rain and poles may be useful as well.
We walk to the view point along the sculpture trail and enjoy lovely views across the Oxford Vale. We then come back to walk along a permissive path through one of the finest blue bell woods I have seen, in the National trust Aston Woods. With a backdrop of yellow rape seed in the field behind it is a pretty picture. We will stop for lunch at the end of the woods where there are some fallen tree trunks we can make use of. This part of the wood is Juniper Bank once an old cart road from Stokenchurch to Wheatley. We drop down to walk along the Ridgeway which runs alongside the old disused railway line formerly the Watlington to Risborough line and then come back to our start point along the lower edge of the reserve and back up to the car park.
Well behaved dogs are allowed.
After the walk we may visit the nearby Fox and hounds PH for refreshments if we so wish.
Walk leader: Anne K
Aston Rowant Nature reserve Car park. Listed as Chilterns nature aston rowant nature reserve. (North Side). From the main Christmas common road turn at the brown sign to the reserve and follow the road to the very end where there is a spacious free car park. Ignore the first parking spot at the bend and continue to the end of the road. The road has a failed road surface along some of it. Google map: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Chilterns+Nature+-+Aston+Rowant+Nature+Reserve/@51.6635064,-0.9461422,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x48768df898a8d543:0x838b2354fd4a472b!8m2!3d51.6635031!4d-0.9435673!16s%2Fg%2F11t2snxhmv?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQxNC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D What3words: ///belong.mount.distracts Grid ref: SU732965 Nearest postcode listed as HP14 3YL- likely not precise.
