V - Besselsleigh and Wooton circular

Vale of White Horse Group

Vale of White Horse Ramblers are a friendly group who walk mid-week and weekends in southern Oxfordshire. Highlights are the Ridgeway, the Thames Path, and the Uffington White Horse.

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Overview

From the car park along tracks to the edge of Appleton, tracks to close to Cothill, then tracks to Dry Sandford. Then tracks to Wootton, then close to Jarn Mound, and tracks back to Besselsleigh. Please bring picnic. Well behaved dogs welcome. Vale Walk Leader CS 01235 203459 / 07976 791848

Saturday, 20 December 2025

Start time:: 9:30 am
Estimated finish time:: 1:55 pm

Difficulty:: Moderate
Distance:: 14.5km / 9.0mi
Ascent:: N/A
Type:: circular

Website:: https://www.google.com/maps/place/51.713053,-1.3356044

Unless email is specifically requested in the walk description, please use the Walk Leader's telephone number(s) for any queries or bookings.

Starting point

Grid reference:: SP 46000 01801
Nearest postcode:: OX13 5PX
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Start time:: 9:30 am

Besselsleigh, The Greyhound car park. Please use the overflow car park

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