V - Didcot to Wantage Linear

Vale of White Horse Group

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Overview

A bus friendly linear walk along the Greenway from the bus stop at Didcot railway station to the bus stop in the marketplace Wantage. Good bus services to Didcot and from Wantage to all major Oxfordshire towns. We leave Didcot via an elevated disused railway line to Upton, then over the Downs, with great views, to the Harwell Research Campus then pass above the Hendred’s and on to Ardington and finally along part of the Vale Way to Wantage. No stiles, good surfaces and one long slope Vale Walk Leader PR 07418 078044

Saturday, 2 May 2026

Start time:: 10:00 am
Estimated finish time:: 3:05 pm

Difficulty:: Moderate
Distance:: 19.3km / 12.0mi
Ascent:: N/A
Type:: linear

Website:: https://www.google.com/maps/place/51.610883,-1.2417826

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:: SU 52600 90501
Nearest postcode:: OX11 7NJ
what3words:: beak.tunes.grass

Start time:: 10:00 am

Didcot, station ticket hall

Finishing point

Grid reference:: SU 39794 87887
Nearest postcode:: OX12 8AB
what3words:: flattered.tanks.surround

Estimated finish time:: 3:05 pm

Wantage, Market Place outside The Bear Hotel

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