V - North from Dorchester

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

The route leaves Dorchester towards the north along the line of the old Roman Road then turns at Berinsfield back to Dorchester via the site of the former Mount Farm RAF Station, Overy Water Mill and then the Thames Path. The walk is on level ground on footpaths with some road walking and a couple of stiles. Please bring a snack and a drink. Vale Walk Leader GL 07816 039807

Tuesday, 11 June 2024

Start time:: 10:30 am
Estimated finish time:: 1:10 pm

Difficulty:: Moderate
Distance:: 10.5km / 6.5mi
Ascent:: N/A
Type:: circular

Website:: https://www.google.com/maps/place/51.64894,-1.16766

Note that the walk Finish Time is just an estimate and that timings on the day may be significantly different. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 57680 94781
Nearest postcode:: OX10 7LU
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Start time:: 10:30 am

Dorchester, Oxford Road, adjacent to sports field

Upcoming walks with Vale of White Horse Group

V - Bluebell walk from Faringdon to Badbury Woods

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Cancelled: V - Uffington Wellington Bomber circular

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Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

V - First loop of Scutchamer Knob Figure of 8

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Difficulty:: Moderate

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V - Scutchamer Knob Figure of 8

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 18.0 miles

V - Second loop of Scutchamer Knob Figure of 8

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Difficulty:: Moderate

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V/WO - Bampton River Thames picnic circular

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Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 7.3 miles

V - Abingdon, Sutton Courtenay circular

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Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.5 miles

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

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

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

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy Access

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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

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

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Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.5 miles

V - Wantage circular via East Challow

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Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

V - Faringdon, Buckland and Hatford circular

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Difficulty:: Moderate

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WO/V - Eynsham to Wolvercote

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

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V - Abingdon, Oxford via Boar's Hill

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Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.5 miles

V - Uffington Downs Wellington Bomber circular

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Difficulty:: Moderate

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V - Bishopstone to Wayland's Smithy

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

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V - Northmoor circular via Sutton

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Difficulty:: Leisurely

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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

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