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D'Arcy Dalton Way
Wormleighton near Banbury to Waylands
Smithy near Swindon
106km/66 miles
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Created
to mark the Oxford Fieldpath Society's Diamond Jubilee in 1986 to connect
Oxforshire's major long distance paths with the Wessex Downs, and named after a notable defender of the county's path
network. Includes the Cotswolds, Redland Hills, Thames Valley, Vale
of the White Horse and Wessex Downs.
Public Transport.
Bus services to Wormleighton are infrequent: the easiest option is to go
to Banbury, with frequent trains and buses, and walk to Wormleighton along
the Oxford Canal towpath (14.5km/9 miles). Waylands Smithy is a short walk
from Ashbury which has regular buses to Swindon, (though there may be no
Sunday service in the winter) for regular trains to London, Bristol,
Birmingham, Cardiff and Swansea. Shipton station, just off the route along
the Oxfordshire Way near Bruern, has very infrequent services to Oxford,
Hereford and Worcester. There are bus services to some of the villages
along the route, and a useful network of buses in the Cotswolds section:
see Cotswolds AONB page. For further bus and
rail information see
West Midlands
and
National
enquiry lines
Publications
- The D'Arcy Dalton Way across the Oxfordshire Cotswolds and Thames Valley
by Nick Moon, ISBN 1 871199 34 4. Book Castle
£6.99
Detailed guide with maps, co-published with Oxford Fieldpaths Society
Contacts
- Oxford Fieldpaths Society David Godfrey, General Secretary, 23
Hawkswell House, Hawkswell Gardens, Oxford OX2 7EX
www.ofs.org.uk
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Regions
Southen
England
Southwest England
West Midlands
Local authorities
Oxfordshire
Warwickshire
Wiltshire
Connecting routes
Cotswold Link (see Macmillan Way)
Cross-Cotswold Pathway (see Macmillan Way) Donnington
Way
From the Wye to the Thames
(see Wye Valley Walk)
Macmillan Way
Oxford Canal Walk
Oxfordshire
Way (E2), Ridgeway
Thames
Path
Parks and countryside
Cotswolds AONB
Maps
Explorer
OL45,
170,
191,
206
Landranger
151,
163,
164,
174
Route is shown on maps.
More about maps
Visitor
information
Banbury
Bourton-on-the-Water
Burford
Chipping Norton
Faringdon
Oxford
Stow-on-the-Wold
Swindon
Wantage
Witney
Accommodation
Oxfordshire
Warwickshire
Wiltshire
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