Chipping Norton — Charlbury
Chicha one
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Description
This is a Slow Ways route connecting Chipping Norton and Charlbury.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Chipping Norton and Charlbury.
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Status
This route has been reviewed by 4 people.
This route has been flagged (2 times) for reasons relating to access.
This route has been flagged (1 times) for reasons relating to safety.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 4
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - No (1) Maybe (3)
Problems reported - Access (2) Safety (1)
Downloads - 13
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Grade 4: Route includes very rough surfaces including deep ruts, steep loose gravel, unmade paths and deep muddy sections. Wheelchairs may experience traction/wheel spin issues. Access grade X: At least one stile, flight of steps or other obstacle that is highly likely to block access for wheelchair and scooter users. |
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Facilities
Facilities in the middle third of this route.
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Accessibility
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Measurements
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The narrowest part of the path is 60.0cm (1)
The steepest uphill gradient East: no data
The steepest uphill gradient West: no data
The steepest camber: no data
How clear is the waymarking on the route: Clear (1)
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Terrain
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20.0% of the route is on roads (1)
2.0% of the route is lit at night (1)
Thereis no data on amount of route paved
10.0% of the route is muddy (1)
5.0% of the route is over rough ground (1)
5.0% of the route is through long grass (1)
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Start and end points
Chipping Norton
Grid Ref
SP3134227059
Lat / Lon
51.94117° / -1.54546°
Easting / Northing
431,342E / 227,059N
What3Words
shears.woof.continued
Charlbury
Grid Ref
SP3567019427
Lat / Lon
51.87229° / -1.48329°
Easting / Northing
435,670E / 219,427N
What3Words
unscathed.pink.storm
Chicha One's land is
Chipping Norton | |
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Grid Ref | SP3134227059 |
Lat / Lon | 51.94117° / -1.54546° |
Easting / Northing | 431,342E / 227,059N |
What3Words | shears.woof.continued |
Charlbury | |
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Grid Ref | SP3567019427 |
Lat / Lon | 51.87229° / -1.48329° |
Easting / Northing | 435,670E / 219,427N |
What3Words | unscathed.pink.storm |
Arable | 39.0% |
Pasture | 49.4% |
Urban | 11.6% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Ruth Broadbent
04 Sep 2023This route is a mix of fields, tracks and quiet tarmac lanes. Chicha One can be wet on Watery Lane at start of route out of Charlbury - Chicha Two has a detour to avoid this. There are also other footpaths through Dean Wood and alongside streams that run almost parallel and link to Chicha One and Two (they can get wet and muddy though after rain and are narrow woodland tracks with the occasional log to step over). Both Chicha One and Two have gates but no stiles.
After crossing the main road (B4026) after Dean, look for the Salt Way restricted byway and an enjoyable route to Chipping Norton, along tracks and across fields and meadows, including a nature reserve by Glyme river (we didn’t detour to look around it but noticed a stile into it). There was a little bit of water on the track at the river crossing but it wasn’t a problem. We also walked another footpath route from Chipping Norton to Dean as a potential alternative to avoid the quiet country lane out of Dean but although enjoyable, it passed over quite a few fields and narrow paths and included a stile, so Chicha One and Two are probably better, especially if wet weather.
I didn’t know about the Hawk Stone until I read a Slow Ways review and detoured to find it.
Charlbury: train and bus (check timetable before travelling), accommodation, food shop and pubs.
Chipping Norton: bus (check timetable before travelling), accommodation, food and other shops, cafes and pubs.
Chris White
31 Aug 2023Lovely route out of Chipping Norton, using tracks through fields and woodland with a few small Holloway’s thrown in, and nice dry paths. The middle section is mostly on tarmac and though the roads are very quiet there, it’s a bit much for the pooch’s paws. The final third is pretty but the paths were wet and sloppy even in summer. The final stretch along the river before Charlbury is a quagmire and will be impassable in winter.
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Rolf
27 Aug 2023Path is mostly between hedges, very limited views of the surrounding countryside.
The section south of the B4026 (roughly 1/3 of the way from Chipping Norton to Charlbury) is tarmac, single track road with not great visibility - I didn't encounter any cars on a Sunday morning but depending on when the verges are cut and how fast the cars would be going it might be unpleasant.
The secion east of the B4026 (near Charlbury) 'Watery Lane' is indeed very muddy (foot deep mud) although there wasn't a huge amount of rain. Chicha two has a different path not via 'Watery Lane' which I would recommend instead.
There are no styles on the route but a lot of very tight kissing gates.
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Berkshire Walker
18 Aug 2023This is a rural route through gently rolling countryside between the pretty old towns of Chipping Norton and Charlbury. There are no real landmarks on route, just fields and occasional small woodlands. Though I did make a small detour to see the Neolithic Hawk Stone, near Dean. The small Cotswold hamlet of Dean is the only settlement on the way but has no facilities, so all refreshments and public transport links are at either end of the route, there's nothing available in between. There are a couple of kilometres of road walking on quiet country lanes but there was no traffic. The only issues I encountered was at Water Lane, just as I approached Charlbury. As it's name suggests it can flood, so I had to divert onto the parallel Oxfordshire Way into Charlbury, but it probably a better route.
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