A pleasant, gentle walk with a mix of about half road walking and half field walking. The route passes through a large solar farm, and the path is easy to follow. At the end point, there’s a Co-op for resupply....

Julia F

Despite the detour mentioned in the comment below, the towpath leading out of Oxford is quite narrow, so be mindful of cyclists, as this area can get particularly busy on weekends. It’s an enjoyable and easy-to-follow route, especially in mid-July, without concerns about flooding....

Julia F

As a local who frequently walks in the area, I can attest that the path is usually very pleasant (in fact, the stretch between The Perch and Godstow Abbey is my favorite walk in Oxford), except for the one or two times each year when Port Meadow is flooded....

Tony Or

A portion of the walk is directly through a solar farm, while that portion is easy to walk, it doesn't offer much in terms of scenery....

Tony Or

One tricky part if walking in the direction I took: as you enter North Leigh from Church Road, the actual track implies that you take a small path just before the road junction....

Martin McGovern

Through the village, you meet the B4022 and walk along a narrow grass verge for maybe 150 metres (take care - fast traffic) and keep an eye out for the path entrance on the other side of the road. You then enter Cornbury Park and follow a well signed path through the park and then into Charlbury....

Litehiker

Almost at the beginning and only a short distance along the canal towpath, there was a notice announcing that the path was closed due to flooding. Then, just after passing beneath the road bridge carrying the A34, the path follows the Oxford Greenbelt Way. However, I rejoined the farm road alongside the Thames (the Thames Path) but this was also flooded in places so the boots came off a few more times, even once the Thames Path and the Oxford Greenbelt Way merged on the northern edge of Wytham Great Wood....

Litehiker

It's tough resisting the temptation to not divert and just head up into Wytham Woods (an amazing place to just wander). The least interesting part is Swinford up into Eynsham, the village itself is really nice - plenty of places for refreshments and fairly regular buses back into the city....

Sam McKavanagh

An enjoyable walk, with quite a mixture of terrains - farmland, small sections of forest, village and town roads, and a section through the Blenheim Palace estate, from Combe Gate to Woodstock itself....

Martin McGovern

This was a very pleasant walk, fairly straight forward to navigate using the tips already provided in earlier reviews. We took the route through South Leigh churchyard which is signposted to Eynsham and is well signed. If the Church is open it is worth a look inside at the wall paintings....

Sandsayre

But it wasn't as I feared: once you take into account that Cassington Road leaving Eynsham is gated, and consequently access only, and that Yarnton Lane isn't suitable for motor vehicles, the balance in favour of quieter walking is restored, with the additional benefit that a significant amount of the route is paved....

Martin McGovern

The next section is predominantly over farmland, with the final third of the route winding through gravel beds towards Standlake. A similar situation occurs a little further south - the route implies that you head straight across the road at West End, when in fact you walk a little way along the road at SP428042....

Martin McGovern

It isn't practical for anything with wheels; kissing gates, stiles and steps all exist and aren't really avoidable, and the terrain isn't suitable (narrow, can be muddy)....

Martin McGovern

Crossing the toll bridge at Swinford is unpleasant and not entirely necessary. Again, if you have an Ordnance Survey map, you will see that it is possible to avoid the toll bridge if you cross at Eynsham lock and then follow the path over the weir....

Dan

A section of about 2.5km leaves the Thames Path, to follow the Oxford Green Belt Way, but then rejoins the Thames Path. About 800m after joining the Thames path, you go through a gate - turn immediately right onto the Oxford Green Belt Way to continue on the official route2 Once you've passed under the A34, go straight ahead onto the Oxford Green Belt Way to continue on the official route.....

Martin McGovern

But around South Leigh the route was not clear: to avoid walking across a planted arable field with no obvious path, I ended up diverging slightly and crossing the churchyard there, but the way into the churchyard had a small fixed stone barrier that would be impassable for people in wheelchairs, etc....

Peter Hayward

We lost the path a few times but that was more our fault and at times there are plenty of ways to choose. And a few tweaks and this could be fully bikeable which is great. Not so keen on the road section it was quiet apart from the noise from the A40 but all in all a good walk....

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