Connect Towcester with Slow Ways

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Towcester

Northamptonshire


Slow Ways linking Towcester and Brackley, Buckingham, Byfield, Daventry, Hartwell, Northampton, Sulgrave, Yardley Gobion

England / Northamptonshire / Towcester

Towcester’s eight Slow Ways are 38% checked

Drawn: 8/8
reviewed: 4/8
verified: 0/8
and surveyed: 0/8

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Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.

Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.

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Walk to Towcester from further afield

Slow Way Route To do
Brackley—Towcester
Bratow one Pioneer me Distance 22km/13mi Ascent 205m Descent 171m
Byfield—Towcester
Byftow two Pioneer me Distance 22km/14mi Ascent - Descent -
Daventry—Towcester
Davtow one Pioneer me Distance 23km/14mi Ascent 307m Descent 365m
Sulgrave—Towcester
Sultow one Pioneer me Distance 18km/11mi Ascent 196m Descent 136m
Towcester—Buckingham
Towbuc one Review me Distance 20km/13mi Ascent 205m Descent 214m
Towcester—Hartwell
Towhar one Review me Distance 12km/7mi Ascent 146m Descent 116m
Towcester—Northampton
Townor one Review me Distance 20km/12mi Ascent 174m Descent 161m
Towcester—Yardley Gobion
Towyar one Review me Distance 10km/6mi Ascent 95m Descent 89m
Towcester—Yardley Gobion
Towyar two Pioneer me Distance 11km/7mi Ascent 99m Descent 93m

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Collective progress

36% of Towcester’s eight route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified

9/9

drawn

4/9

reviewed

0/9

surveyed

0/9

verified

3 people have contributed to Towcester’s Slow Ways

0 people have pledged to walk and review a route

0 people have surveyed a route in Towcester

62km out of 157km have been walked and reviewed

61km of reviews have been shared in Towcester

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Easy to navigate, but construction works on the edge of Towcester (illustrated) necessitated a minor detour along the Wood Burcote Road; to avoid the housing estates, I left Towcester following the surfaced paths alongside the River Tove from Waitrose, and joined the Grafton Way at a more northerly point. Plenty of stiles once in Buckinghamshire, some of which are incomplete (but not impassable), public toilets in each town, and minimal road walking; no major roads to cross....

KB

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Generally easy to follow- a couple of crop fields North West of Alderton not the easiest to find the path across but overall a nice route....

Paul Rogers

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Byfield—Towcester

Ken added Byftow two, a new walk from Byfield to Towcester

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Quite a bit alongside the canal, a few hundred yards on small roads through Blisworth, and then over the fields including half a mile alongside woods then quite a distance over flat meadows before the last half mile on road in to Towcester. The walk was in January so the going was quite muddy underfoot but otherwise it was easy....

PatrickB

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Pleasant, straightforward route, though we managed to take the wrong path out of Hartwell to start with....

PatrickB

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Towcester

StefC surveyed Towcester

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Brackley—Towcester

Slow Ways added Bratow one, a new walk from Brackley to Towcester

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Daventry—Towcester

Slow Ways added Davtow one, a new walk from Daventry to Towcester

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Sulgrave—Towcester

Slow Ways added Sultow one, a new walk from Sulgrave to Towcester

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Towcester—Buckingham

Slow Ways added Towbuc one, a new walk from Towcester to Buckingham

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Towcester—Hartwell

Slow Ways added Towhar one, a new walk from Towcester to Hartwell

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Towcester—Northampton

Slow Ways added Townor one, a new walk from Towcester to Northampton

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Towcester—Yardley Gobion

Slow Ways added Towyar one, a new walk from Towcester to Yardley Gobion

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Towcester—Yardley Gobion

Slow Ways added Towyar two, a new walk from Towcester to Yardley Gobion

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Towcester, Thu 28 March

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Towcester’s Slow Ways starting point

Grid ref

SP6929548729

Lat / Lon

52.13254° / -0.98904°

Easting / Northing

469,295E / 248,729N

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Facilities

Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Towcester's meeting point

Public toilet

Wheelchair accessible toilet

Supermarket or convenience shop

Restaurant, cafe or pub

Accommodation

Accommodation for under £50 a night

Campsite

Bothy

Free wifi

Mobility scooter hire

Off-road wheelchair hire

Disabled Parking

Train station

Bus stop

Ferry

Official ‘Walkers are Welcome’ town

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