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Great Coxwell Barn seen in the distance with a blue sky and vivid green grass in the foreground.
The 13th-century Great Coxwell Barn | © National Trust Images/James Dobson
Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Berkshire

Coleshill Estate orange walk from Great Coxwell Barn

This gentle circular walk through traditionally rural estates is a delight for ramblers. It passes through two picturesque working farms, open fields and bluebell woods. There's an abundance of wildlife to spot whatever the season, including flowers, birds, butterflies and fungi. Follow the orange waymarks to keep to the trail.

Total steps: 7

Total steps: 7

Start point

Great Coxwell Barn car park, grid ref: SU269941

Step 1

Before you set off on the trail, take some time to explore Great Coxwell Barn.

Step 2

Walk into the village and turn right into Puddleduck Lane. Continue past farm buildings and across an open field with a ridge and furrow pattern. Continue three gates and along the field to the farm track. Turn right through Colleymore Farm.

Step 3

Cross the road and follow Brimstone Farm drive.

Step 4

Turn right just before the farmhouse and follow the edge of the field. Continue over the footbridge into the second field. Turn left and then right along the hedge and enter Coxwell Woods. Follow the track straight up the hill through the woods, past a half-hidden cottage, until you reach the Badbury Hill car park.

Step 5

At the far end of the car park turn left through a gateway and turn right along a permissive path inside a road-side hedge.

Step 6

At the second gateway, turn right, cross the road and go over a stile. Continue along a grass track, alongside a wood. Go through the metal kissing gate into a field. You can also cut through the wood but it can be very wet due to natural springs.

Step 7

Follow a field around to the left until you see a gateway, where you can return to Great Coxwell Barn.

End point

Great Coxwell Barn car park, grid ref: SU269941

Trail map

Map route for Coleshill orange walk from Great Coxwell Barn, Oxfordshire
Map route for Coleshill orange walk from Great Coxwell Barn, Oxfordshire | © Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey

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