White Horse Hill to Ashdown walk

Enjoy a long and invigorating walk across the ancient chalk downs of Oxfordshire, absorbing the neolithic sites and history found along this enigmatic stretch of the ancient Ridgeway.
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Green walk: Cuckoo Pen
Try this walk for a flat walk along lanes, footpaths through fields and parkland and farm tracks. Delve into the family history of the village's former first family, the Pleydell-Bouverie's, and catch a glimpse of its secret Second World War past.

Orange walk: Badbury and Great Coxwell Barn
Take a gentle circular walk along the orange route on the Coleshill Estate from Badbury to Great Coxwell Barn to spot wildlife and wander through two picturesque working farms.

Red walk: Coleshill
Coleshill's red walk is a great way to get some gentle exercise, starting at the estate yard, formerly a Victorian model farm, then onto a 'Capability' Brown-style 18th century parkland.
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