Walk ox135 Swinbrook and The River Windrush from Minster Lovell

This 7 mile, Grade 3 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Minster Lovell & will take about 3 hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:7mls (11km)
Ascent:420ft (128m)
Time:3hrs
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Route outline for walk ox135:

Minster Lovell  -  The River Windrush  -  Worsham  -  Swinbrook  -  Asthall  -  Minster Lovell

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The six daughters and son of Lord and Lady Redesdale lived at The Manor in Asthall during the 1920's. Better known as 'The Mitford Sisters' Nancy & Jessica were writers, Diana married Oswald Moseley and Unity Mitford included Adolf Hitler amongst her friends.

Akeman Street, the roman road connecting St Albans and Cirencester crosses the River Windrush at Asthall.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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OS Explorer OL45 The Cotswolds

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1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 163 Cheltenham & Cirencester, Stow-on-the-Wold


OS Landranger 164 Oxford, Chipping Norton & Bicester




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