Bourton-on-the-Water and Wyck Rissington - Miles without Stiles

Walk alongside the River Windrush to the first bridge, turn left and cross the road to the small green opposite. Follow the Oxfordshire Way sign down an alley, bearing right to reach Station Road.

Cross the road, turn left and after the petrol station turn right 1 into Cemetery Lane and immediately into Greystones Lane. At the farm go through a gate, turn right across the yard and through two gates onto a track for 220m.

At the bottom 2 observe the roundhouse, typical of homes in the area during the Iron Age. After the roundhouse turn left through a gate, bear slightly left across the field to reach a gate. Bear half right to a gap in the hedge and another gate. Turn immediately left keeping the hedge on your left , passing through two fields to reach a gate leading into woodland.

Continue along the track through the trees past the Play Trail with interesting wooden sculptures. There are also a number of badger setts here.

At a path crossroads 3 turn right through a gate onto the Oxfordshire Way and Gustav Holst Way, passing a notice board.

Walk ahead along a wide path through a meadow to a metal gate, continue to reach a wooden bridge across the River Eye. Continue straight ahead to a metal gate and then a small bridge, this time across the River Dickler. Keep straight ahead on the path and then a stone track along the edge of a field to the road at Wyck Rissington 4.

Turn right through the village past the pond and church (the maze is inside) and stay on the road until it turns sharp left 5. Here go ahead on a wide winding track, through two gates to a T-junction. Turn right through a gate 6 along the field edge. At the end turn sharp left through the metal gate 7 and walk straight ahead, across three fields to the drive of Rissington Mill.

Turn right 8 along the drive until it turns square right where a gate is lurking between two tall cylindrical bushes. Through the gate, walk ahead, through another gate passing the garden walls, and across two bridges. Turn right across the field following the stream to a kissing gate. Go straight ahead to a gap in the trees opposite. Turn left on a path around the lake. After circling the lake 9 emerge onto a stone track, turn left through a gate. Follow the lane which leads to the cemetery entrance 10. Here take the path on the left to Station Road. Turn left for 20m, cross the road and retrace your steps along the walled path to the start.

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