Chilwell Valley Boardwalk – Chilswell Forest Walk loop from Oxford

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Chilwell Valley Boardwalk – Chilswell Forest Walk loop from Oxford

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Chilwell Valley Boardwalk – Chilswell Forest Walk loop from Oxford

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17.6km

160m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

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Includes short out-and-back sections

Your route doubles back at waypoints. If this isn’t intentional, adjust those waypoints’ positions.

After 1.52 km for 179 m

After 16.4 km for 15 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

788 m

Hinksey Lake

Highlight • Lake

The length of the lake is roughly 400 m.

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1.61 km

Chilswell Forest Walk

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

4.41 km

Eye-wash Hill

Viewpoint

4.70 km

Birch Copse

Forest

5.53 km

Jarn Heath

Forest

8.01 km

Sunningwell Village

Highlight • Pub

A wonderfully pretty village with its former manor listed in the Domesday Book of 1066, you'll definitely be whipping out your camera when you walk through. Weeping willows, a historic …

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11.2 km

Radley College is a prestigious private boys school with a famous boathouse that produces some of the country's best rowers. It's one of the only boys-only, boarding-only independent schools and is in the top 20 most-expensive schools.

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12.5 km

Ancient Ash Grove, Radley Little Wood

Highlight • Natural Monument

Radley Little Wood is home to a grove of ash trees of national special interest. The large ancient ash trees have formed a large intricate “wood wide web” of soil …

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16.4 km

Mathematical Bridge, Iffley Lock

Highlight • Bridge

Oxford has its own "Mathematical Bridge," a hidden timber footbridge located at Iffley Lock on the River Thames. Built in 1923 by the Thames Conservancy, it is a smaller-scale replica of the famous 1749 Mathematical Bridge at Queens' College, Cambridge

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