Hampton Gay

Stroll across the meadows to an isolated church and ruined 16th-century manor house.

Technical sheet

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 4.80 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 1h 25 
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    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 12 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 12 m

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    Highest point: 76 m
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    Lowest point: 62 m

Description de la randonnée

(S/E) From the front door of the Bell, turn right. At the road junction, go straight on into Church Lane. Follow the road until you reach the church.
Take a footpath over a stile on the right just before the churchyard wall and cross the field to a double stile and bridge. Turn left over a stile a little further on by a gate, and cross a paddock to a second field gate, beyond which turn half-right to a stile in the corner of the next paddock.

(1) Continue in the same direction to a double stile and footbridge in the field corner. Cross to a belt of trees, within which is a double footbridge and two stiles. Walk uphill across the field to a stile in the hedge, then cross the next field heading in the approximate direction of Hampton Gay church.

(2) After a stile by an old ash tree, follow the field edge ahead then, when the field boundary bends left, keep straight on across the field, past an overgrown pond, towards the ruined Manor House. Turn left to visit the church, returning the same way.

With the manor ruins now on your left, walk up to a metal kissing gate at the end of the lane at Manor Farm. Walk between the farm buildings and follow the tarmac lane beyond as it bends to the right, ignoring a footpath to Bletchingdon on the left.

(3) At a left-hand bend, turn right onto a footpath across the field, signposted “Hampton Poyle 1⁄2”. Cross to a stile and gate, and turn left along the field edge. Beyond a footbridge and double stile in the corner of the field, continue along the field edge to a further footbridge over a ditch.

(4) Walk diagonally across the next field to a stile in the far left-hand corner, with a belt of woodland on your left. Follow the wooden paddock fence and pass through a gap, then bear right to a stile in the direction of the church. Cross a stile in the left-hand hedge then bear right over a double-stile to return to the road. Turn left and retrace your steps along Church Lane to the Bell. (S/E)

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 64 m - The Bell
  2. 1 : km 1.19 - alt. 68 m - Belt of trees
  3. 2 : km 2.3 - alt. 72 m - Hampton Gay church - Ruined Manor House.
  4. 3 : km 2.6 - alt. 71 m - Footbridges
  5. 4 : km 3.74 - alt. 69 m - Church
  6. S/E : km 4.8 - alt. 64 m - The Bell

Practical information

Wet vegetation and muddy sections may be encountered after rain. Numerous stiles.

Pdf Link : http://walksfromthedoor.co.uk/i/walks/Ox...

The Bell at Hampton Poyle
11 Oxford Road, Hampton Poyle,
Oxon OX5 2QD
Tel 01865 376242
Website thebelloxford.co.uk

Email contactus@thebelloxford.co.uk
The Bell is ideally situated:
10 minutes from Oxford city centre
10 minutes from Bicester Village
10 minutes from Blenheim Palace
10 minutes from the Cotswolds

In the nearby area

Opened in 2009, The Bell at Hampton Poyle is a delightful nine-bedroomed, independent, privately owned boutique hotel, pub and restaurant. The charm of this centuries-old historic pub has been complemented by the contemporary design of the restaurant. Flagstone floors, oak beams and large leather armchairs set the tone in this classic English inn.
The inn enjoys a 5-star rating and is the perfect place for business meetings, entertaining or for a romantic getaway on the edge of the Cotswolds.

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