The D'Arcy Dalton Way

Created in 1986 by the Oxford Fieldpaths Society in memory of Colonel W.P. D'Arcy Dalton, the way crosses Oxfordshire from north to south, joining Wormleighton in Warwickshire to Wayland's Smithy on the Ridgeway. It passes through the eastern Cotswolds via the Rollright Stones, the upper Windrush, and the lanes around Burford.

Quieter and less waymarked than the Cotswold Way, it suits walkers who want a slower, less crowded long-distance route. Most through-walkers take four to five days; the trail breaks naturally into a sequence of day-walks served by buses at either end.