About
Devised in 1971 by the Oxfordshire Fieldpaths Society, the way begins in Bourton and finishes at the Thames in Henley. The first three days cross the eastern Cotswolds via Stow, Charlbury and Woodstock — past Blenheim Palace — before dropping into the Thames Valley and rising again into the Chilterns.
It is one of the longer walks to actually start in the Cotswolds and end somewhere meaningfully different. Most through-walkers take five to six days.
In Bourton-on-the-Water
Low stone bridges arc over the shallow River Windrush in the most photographed village in the region.
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