Walk ox124 Steeple Aston and The Oxford Canal from Lower Heyford

This 4¾ mile, Grade 2 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Lower Heyford & will take about 2¼ hrs to complete.

Vital Statistics:

Length:	4¾mls (7.5km)
Ascent:	368ft (112m)
Time:	2¼hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk ox124:

Lower Heyford - Heyford Wharfe - The Oxford Canal - Steeple Aston - The Eye Catcher (Folly) - River Cherwell - The Oxfordshire Canal Walk - The Oxford Canal - Allens Lock - Lower Heyford

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The Eye Catcher folly was designed by William Kent in 1740 as a landscape feature for nearby Rousham House(open to the public).

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Mountains

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Wainwrights

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Nuttalls

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Deweys

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Wainwright
Outlying Fells

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Marilyns

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Bridgets

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1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 164 Oxford, Chipping Norton & Bicester

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