Walk ox124 Steeple Aston and The Oxford Canal from Lower Heyford

Quiet country lanes and canal towpaths


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).


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1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

191 Banbury, Bicester & Chipping Norton


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

164 Oxford, Chipping Norton & Bicester



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