A difficult route in Bishops Tachbrook. Check the GPS track on Outdooractive for full details of the route, waypoints, and terrain.
Starting Point: Bishops Tachbrook Sports and Social Club (SP 312 610) The start can also be anywhere from the village, or indeed at any convenient point on the route.
Terrain: Estate path, road (short roadless section — care needed), woodland, crematorium edge, farm track, gate, field, stile, road, village paths, fields, footbridge, road, Moreton Morrell village, Brook Lane, Fosse Way crossing (busy — care), footbridge (hard to spot), Darklane Copse, hedge and field paths, brook crossing, road, Lighthorne village, Lighthorne Heath, main road crossing (busy — care), new path past JLR entrance, field path, woodland, M40 footbridge, Centenary Way, holt path, field paths and stiles, Bishops Itchington, Harry Green Way, footbridges, stiles, Bush Heath Road, Centenary Way north, Harbury village, Bull Ring, railway crossing, Ufton, Ridgeway Lane, canal towpath (Grand Union Canal), Fosse Way underpass, old railway bridge, Radford Locks, Sydenham, Pebble Island nature reserve, Black Bridge, road, Whitnash streets, Tachbrook Road return
A magnificent and ambitious day out — a grand circular from Bishops Tachbrook assembled from the network of paths explored during the Covid lockdowns and shaped into a coherent 35-kilometre route that takes in the best of South Warwickshire's quiet countryside. The southern loop through Ashorne, Moreton Morrell and the lanes toward Lighthorne covers gentle rolling farmland interspersed with the occasional navigation challenge — the elusive Fosse Way footbridge being the most memorable. Lighthorne Heath's crossing of the main road and the passage of the M40 by footbridge mark the eastern extent before the Centenary Way picks up the route and carries it south to Bishops Itchington, from where the Harry Green Way provides a pleasant interlude before the return northward via Harbury and Ufton. The canal towpath from Longhole Bridge to Sydenham — under the Fosse Way, beneath the old railway bridge and past Radford Locks — is a long and deeply enjoyable stretch of walking that rewards the effort of the miles already covered. The final run through Whitnash to Tachbrook Road closes the circle on what is, by any measure, a hard, rewarding and deeply satisfying day's walking on home ground.