Abingdon Town Centre – Abingdon County Hall Museum loop from Longworth
Abingdon Town Centre – Abingdon County Hall Museum loop from Longworth
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Abingdon Town Centre – Abingdon County Hall Museum loop from Longworth
02:11
37.9km
90m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 8, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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7.20 km
Thatched Cottages of West Hanney and East Hanney
Highlight • Settlement
20.8 km
Culham Bridge over the River Thames
Highlight • Bridge
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21.7 km
St Paul's Church, Culham
Highlight • Historical Site
It was cruciform, having a chancel, nave and north and south transepts, and had features from the Early English and Decorated periods. There was a tower, and this was demolished and replaced in 1710.
In 1852 the whole church except the 1710 tower was demolished and replaced with a new Gothic Revival building in 13th century style designed by Joseph Clarke.
During the rebuilding, heraldic stained glass installed in the north transept in 1638 was transferred to a window in the north aisle of the new church.
The tower has a ring of six bells, but currently for technical reasons it is not possible to ring them. Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast or re-cast five of the bells in 1921, and cast the present tenor bell in 1926. St Paul's has also a Sanctus bell cast in 1774 by Edne Witts of Aldbourne, Wiltshire.
St Paul's parish is now part of the Benefice of Dorchester.
Cit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culham#Parish_church
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24.3 km
Abbey Gardens
Highlight • Natural
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24.6 km
St Nicolas' Church, Abingdon
Highlight • Other
The church was added to the gateway of the already-existing Benedictine Abbey of Saint Mary around the year 1170, although the oldest remaining piece is reportedly from 1180.
While the monks used the abbey church, St Nicolas's was built for their lay servants and tenants.
The Normans propagated the cult of Saint Nicholas and many English churches are named after him.
The earliest documentary evidence of this church's existence is in a ruling about tithes in 1177 by Pope Alexander III. Saint Edmund of Abingdon worshipped there as a child and his mother was initially buried there. From its early years, there is evidence that a school used a room in St Nicolas which has links with the founding of Abingdon School.
A tower was added and the chancel rebuilt in the 15th century.
Cit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nicolas_Church,_Abingdon
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24.7 km
Abingdon Town Centre
Highlight • Cycleway
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24.7 km
Abingdon County Hall Museum
Highlight • Historical Site
[...]
Constructed between 1678 and 1682, the old town hall has the typical combination for the period of a market space sheltering under a courtroom. Examples of this type of building that are earlier in date survive elsewhere as timber-framed free-standing town halls.
Abingdon gains architectural distinction, however, from being built in Oxfordshire limestone; it is a monumental presence despite its compact site.
[...]
Sir Christopher Wren is the most celebrated architect of this period working in this idiom, and in the 1670s he was busy on the designs for rebuilding St Paul’s Cathedral. It has been suggested that Abingdon County Hall was one of his designs, and it was certainly constructed by two men he respected and worked with closely: Christopher Kempster, master mason, and John Scarborough, clerk of works.
Cit. english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/abingdon-county-hall-museum/history
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35.1 km
Lovely quiet road
Highlight • Trail
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37.9 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
30.7 km
2.77 km
2.00 km
1.20 km
1.05 km
151 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
31.9 km
5.41 km
338 m
270 m
< 100 m
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