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South East England

Vale Of White Horse

Hinksey Heights Habitat Trail – Chilwell Valley Boardwalk loop from Botley

Hiking trails & Routes

South East England

Vale Of White Horse

Hinksey Heights Habitat Trail – Chilwell Valley Boardwalk loop from Botley

Moderate

5.0

(4)

22

hikers

Hinksey Heights Habitat Trail – Chilwell Valley Boardwalk loop from Botley

02:36

9.67km

120m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 26, 2026

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

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1

1.80 km

Venice Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

2

1.99 km

Picnic Tables by the Pond

Highlight • Lake

3

2.00 km

Hinksey Heights Habitat Trail

Highlight • Natural

This is a lovely nature park situated just outside the city of Oxford. A boardwalk leads you around the park, allowing you to immerse yourself in nature and get up close to the varying wildlife species.

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4

2.36 km

Talking Trees Trail, Hinksey Heights Nature Park

Highlight • Natural

“Enter these enchanted woods, you who dare”
These are no ordinary nature trails.
Weep with the willow!
Quake with fear at the witch in the elder;
Let the holly tree …

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5

2.60 km

View of Oxford's Dreaming Spires

Highlight • Settlement

"And that sweet city with her dreaming spires,/ She needs not June for beauty's heightening"
(Matthew Arnold, 1865, "Thyrsis" )

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6

3.75 km

Chilwell Valley Boardwalk

Highlight • Cycleway

7

3.99 km

Chilswell Forest Walk

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

5.08 km

Eye-wash Hill

Viewpoint

5.37 km

Birch Copse

Forest

10

6.33 km

Bench in Elizabeth Daryush Memorial Garden

Highlight • Forest

oxfordpreservation.org.uk/content/elizabeth-daryush-memorial-garden Interesting woodland with pond and benches in an area of private drives and estates

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B

9.67 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.05 km

2.71 km

1.46 km

1.31 km

1.01 km

139 m

Surfaces

3.24 km

2.43 km

2.39 km

796 m

458 m

214 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (170 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

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Wednesday 2 September

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