Banbury Cross – St Mary's Church, Banbury loop from Drayton
Banbury Cross – St Mary's Church, Banbury loop from Drayton
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Banbury Cross – St Mary's Church, Banbury loop from Drayton
01:04
10.2km
80m
Running
Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: August 27, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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3.48 km
Woodgreen Roundabout
Forest
5.78 km
Banbury Cross and Horse and Rider Statue
Highlight • Monument
5.83 km
Fine Lady Upon a White Horse Statue
Highlight • Monument
Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross,
To see a Fine Lady upon a White Horse,
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
She shall have music wherever she goes.
This rhyme contains three essential elements: Banbury Cross, the “Cock Horse” and a Fine Lady on a White Horse.
One explanation of the “cock horse” is the children’s hobby horse and Banbury holds a Hobby
Horse Festival in the first weekend of July each year, with a parade of Hobby Horse “beasts”
through the town and Hobby Horse races held in People’s Park.
The raised left arm not only balances the raised right leg of the horse, it represents the creative side of the brain while the right arm holds the reins showing motor control.
banbury.gov.uk/Banbury-Town-Council/fine_lady_statue-3818.aspx
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5.87 km
Banbury Cross
Highlight • Historical Site
The English nursery rhyme "Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross", in its several forms, may refer to one of the crosses destroyed by Puritans in 1600.[50] In April 2005, Princess Anne unveiled a large bronze statue depicting the Fine Lady upon a White Horse of the nursery rhyme.[51] It stands on the corner of West Bar and South Bar, just yards from the present Banbury Cross.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banbury#Banbury_Cross)
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6.06 km
St Mary's Church, Banbury
Highlight • Religious Site
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10.2 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
6.18 km
1.67 km
1.18 km
586 m
574 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
5.81 km
2.33 km
1.82 km
226 m
< 100 m
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Highest point (150 m)
Lowest point (90 m)
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Wednesday 26 August
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