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Traitor's Ford – Borage Fields Near Tadmarton loop from Shutford
RoutesBike touring routes & trailsUnited KingdomEnglandSouth East EnglandOxfordshireCherwellWroxton
Traitor's Ford – Borage Fields Near Tadmarton loop from Shutford
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Traitor's Ford – Borage Fields Near Tadmarton loop from Shutford
02:30
39.5km
380m
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 7, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 2.77 km for 55 m
Waypoints
A
Start point
Bus stop
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2.17 km
St Michael and All Angels Church, Alkerton
Highlight • Religious Site
St Michaels Church, Alkerton is a beautiful building in a beautiful setting. It stands on a steep hillside hidden by the Old Rectory and by trees. It is noble yet homely, solid but not oppressive.
The church dates from 1200 with a late 14th century clerestory and chancel. The chancel was rebuilt in the early 17th century. It is listed Grade I under the Town and Country Planning Act.
Electricity was introduced in 1996 with heating and lighting in keeping with its character under the guidance of the churchwardens Henry Ewer and Margaret Bloomfield.
The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of St Michael and All Angels are the lower stages of the central bell tower, which date from the 12th century in the Transitional style between Norman and Early English Gothic.
Towards the end of the 12th century the south aisle was added, linked with the nave by an Early English Gothic arcade of two bays. Early in the 13th century the east and west arches of the central tower were replaced with Early English Gothic ones. A stone effigy of a knight in an early 13th-century style was presumably added about the same time. Early in the 14th century the upper stages of the bell tower were built and the nave was rebuilt.
Late in the 14th century a clerestory was added to the nave. The exterior of the clerestory is elaborately decorated with figures of men and animals carved from Hornton stone. The style of carving belongs to a school of 14th century north Oxfordshire masons whose work survives also at Adderbury, Bloxham and Hanwell.
Early in the 17th century the rector, the mathematician Thomas Lydiat, had the chancel rebuilt in the Perpendicular Gothic style. In 1889 the architect JA Cossins restored the church building and added an organ chamber south of the tower and east of the south aisle. St Michael's is now a Grade I listed building.
The tower has a chime of four bells but they are not currently ringable. The oldest bell was cast in about 1400 and another was cast in 1618.
St Michael's is now one of eight ecclesiastical parishes in the Ironstone Benefice.
The church dates from 1200 with a late 14th century clerestory and chancel. The chancel was rebuilt in the early 17th century. It is listed Grade I under the Town and Country Planning Act.
Electricity was introduced in 1996 with heating and lighting in keeping with its character under the guidance of the churchwardens Henry Ewer and Margaret Bloomfield.
The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of St Michael and All Angels are the lower stages of the central bell tower, which date from the 12th century in the Transitional style between Norman and Early English Gothic.
Towards the end of the 12th century the south aisle was added, linked with the nave by an Early English Gothic arcade of two bays. Early in the 13th century the east and west arches of the central tower were replaced with Early English Gothic ones. A stone effigy of a knight in an early 13th-century style was presumably added about the same time. Early in the 14th century the upper stages of the bell tower were built and the nave was rebuilt.
Late in the 14th century a clerestory was added to the nave. The exterior of the clerestory is elaborately decorated with figures of men and animals carved from Hornton stone. The style of carving belongs to a school of 14th century north Oxfordshire masons whose work survives also at Adderbury, Bloxham and Hanwell.
Early in the 17th century the rector, the mathematician Thomas Lydiat, had the chancel rebuilt in the Perpendicular Gothic style. In 1889 the architect JA Cossins restored the church building and added an organ chamber south of the tower and east of the south aisle. St Michael's is now a Grade I listed building.
The tower has a chime of four bells but they are not currently ringable. The oldest bell was cast in about 1400 and another was cast in 1618.
St Michael's is now one of eight ecclesiastical parishes in the Ironstone Benefice.
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2.80 km
Holy Trinity Church, Shenington
Highlight • Monument
Holy Trinity Church, Shenington is situated alongside the village green. It dates from the 12th and 13th Century and is listed Grade II* under the Town and Country Planning Act.
There is a Norman arch, set in the chancel over the organ pipes.It is finely ornamented with zigzag and cable mouldings.
Outside, carved in stone, on the south wall is most interesting figure of a man, dressed in a robe and in the south porch there is a very fine copy of the figure by the late Harold Clifton.
There is excellent stained glass in the chancel, particularly the east window.
The tower, dated 1504, houses five bells dated 1678 and a clock dated circa 1700.
Church. C12 chancel arch moved to north side of chancel in C19. Mostly C13. Many windows are C14 and later repaired or restored. C15 south porch. West tower probably 1504 (bequest). C19 vestry. 1879 restoration by J.L. Pearson. Coursed ironstone rubble and ironstone ashlar. Chancel and porch have steeply pitched stone slate roofs laid to diminishing courses. Nave and south aisle roofs not visible. Stone coped gables. Stone flue on north. Chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch, west tower. 5-window range. Chancel has a 3-light east window with renewed reticulated tracery in Clipsham stone. Hood mould and headstop. South has three 2-light windows with trefoiled lights and quatrefoil. Centre window has repaired stonework. Sill of window on left (west) is lower. Hood moulds and label stops. Nave has four 2-light windows on north with trefoiled heads, the windows wholly renewed in C19 in Clipsham stone. One window is inserted in the former north doorway. C19 vestry. 4 north and south 2-light Perpendicular clerestory windows with hood moulds and label stops. Nave has stone parapets and gable with housing for Sanctus bell. South aisle has a 2-light window with renewed ironstone tracery and mullion and a 3-light window with trefoiled lights and square head with weathered label stops. To left of the latter window is a 'lively rustic carving of a man and an ox under a C14 canopy' (Pevsner) now badly weathered. Perpendicular south porch with pointed arched stone doorway with hood mould and label stop. 2 scratch dials to right of entrance. West tower of 2 stages with crenellated parapet and Clipsham stone pinnacles. 3-light Perpendicular window on west and 2-light louvred window to bell-stage. Diagonal buttresses: Moulded stone plinth. Staircase projection on south. Interior. C12 chancel arch now in north wall of chancel has cable and zigzag decoration. Decorated sedilia and piscina. C13 style chancel arch inserted by J.L. Pearson. 2-bay south arcade has 3 octagonal stone piers on C19 stone base. Capitals have stiff leaf decoration with heads amongst the foliage. C19 roof to nave, chancel and south aisle. Font c.1800. C19 fittings including pitch pine benches, oak choir stalls, pulpit, lectern. C19 tiles. Stained glass by Jones and Willis of Birmingham erected 1909, 1920 and 1921. East window in chancel designed by Edmund Sedding, main lights by Henry Casolani, executed by Powell. Marble wall plaque in chancel to Edward and Rebecca Hughes dated 1722.
There is a Norman arch, set in the chancel over the organ pipes.It is finely ornamented with zigzag and cable mouldings.
Outside, carved in stone, on the south wall is most interesting figure of a man, dressed in a robe and in the south porch there is a very fine copy of the figure by the late Harold Clifton.
There is excellent stained glass in the chancel, particularly the east window.
The tower, dated 1504, houses five bells dated 1678 and a clock dated circa 1700.
Church. C12 chancel arch moved to north side of chancel in C19. Mostly C13. Many windows are C14 and later repaired or restored. C15 south porch. West tower probably 1504 (bequest). C19 vestry. 1879 restoration by J.L. Pearson. Coursed ironstone rubble and ironstone ashlar. Chancel and porch have steeply pitched stone slate roofs laid to diminishing courses. Nave and south aisle roofs not visible. Stone coped gables. Stone flue on north. Chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch, west tower. 5-window range. Chancel has a 3-light east window with renewed reticulated tracery in Clipsham stone. Hood mould and headstop. South has three 2-light windows with trefoiled lights and quatrefoil. Centre window has repaired stonework. Sill of window on left (west) is lower. Hood moulds and label stops. Nave has four 2-light windows on north with trefoiled heads, the windows wholly renewed in C19 in Clipsham stone. One window is inserted in the former north doorway. C19 vestry. 4 north and south 2-light Perpendicular clerestory windows with hood moulds and label stops. Nave has stone parapets and gable with housing for Sanctus bell. South aisle has a 2-light window with renewed ironstone tracery and mullion and a 3-light window with trefoiled lights and square head with weathered label stops. To left of the latter window is a 'lively rustic carving of a man and an ox under a C14 canopy' (Pevsner) now badly weathered. Perpendicular south porch with pointed arched stone doorway with hood mould and label stop. 2 scratch dials to right of entrance. West tower of 2 stages with crenellated parapet and Clipsham stone pinnacles. 3-light Perpendicular window on west and 2-light louvred window to bell-stage. Diagonal buttresses: Moulded stone plinth. Staircase projection on south. Interior. C12 chancel arch now in north wall of chancel has cable and zigzag decoration. Decorated sedilia and piscina. C13 style chancel arch inserted by J.L. Pearson. 2-bay south arcade has 3 octagonal stone piers on C19 stone base. Capitals have stiff leaf decoration with heads amongst the foliage. C19 roof to nave, chancel and south aisle. Font c.1800. C19 fittings including pitch pine benches, oak choir stalls, pulpit, lectern. C19 tiles. Stained glass by Jones and Willis of Birmingham erected 1909, 1920 and 1921. East window in chancel designed by Edmund Sedding, main lights by Henry Casolani, executed by Powell. Marble wall plaque in chancel to Edward and Rebecca Hughes dated 1722.
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21.0 km
Cherington Arms
Highlight • Pub
Lovely village pub with large restaurant and large well kept garden. Really good homemade Venison pie and a good selection of ales with welcoming owners and staff.
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24.0 km
Greenhill Covert
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5
26.3 km
Traitor's Ford
Highlight • River
6
30.5 km
Sibford Ferris Climb
Highlight • Climb
the QOM point on 2021 Womens Tour stage 1
Tip by
7
34.9 km
Borage Fields Near Tadmarton
Highlight • Viewpoint
B
39.5 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
39.2 km
172 m
148 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
33.7 km
5.65 km
< 100 m
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