Explore Bishops Tachbrook
Walk Bishops Tachbrook to Barford (Distance 7 miles or 4 miles) Take a walk as far as Barford, a village that boasts alpacas, a church with bullet holes from the civil war and the home of an early trade union organiser (and allotment pioneer). If 7 miles is too daunting the walk can be cut […]
This walk is a circular walk around Oakley wood that takes you directly to the site of the Oakley Wood ‘fort’, meanders down to the bottom of the wood and then returns along the beautiful perimeter of the wood and Ashorne Park. The fort is not dramatic, the deepest ditches are ~12ft deep, but it’s […]
The 5 mile walk starts at Newbold Comyn ~3miles north of Bishops Tachbrook. The route follows the landscaped old golf course of Newbold Comyn with fine views across South Leamington, briefly follows the river Leam into Offchurch (with a good country pub) and then returns along the tow path of the Grand Union Canal. Unlike […]
This is a 5 mile circular walk that takes you out of the village along the path that runs to Middle Farm with great views of Highdown Hill (see gallery). Although the walk takes you close to and across the M40 the route still retains a marvellous rural feel with the panorama across to Bromson […]
A short walk that leaves you with plenty to think about past, present and future. PAST: The route to the Solar Farm and New House Farm uses a footpath that is shown on maps dating from 1880 and according to research, (link to article) was the main route out of BT to Warwick for villagers. […]
Spring in Britain’s woodlands is a wonderful opportunity to experience one of nature’s spectacular audio events, the dawn chorus. With Oakley Wood so close to Bishops Tachbrook my wife and I decided one morning to make the effort and head for the woods, we were not disappointed. Late April and sunrise is 5.30am, so an […]
This 5 mile walk takes you down through Oakley Woods where you turn towards Ashorne, you then climb to Ashorne Park the highest point nearby and back through Oakley Wood. The map shows the route labelled in red 1 to 11. Camera signs correspond to the attached photos that give a taster of the walk […]
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Oakley wood (Report on forestry work Feb2021) If you have visited Oakley Wood recently you will not have failed to notice the major felling of trees (30%) and the resulting disruption to pathways. The good news is that this work has finished and the ruts and troughs filled in. The work is following current thinking […]
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