Circular route around the Shrivenham and Ashbury Benefice and beyond!

St Swithun Compton Beauchamp SN6 8NP->St Mary the Virgin Ashbury SN6 8LZ

At end of drive turn right up hill

0.3 at T junction with B4507 turn right to Ashbury and Bishopstone

1.9 at crossroads go straight over towards Idstone and Bishopstone, pass Rose & Crown pub on left

2.0 turn left into Church Lane

2.1 St Mary’s church is at top of lane

 

St Mary the Virgin Ashbury ->St James Bourton SN6 8HZ 

At bottom of Church Lane turn right

2.2 at crossroads turn left to Shrivenham on B4000

2.3 Church of First Ambassador will be on your right

4.3 turn left to Bourton and Bishopstone

4.8 at T junction turn right to Bourton

5.1 St James’s church is on right

 

St James Bourton -> St Andrew Shrivenham SN6 8AQ

5.5 turn right to Shrivenham village

5.9 at T junction turn left onto B4000 to Shrivenham and Highworth, go over railway bridge

6.7 at T junction turn right to Shrivenham and Highworth, straight over mini roundabout

7.0 Shrivenham Methodist Church, Shrivenham will be on your left

7.1 By bus stop turn left up Church Walk, St Andrew’s church is at the end

 

St Andrew Shrivenham-> St Thomas Watchfield SN6 8TE 

Return down Church Walk and turn left onto High Street

Pass the Prince of Wales Pub on left and The Barrington Arms on right 

7.2 at mini roundabout turn left towards Faringdon and Oxford onto Faringdon Road

7.9 turn left into High Street

8.2 St Thomas’s church is on right

 

St Thomas Watchfield-> St Mary The Virgin Longcot, SN7 7TL 

Make a U turn leaving St Thomas’s Church on your left

8.4 turn left into Hill Road

8.7 St Alban Roman Catholic Church is on left. Opposite church turn into Axis Road

8.8 turn left onto Faringdon Road

9.0 at roundabout take 2nd exit

9.1 at roundabout take 3rd exit to Longcot into Majors Road

10.3 turn left onto B4508 to Longcot and Fernham

10.6 turn left by King and Queen pub

10.7 St Mary’s church is on right

 

St Mary The Virgin Longcot -> St John the Evangelist Fernham SN7 7NX

10.8 Leave church and after 100 yards take sharp turning right

10.8 turn left to rejoin B4508 towards Fernham

12.1 in Fernham pass the Woodman pub on your right

12.3 St John the Evangelist’s church is on left

 

St John the Evangelist Fernham -> St Nicholas Baulking SN7 7QE

Turn left out of church

12.4 turn right towards Uffington, White Horse Hill and Wayland Smithy

13.2 turn left to Baulking and Uffington Trading Estate, cross railway bridge

14.5 at T junction turn left to Baulking and Stanford in the Vale, cross railway bridge

14.9 Turn left at village green

15 St Nicholas’s church is on left

 

St Nicholas Baulking -> St Mary Uffington SN7 7RD

Turn right out of church and at The Green

15.1 at T junction turn right to Uffington, cross railway bridge

16.0 at T junction turn right to White Horse Hill, Fernham and Faringdon, pass village hall on left with shop, Broad Street

16.5 St Mary’s church is on right behind the school

 

St Mary Uffington -> All Saints Woolstone SN7 7QN

Leave church towards Woolstone and Ashbury

16.6 turn right to Woolstone

16.8 turn left to Woolstone

17.8 turn left by White Horse Pub

17.8 fork left to church. All Saints’s church is up lane on right

 

All Saints Woolstone-> St Swithun Compton Beauchamp SN6 8NP

Return to road and turn left up hill

18.3 turn right onto B4507 to Ashbury and Bishopstone

19.1 turn right to Knighton and Compton Beauchamp

19.3 on right hand bend take right hand of the two drives straight ahead

19.4 St Swithun’s church is at back of parking area

 

NB the numbers on the LHS of the text indicate the cumulative mileage at each point of interest

Churches visited on this route

  • Compton Beauchamp : St Swithun
  • Ashbury : St Mary Virgin
  • Bourton : St James
  • Shrivenham : St Andrew
  • Watchfield : St Thomas
  • Longcot : St Mary Virgin
  • Fernham : St John Evangelist Chapel
  • Baulking : St Nicholas
  • Uffington : St Mary

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