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Carterton Walks A visit to Shilton
Time to stretch your legs
- A circular-walk from Carterton to Shilton - approximately 3.5 miles
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On a clear and dry day, this is a beautiful walk with wonderful views, visiting Shilton ford; a very pretty area where children often paddle, dogs splash and sometimes cars drive through. The paths can be
muddy after several days of rain. - From the Town Hall in Carterton take the Alvescot Road and stay on this road (for approx ¾ mile) until you reach a small car park on the left, which serves Willow Meadow. - Carefully cross the road and take the lane opposite, which is now signed as Ty Nant Cottages, commonly known as Kenn’s Farm, Alvescot Rd, Carterton OX18 1PE, these are holiday lets. - Reaching the buildings, you will see a stile facing you, climb over this stile and walk up the field-path which has been fenced off, to another stile. Climb over this into a field and follow the well walked paths, almost in a straight line, over several fields until you reach Shilton Church. Climb over the stone stile into the churchyard. - Leaving the churchyard, turn right, and walk on the road down a hill and you’ll reach Shilton Ford. - Walk over the bridge and where the road goes to the right, bear left to a gate and climb the steep hill until you reach the main Carterton-Shilton Road, cross this with care (this is where an extension to the walk can be made). Enter a field and turn right onto a newly made-up path near a hedge and adjacent to the road. - Follow this to the end and cross the road (entrance to Swinbrook Estate). The walk continues on the pavements alongside the road, right down into Carterton Town centre (approx 1 ¼ miles). At the Town Centre traffic lights turn right and you will see the Town Hall, 50 yards a head on the left.
