Witney Stonesfield loop

start: Oxford, St Giles [SP512065]
finish: Oxford, St Giles
distance: 56.2 km

If you're not ready for the 70 km route through Witney yet, then this route is a nice alternative. The most interesting and surprising section is from Gosford (near Kidlington) through Water Eaton to Oxford. It's mainly a concrete road but for a few hundred metres you're cycling on a grassy track. It gives you that spring-classic feeling!

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Kiddington quiet road

start: Oxford, Marston [SP530079]
finish: Oxford, Marston
distance: 66 km

I created this route mainly to guide you to a very quiet, car-free, good quality road between (Over) Kiddington and the B4437. On the Ordnance Survey map this road is drawn white, but it is perfectly suitable for road bikes. One of my favorite few km's in Oxfordshire.

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Banbury and back

start: Oxford, St Giles [SP512065]
finish: Oxford, St Giles
distance: 90.3 km

Banbury Road is well known in Oxford and most people I meet think Banbury is just down the road. But actually Banbury is not that close but worth a visit. Cycling down Banbury Road will bring you eventually in Banbury, but it's an unpleasant and dangerous ride with fast moving cars and trucks on the same road. This route is much quieter and leads you through beautiful Oxfordshire villages, and Banbury of course. When it's too far you can always take the train back instead!

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Witney and Chadlington

start: Oxford, St Giles [SP512065]
finish: Oxford, St Giles
distance: 71.2 km

A nice route from Oxford to the edges of the Cotswolds. There's some fantastic scenery of which the road through Wychwood Forest is one of my favorite.

Route map:
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