MogSquad Oxfordshire & Cotswolds backroads 2

MogSquad Oxfordshire & Cotswolds backroads II (limited to eight cars)

 

Start: near Wantage, 0845.  End: near Broadway, around 1400 followed by optional lunch

Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/GTRF

Animated map of route: https://www.myrouteapp.com/en/animate/route/13994274

 

This route links two of southern England’s finest landscapes: the sweeping chalk downland of the North Wessex Downs and the honey-coloured limestone villages of the Cotswolds. It begins with the wonderfully open B4507, running beneath the Berkshire Downs with wide views across the Vale of White Horse, before crossing peaceful farmland and the upper Thames Valley to the historic market towns of Faringdon and Bampton.

 

Continuing northwards, the scenery becomes unmistakably Cotswold. Quiet lanes wind through the Evenlode Valley, past ancient villages, dry-stone walls and rolling sheep pasture, before climbing onto the high wolds around Kingham and Moreton-in-Marsh. The final section through Blockley, Broad Campden, Willersey and over the dramatic ascent of Fish Hill offers some of the region’s most enjoyable driving roads.