St Mary's Church, Culworth – Battle of Edgcote loop from Towcester

South Northamptonshire

Towcester

St Mary's Church, Culworth – Battle of Edgcote loop from Towcester

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St Mary's Church, Culworth – Battle of Edgcote loop from Towcester

02:30

49.6km

420m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 665 m for 54 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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692 m

Bury Mount

Highlight • Historical Site

Nestled behind the main shopping street in Towcester is this unassuming mound of historic earth. Now turned into a small park area with a spiral path to the top you can get views over the rooftops of the town centre.

Bury Mount and Water Meadows park (just a couple of minutes North East by bike), won the restoration category at the Museums and Heritage Awards 2011 beating Westminister Abbey which came second.

The mount is the restored remains of what is thought to be a 12th century motte and bailey fortification. You can find more detailed information here: gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2243.html

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18.9 km

St Mary's Church, Culworth

Highlight • Historical Site

Of all the buildings in Culworth the Church is by far the oldest. Standing in the middle of the village for nearly 1000 years we all have a duty as villagers to maintain and preserve it for future generations, in the same way people from Culworth have always done.

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19.0 km

Culworth War Memorial

Highlight • Monument

The Danvers family held the manor of Culworth from 1643, when Samuel Danvers (1611–1683) was created a baronet. The Danvers Baronetcy became extinct with the death of Sir Michael Danvers, 5th Baronet, in 1776. Marble monuments to the Danvers family inside the church of St. Mary the Virgin were erected in 1790.
The school dates back to 1789 when Merial D’Anvers, the spinster daughter of a local prominent land-owning family, commissioned the building of the original school house which is still in use today.

Culworth Forge on the Green operated for over 500 years before closing a few years ago, to be replaced by Forge2, a gallery exhibiting the work of local artists.

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19.1 km

Forge Coffee

Highlight • Cafe

excellent coffee stop

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19.2 km

David Munford Family Butchers

Highlight • Structure

21.7 km

Battle of Edgcote

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Battle of Edgecote Moor took place 6 miles (9.7 km) north east of Banbury, Oxfordshire, in what is now the civil parish of Chipping Warden and Edgcote, England on 26 July 1469 during the Wars of the Roses. The site of the battle was actually Danes Moor in Northamptonshire, at a crossing of a tributary of the River Cherwell. The battle saw supporters of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, defeat the forces of King Edward IV, leading to the king's capitulation soon afterwards.

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30.0 km

Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

49.6 km

End point

Parking

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