Appleton to Longworth Road – Cumnor Village loop from Didcot Parkway

Appleton to Longworth Road – Cumnor Village loop from Didcot Parkway

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Appleton to Longworth Road – Cumnor Village loop from Didcot Parkway

02:21

58.8km

170m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 28, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 47.3 km for 68 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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22.1 km

St Peter's Church, Charney Bassett

Highlight • Settlement

A lovely little village with some green areas next to the church, which is great to take a break.

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27.7 km

Appleton to Longworth Road

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Very low traffic and good pavement

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34.6 km

Appleton–Eaton Straight

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Dead straight 1km blast from Appleton to Eaton

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37.3 km

Cumnor Village

Highlight • Settlement

A lovely village. To the west you will find smooth roads and flat terrain, while the north will lead to the cotswolds.

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42.4 km

Dragon Treehouse on Fox Lane

Highlight • Structure

Big ol’ roadside dragon. If you stop you’ll see some emu(s?) and alpacas!

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47.3 km

Abingdon County Hall has dominated the Market Place, in the heart of Abingdon, since the late 17th century.

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Constructed between 1678 and 1682, the old town hall has the typical combination for the period of a market space sheltering under a courtroom. Examples of this type of building that are earlier in date survive elsewhere as timber-framed free-standing town halls.

Abingdon gains architectural distinction, however, from being built in Oxfordshire limestone; it is a monumental presence despite its compact site.

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Sir Christopher Wren is the most celebrated architect of this period working in this idiom, and in the 1670s he was busy on the designs for rebuilding St Paul’s Cathedral. It has been suggested that Abingdon County Hall was one of his designs, and it was certainly constructed by two men he respected and worked with closely: Christopher Kempster, master mason, and John Scarborough, clerk of works.

Cit. english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/abingdon-county-hall-museum/history

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47.4 km

St Nicolas' Church, Abingdon

Highlight • Other

The Church of Saint Nicolas is a Church of England parish church in Abingdon in the English county of Oxfordshire (formerly within Berkshire).

The church was added to the gateway of the already-existing Benedictine Abbey of Saint Mary around the year 1170, although the oldest remaining piece is reportedly from 1180.
While the monks used the abbey church, St Nicolas's was built for their lay servants and tenants.

The Normans propagated the cult of Saint Nicholas and many English churches are named after him.

The earliest documentary evidence of this church's existence is in a ruling about tithes in 1177 by Pope Alexander III. Saint Edmund of Abingdon worshipped there as a child and his mother was initially buried there. From its early years, there is evidence that a school used a room in St Nicolas which has links with the founding of Abingdon School.
A tower was added and the chancel rebuilt in the 15th century.

Cit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nicolas_Church,_Abingdon

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58.8 km

End point

Train Station

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