Birmingham Ramblers Sunday Coach walk on 21 August 2022

Sun Aug 21 2022 at 09:00 am to 11:30 pm

Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire Cotswolds | Birmingham

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Birmingham Ramblers Sunday Coach walk on 21 August 2022
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This is the booking form for the Birmingham Ramblers Rollright Stones Sunday walk on 21 August 2022
About this Event

Our Sunday rambles usually have three levels of walk, strenuous (A), moderate (B) or leisurely (C), led by Birmingham Ramblers group leaders. Join us and enjoy a great day of social walking with our friendly members.

Please note: Our walks are often on rough tracks and rights of way through fields, woodland and hills. Walkers should preferably wear walking boots and other clothing suitable for the weather. Unless otherwise described, please bring a packed lunch and refreshments for the day.

This Sunday walk has 3 levels of walk:

  • A Walk: 12 miles with a modest ascent 950 ft (383 metres)
  • B Walk: 10 miles
  • C Walk: 8 miles with 950ft ascent

Walk leaders:

  • A Walk: Brenda Cameron
  • B Walk: Nigel Bradley
  • C Walk: Jane Collins and Alan Keener

Walk details:

  • A Walk: The walk starts at the small village of Little Compton and proceeds clockwise across rolling country to reach Rollright Stones. The Rollright Stones are a group of three ancient stone monuments constructed from local oolitic limestone, known as the King's Men, the Whispering Knights and the King Stone, built at different times between 6000 and 4000 years ago and used for ritual pagan behaviour. After looking at the Stones, the route is through the attractive hamlet of Little Rollright and ascends to higher ground to follow part of the MacMillan Way across very open countryside with good views. For the last section of the walk we follow routes around Chastleton Hill and the village of Chastleton before returning to where we started the walk at Little Compton. Picnic lunch.
  • B Walk: Starting from the A44 layby at Little Compton, the walk heads south to Chastleton, where we can admire the impressive front of Chastleton House (completed 1612). We then head northeast on elevated lanes and tracks with broad views, to Little Rollright, and onward to Rollright Stones, where a picnic lunch will be taken. Heading north downhill to The Hollows, we enjoy views over Long Compton, before turning west past The Neakings, and so back to Little Compton. It is expected there will be time for a relaxing drink at The Red Lion, before returning to the coach.
  • C Walk: The C walk starts in Little Compton and heads towards pretty Little Rollright hamlet and on to the ancient stone monuments the Rollright Stones as described for the A walk. We will have plenty of time to look at the 3 monuments before we head towards the village of Little Compton and the layby at the start of the walk.

There are a limited number of total places for the walks, which is set by the capacity of the coach. Whilst we hope that everyone will be able to be accommodated on their walk of choice, the allocation of places for each walk will have to be done on the day. No-one will be expected to walk at a higher grade than they prefer - thus, for example, if you prefer the B walk you will not be asked to join the A walk but may be asked to join the C walk. The booking form allows you to specify your preferred walk.

It will only be possible to join the walk by coach, which will be picking up at 09.00 at the layby at the side of St. Chad’s Cathedral, Queensway, Birmingham B4 6EU. The coach fare will be £15 with 3 options for payment:

  • Cash on the day in an envelope with your name and the date of the walk. We are unable to give change for cash payments
  • Cheque on the day, made payable to COBRA
  • Bank transfer in advance of the walk

For payment by bank transfer the walk coordinator will contact you about a week in advance of the walk with bank details. For payments on the day, please ensure that these are placed in the payment box on the coach before the departure; this means that there will be no close personal contact nor any handling of the money when making the payment.

Note that you cannot pay the coach fare through our Eventbrite account. Your booking for the walk will still show £0.00 but you do have to pay the coach £15 fare on or before the day of the walk.

Bookings for this walk will close at 06.00 on Monday 15 August 2022

General Information

This is one of several walks and activities offered by the Birmingham Ramblers. If you have found this page through a web search or other means and would like to find out more about the group then please visit the Birmingham Ramblers web site; new members are always welcome.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire Cotswolds, Coach pickup at the layby at the side of St. Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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