Cowleaze Wood car park – Icknield Way Trail loop from Aston Rowant Nature Reserve

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Cowleaze Wood car park – Icknield Way Trail loop from Aston Rowant Nature Reserve

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Cowleaze Wood car park – Icknield Way Trail loop from Aston Rowant Nature Reserve

02:01

7.17km

140m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

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Chilterns National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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24 m

Cowleaze Wood car park

Highlight • Forest

Nice big car park but get full quickly on weekends

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757 m

Shirburn Hill Chalk Grassland

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Shirburn Hill is a large area of chalk grassland on the Chiltern escarpment, which help to gives the scarp its distinctive appearance. As well as chalk grassland, there are also …

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1.47 km

Station Road to Shirburn Hill Path

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Very lovely footpath that mostly follows the edge of the wood. Has good views out across the valley opposite.

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2.83 km

The Pyton Hotel

Highlight • Structure

Nice place for cat lovers

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3.25 km

Icknield Way Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Be stealth in this area and you more likely to see the 🦌

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5.88 km

Old Cricketground Plantation

Forest

6.25 km

Grassy Field in Chilterns National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

Nice short hike but keep your dog on a leash as you will walk among livestock.

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6.83 km

Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

Beautiful place, good fitness level required

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7.06 km

Sunrise View with Moon in Chilterns National Landscape

Highlight • Natural Monument

Amazing sunrise with full Moon visible

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7.17 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.10 km

1.42 km

442 m

179 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.00 km

963 m

479 m

472 m

261 m

Elevation

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Wednesday 4 November

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12 %

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Cowleaze Wood car park – Icknield Way Trail loop from Aston Rowant Nature Reserve

Cowleaze Wood car park

Shirburn Hill Chalk Grassland

Station Road to Shirburn Hill Path

The Pyton Hotel

Icknield Way Trail

Grassy Field in Chilterns National Landscape

Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve

Sunrise View with Moon in Chilterns National Landscape

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