We are the North West Wiltshire Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
BOOKING FOR THIS WALK IS REQUIRED.
If you are a Ramblers member, please bring your membership card. You MUST text or ring the leader to BOOK a place. You should not join the walk unless you have received a verbal CONFIRMATION or a TEXT.
We take the Wysis way into the Frome Valley and follow the disused Thames and Severn canal to the outskirts of Oakridge and continue on to Bisley. This is where the Princess Elizabeth was sent by Henry VIII to escape the diseases of London. There are interesting stories to tell about what happened in Bisley at Overcourt House. Come on the walk to find out more. When we have completed the “history lesson” in Bisley we turn off the Wysis way and head for Waterlane and Tunley before looping back into Sapperton. We can expect some soft ground at this time of year and a few stiles but on the whole a straightforward varied and interesting walk. Please bring your lunch.
Contact walk leader Rod to reserve your place on this walk and to tell him if you are going direct or require car share. For those members who are happy to car share, we meet first at the Bath Road car park in Chippenham. (“Pay and Display”). Lifts are suggested at £5.00.
We park up and meet at 09:45am outside St Kenelms’s church in Church Lane, Sapperton to start the walk from here at 10:00am. GL7 6LG, Google search code “PWHF+P2 Cirencester” Please park thoughtfully. OS Explore 168.
