This is somewhat rough in places until it nears Charlbury, but thereafter follows quiet roads and bridleways on the Villages Transport Network via Stonesfield and Combe to Long Hanborough Station.
Leave High Street and Horsefair and head East on the A44 London Road, but at 1.8 km turn right onto the Salt Way (bridleway). Turn left when this emerges onto the B4026, but when the road bends right you continue straight along the Salt Way, then cross the B4022. You can optionally turn right into Charlbury along the regional route 442 or National cycle route N8, but otherwise continue on the Salt Way until you emerge onto a minor road, and turn right into Stonesfield. Follow through and into Combe, then head along Horns Land and Swan Lane until this bends sharp right, at which point you turn left and follow the bridleway to the A4095 and Long Hanborough Station.
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Just tried this yesterday, from Chipping Norton to Stoneleigh.
A bit of a horror. Tarmac for a few hundred metres then thick deep mud for about a mile. Unless you are a very good off road cyclist and have high mud guards do not attempt this. I ended up pushing most of the way, though it felt more like ploughing because of mud compacting between my tyre and mud guard. Maybe passable in the summer, or in a dry winter but not when there has been some rain. Avoid.
Just tried this yesterday, from Chipping Norton to Stoneleigh.
A bit of a horror. Tarmac for a few hundred metres then thick deep mud for about a mile. Unless you are a very good off road cyclist and have high mud guards do not attempt this. I ended up pushing most of the way, though it felt more like ploughing because of mud compacting between my tyre and mud guard. Maybe passable in the summer, or in a dry winter but not when there has been some rain. Avoid.