Club Resources
Club maps and equipment are available for club members to borrow, please complete the form at the bottom of this page.
| Explorer OS Maps | 157 Marlborough & Savernake Forest |
| 169 Cirencester & Swindon | |
| 170 Abingdon, Wantage & The Vale of White Horse | |
| OL45 The Cotswolds | |
| 191 Banbury, Bicester & Chipping Norton | |
| Equipment | 2 Map Cases & 2 Magnetic Compasses |
| Harvey’s Map of the whole Ridgeway Path | (1999). Scale 1:40,000. On tough waxed paper |
| 11 Half-Day Walks in NE W | 4.5 to 5 miles. Booklet with sketch maps and directions. |
| 20 Walks Around Swindon | 2 to 7.5 miles. Booklet with sketch maps and directions |
| 21 Walks on the Berkshire/Wilts Borders | Most around 6 miles. A laminated card for each walk. Area covers Aldbourne, Bedwyns, Kintbury, Lambourn. |
| Fifteen Walks around Highworth | Booklet, Walks 2-5 miles |
| Fifty Walks in Wiltshire | AA book. (2002). Walks 3-9 miles. The Cotswolds. An AA Guide to walks, tours and places. Includes 10 walks, 3-5 miles, with OS maps |
| Walks Along the Thames Path | (2001). Between Thames Head & Greenwich, book of 25 circular walks, lengths 3-9 miles. About 8 are within range of Swindon |
| Waterside Walks in Wiltshire | Book of 20 circular routes between 2-9 miles. Along rivers & canals, over the whole county |
| 12 Walks Around Marlborough | Booklet of circular walks, lengths 3-9 miles |
| 9 Downland Walks between Swindon & Marlborough | Lengths between 3-7 miles |
| Four Circular walks around Buscot | 2-3 miles but might be joined up |
| Cotswold Water Park | Leisure Map – covers S.Cerney/Ashton Keynes lakes area & Lechlade and Fairford. Walks Guide – 6 walks with maps, between 1 and 10 miles |
| Map Reading Skills – (Pathfinder Guides, 2018) | Introduction to map reading, including understanding directions like ‘north’, contour lines, using Ordnance Survey maps, understanding National Grid references like SP123456. |
————————————————————————————————————————————————————
| Recommended Research Website Links | |
| On-Line Map Reading Guides | Ordnance Survey Guides– a free series of written guides and videos on understanding and using maps. |
| Walks Websites: If you’re interested in walks near a certain town or village X, Internet searching for ‘Walks around X’ often produces results | Fancyfreewalks.org – walks in the SE of England, all lengths but many between 5-9 miles, with the sections ‘Wilts and Berkshire’ and ‘Hampshire’ within the Club’s range. Good descriptions. WalkingBritain.co.uk – ranges of walks, which can be searched by county. Detailed instructions but you only get rough sketch maps of the route however. |
| Walkinginengland.co.uk/wiltshire/swindon – a wide selection of walks between 1 and 14 miles | |
| Nationaltrail-ridgeway-circular-and-linear-walks – a selection of short Ridgeway circular and linear walks. | |
| Webwalk – Free walking routes with maps in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Exmoor, Bath & NE Somerset. | |
| North Wessex Downs – Scroll down to: “North Wessex Downs Walks Leaflets” to find 15 walks in our region |
[contact-form-7 id=”1195″ title=”Resourses enquiry”]