Getting There
Sat Nav: RG17 7DS
Leave the M4 at Junction 14 and take the A338, Eastbound 1st exit, Westbound 3rd exit, signed Wantage.
Stay on the A338 as far as Great Shefford and park in the Swan Inn car park on the right hand side, just before a bridge.
If you are not planning to use the facilities at the Swan, you may find some on-street parking in the village over the bridge.
Return to M4 Junction 14
Turn left out of the car park, and continue on this road (A338) to rejoin the motorway.
The Swan Inn, Great Shefford
Length of walk: 40-50 minutes
Leave the car park and cross the road to bear right into Church Street. Walk up to the church, turning right onto the gravel approach to St Mary's. Follow the track round to the right passing the churchyard, and over the river to turn left before an abandoned building. Walk on the clear wide track along the right side of the River Lambourn as far as a farm track. Turn left onto the track and walk down to turn left at the first yellow public footpath arrow. Cross the field, heading for a stile in the corner by a mock Tudor house. Climb the stile and walk with a garden fence to your right and then across the next field towards the church. Follow the path parallel to the churchyard to a kissing gate, which brings you back onto the gravel track where you started the walk. Turn right, and then walk down Church Street to return to the Swan Inn.
Facilities
At the Swan Inn. Well-behaved dogs are welcome in the public bar and the riverside terrace (which is covered). Dog water provided. We arrived here as lunch was being prepared, and the smell of the food was wonderful.