Shillingford Bridge – Wallingford Bridge loop from Ewelme
Shillingford Bridge – Wallingford Bridge loop from Ewelme
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Shillingford Bridge – Wallingford Bridge loop from Ewelme
01:57
48.2km
230m
Road cycling
Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 26, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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8.47 km
Shillingford Bridge
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22.2 km
St Nicolas' Church, Abingdon
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The church was added to the gateway of the already-existing Benedictine Abbey of Saint Mary around the year 1170, although the oldest remaining piece is reportedly from 1180.
While the monks used the abbey church, St Nicolas's was built for their lay servants and tenants.
The Normans propagated the cult of Saint Nicholas and many English churches are named after him.
The earliest documentary evidence of this church's existence is in a ruling about tithes in 1177 by Pope Alexander III. Saint Edmund of Abingdon worshipped there as a child and his mother was initially buried there. From its early years, there is evidence that a school used a room in St Nicolas which has links with the founding of Abingdon School.
A tower was added and the chancel rebuilt in the 15th century.
Cit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nicolas_Church,_Abingdon
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22.3 km
Abingdon County Hall Museum
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Constructed between 1678 and 1682, the old town hall has the typical combination for the period of a market space sheltering under a courtroom. Examples of this type of building that are earlier in date survive elsewhere as timber-framed free-standing town halls.
Abingdon gains architectural distinction, however, from being built in Oxfordshire limestone; it is a monumental presence despite its compact site.
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Sir Christopher Wren is the most celebrated architect of this period working in this idiom, and in the 1670s he was busy on the designs for rebuilding St Paul’s Cathedral. It has been suggested that Abingdon County Hall was one of his designs, and it was certainly constructed by two men he respected and worked with closely: Christopher Kempster, master mason, and John Scarborough, clerk of works.
Cit. english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/abingdon-county-hall-museum/history
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38.4 km
View of the Countryside
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42.1 km
Wallingford Town Walls
Archaeological Site
42.6 km
Old Post Office
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43.0 km
Wallingford Bridge
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48.2 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
31.1 km
10.2 km
6.49 km
141 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
47.0 km
863 m
141 m
< 100 m
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