Otmoor and the wetlands
Keep the church on the right and walk through the village of Charlton-on-Otmoor. Pass Blacksmiths Lane on your right and continue on High Street out of the village. Follow the lane between hedgerows and fields. Soon you reach the sign for Oddington. When the road bends right, branch off to the left by the bus shelter and turn left just past the telephone box on to a track.
Take the track out of the village, crossing a concrete bridge after a short walk. At the next junction, just beyond it, avoid the galvanised gates ahead, and follow the parallel bridleway to the left, cutting between ditches and hedges. (It can be very wet during the winter months so it may be best to take the parallel bridleway through the gates and later join the bridleway when you reach Otmoor RSPB Reserve.) Eventually, pass a stile on the left, leading to a linking path which provides an alternative route to the wetlands of Otmoor. The tower of Charlton-on-Otmoor church can be seen at intervals along the track. Continue over a wooden bridge (after which the alternative parallel path joins from the right), to the signs for Otmoor’s military firing range where you will be detoured if the barrier is down. Keep ahead until you reach gates on the left and right.
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