You can choose between two tours:
Both tours have a 5-hour duration covering just over 54 miles.
Both depart from Moreton-in-Marsh and conclude at Great Tew.
Departs from Moreton-in-Marsh @ 9am
Exploring Batsford, Blockley, Chipping Campden, Snowshill, Long Compton, Great Rollright, Hook Norton, Great Tew
Duration: 5 hours (approx.) Distance of 54 miles.
Departs from:
The Swan Inn, High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0LL.
Concludes at:
The Falkland Arms, Great Tew, OX7 4DB
Winston Churchill goes ballistic about a genius hero of D-Day
World-famous Overlord Embroidery was conceived in Batsford
Little Compton hideaway for a traitor king and his American lover
Hollywood makes July snowfall in Snowshill
Sinister Nazi friends of British Royals
Vladimir Putin’s gratitude to the “best spy we ever had”, Great Rollright
‘Blood and Guts’ Patton’s secret visit to Blockley, 1944
U.S. 6th Armored Division, Operation Overlord training, Moreton-in-Marsh
Chastleton House, scene of a great escape
Chipping Campden’s Market Hall
Americans heading for Utah Beach from Moreton-in-Marsh
Hook Norton Brewery dray horses still haul beer
Hero soldiers of the Red Ball Express
Hagrid and Harry Potter’s motorbike and sidecar at Northwick Park
Oppenheimer’s deadly stolen secret, Great Rollright
Durham Light Infantry, ‘Dirty Little Imps’, from Long Compton into blitzkrieg
Mystery crash of Flying Fortress at Great Rollright
We visit Batsford, where the world-famous Overlord Embroidery was conceived. Once home to Hitler’s British girlfriend and where General ‘Blood and Guts’ Patton paid a secret, surprise visit in 1944. Then to beautiful Chipping Campden and the home of an unsung hero genius of D-Day.
We’ll visit Little Compton, the weekend getaway of an English traitor king and his American lover. You’ll explore Great Rollright, where Oppenheimer’s deadly secret was stolen and rewarded by Vladimir Putin. We go shopping in Hook Norton for fantastic Cotswold gifts and souvenirs. Then onto the inclusive lunch at the Falkland Arms, Great Tew.
We promise an unforgettable day out for all the family
Departs from Moreton-in-Marsh @ 12.30pm
Exploring Moreton-in-Marsh, Stow-on-the-Wold, The Slaughters, Wyck Rissington, Adlestrop, Rollright Stones, Chipping Norton, Great Tew
Duration: 5 hours (approx.). Distance of 54 miles.
Departs from:
The Swan Inn, High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0LL.
Concludes at:
The Falkland Arms, Great Tew, OX7 4DB
A Royal bus stop
Remember Adlestrop
Anglo-Saxon pond in Wyck Rissington
Battle of Agincourt hero’s tomb, Icomb
Lift-off for Rocket Man Elton John in Moreton-in-Marsh
Execution of King Charles set in motion after the Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold
Genesis of QI, Falkland Arms, Great Tew
Forgotten massacre, Wereth Eleven, Over Norton to Belgium 1944
The Fosse Way, once the frontier of the Roman Empire
Upper Slaughter, once home to U.S. 6th Armored medics
Doors of Durin, Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Stow-on-the-Wold
Punishment by stocks is still legal in Moreton-in-Marsh
Secret lost paradise, Donnington
Spitfire legacy, Lower Slaughter
Rollright Stones Saxon lady
Upper Slaughter bombed by the Luftwaffe
Where the Battle of Waterloo was won
Beginning in Moreton-in-Marsh, where Rocket Man Elton John achieved lift-off. We travel down the Fosse Way, once the frontier of the Roman Empire. We explore the world of JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings in Stow-on-the-Wold and where the execution of King Charles was set in motion.
We’ll visit the Slaughters and learn important facts omitted from guidebooks. There's a literary tragedy in the famous village of Adlestrop, which was also the holiday retreat of Jane Austen. Then there's a hero of the Battle of Agincourt and the gory story of Tom, Dick and Harry, all in the tiny village of Icomb.
We then invite you for your free dinner in the once ‘lost’ village of Great Tew, Oxfordshire.
Our tours include:
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