Stoke Row Wooded Road – Checkendon Village Sign loop from Shiplake

Stoke Row Wooded Road – Checkendon Village Sign loop from Shiplake

Moderate

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Stoke Row Wooded Road – Checkendon Village Sign loop from Shiplake

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36.2km

340m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Chilterns National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.17 km

Harpsden Wood

Forest

10.7 km

St Paul's Church, Highmoor Cross

Highlight • Religious Site

'Parish church, built as chapel of ease 1859. Designed by Joseph Morris of Reading; built by Robert Owthwaite of Henley-on-Thames. Nave, chancel, single-storey vestry to south.

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12.3 km

Stoke Row Wooded Road

Highlight • Forest

Uphill into Stoke Row through a 'spooky' covered wood.... make sure your bring your lights, even in daytime!

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12.9 km

Maharajah's Well and the Golden Elephant Statue

Highlight • Monument

A gilded elephant stands on top of the cast iron machinery of this unique Victorian well at Stoke Row, Oxfordshire, an amazing gift from an Indian prince.

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13.6 km

St John the Evangelist Church, Stoke Row

Highlight • Historical Site

The Church of St John the Evangelist, Stoke Row, was consecrated on the 19th October 1848.

The building is a beautiful example of simple Victorian architecture. The rectangular floor space …

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15.7 km

Checkendon Village Sign

Highlight • Monument

Standing on a small green near the church of St Peter and St Paul, the double-sided sign depicts a delightful scene of the church and a path through the bluebell woods for which the village is noted.

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16.7 km

Created in 2001 by English sculptor John Buckley after he visited the Nuba peoples in Sudan, this piece featuring two giant skeletons embracing each other is called 'The Nuba Survival'.

Adapted from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buckley_(sculptor)

Also see: atlasobscura.com/places/nuba-survival-sculpture

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18.2 km