Home : Local Walks : - Amazing Abingdon
Enter a new term with a quiet winter walk in the footsteps of Oxford’s first archbishop of Canterbury, Saint Edmund of Abingdon. Cross the Christ Church Meadows and follow the river Thames, slowly winding through the meadows towards London. Pass the formidable ruins of the Benedictine Abingdon Abbey overseeing the river, and complete your journey in Abingdon, St Edmund’s birthplace.
| Meet: | In front of Trinity College, Broad Street |
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| Time: | 11 am |
| Return: | Abingdon, return to Oxford around 5 pm |
| Distance: | 16 km/ short |
| Fare: | Bus, approx. £3 |
| Lunch: | Packed |
| Leader: | Simon () |
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