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Bedwyn Footpaths Group


Group walk: Little Bedwyn, Burridge Heath
Join us on Thursday 19th March for a four mile walk through Little Bedwyn along the towpath.
Feb 24


Group walk: Chisbury Wood
Join us on Sunday 15th February for a short three mile walk above Bedwyn through fields and tracks to the north-west of the village.
Jan 23


Group walk: Bedwyn Common and St Katharine's Church
Thursday 15th January 2026. 2.5 miles Date: Thursday 15th January 2026 Time: 10:00 am – 11:45 am Location: St Katharine’s Church, Savernake This walk route follows footpaths and tracks around the common through tall oaks and conifers. If walking this route in June keep an eye out for the foxgloves appearing through the undergrowth on the section to the NE of the Bedwyn Road. Despite the heavy rain forecast for our January walk there was only a little drizzle and 14 walkers
Jan 6


Group walk: A Christmas Walk and Social
Sunday 21 st December 2025. 1.75 miles Date: Sunday 21 st December 2025 Time: 10.00 am – 12.30 pm Location: Great Bedwyn Village Hall, Frog Lane SN8 3PD Our leisurely short Sunday morning walk was attended by a record group of 30 walkers, including children and dogs, and others walking with our group for the first time. It was chilly but dry for our walk southeast of the canal and railway. From the village hall we walked along Galley Lane to Jockey Green. Then over the ro
Nov 25, 2025


Group walk: The Holloway & Wilton Brail
Thursday 13 th November 2025. 3.75 miles Date: :Thursday 13 th November 2025 Time: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm Location: The Chains, opposite The Londis, High St, Gt Bedwyn. SN8 3NU. After a short distance along the towpath this route heads uphill along a sunken ancient tree-lined path before it emerges into fields. After walking around field edges and across fields it leads through accessible kissing gates to the Roman road. It’s a short walk along the chalky surface of the Roma
Oct 23, 2025


Group walk: The Canal, Bloxham, Hatchet Lane
Sunday 19 th October 2025 4 miles Date: : Sunday 19 th October Time: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm Location: Bedwyn Wharf, Brook St, SN8 3PB This leisurely 4 mile route leaves the wharf along the towpath, passing under bridge 99, a John Rennie designed skew bridge built in 1807. There’s an information board on the top of the bridge explaining the bridge’s significance. For reasons which will become obvious from the bridge, it is now known locally as ‘The Bridge to nowhere’. At Crof
Oct 2, 2025


Get Wiltshire Walking Challenge comes to Bedwyn.
Date: August 2025 Get Wiltshire Walking is an initiative offering free short weekly walks across 20 locations in the county, all guided...
Aug 31, 2025


Group Walk: Sheepdrove Organics Farm, Lambourn Downs
Thursday 18 th September 2025, 4.5 miles Date: : Thursday 18 th September Time: 10.00 am – 12.30 pm Location: Public parking available...
Aug 21, 2025


Group Walk: Savernake Oaks.
Sunday 17th August 2025, 4.75 miles Date: : Sunday 17th August Time: 10.00 am – 12.30 pm Location: Postern Hill Car Park, Savernake. SN8...
Aug 10, 2025


Group Walk: Faccombe village circular pub walk
Thursday 17th July 2025, 3.5 miles Date: : Thursday 17th July Time: 10.30 am – 12.30 pm Location: The Jack Russell Inn, Faccombe, SP11...
Jun 27, 2025


Group Walk: Sun 22nd June 2025 Bedwyn Brail and Webb’s Gully
Sunday 22nd June, 3.75 miles Date: : Sunday, 22nd June Time: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm Location: Bedwyn Wharf, Brook St, SN8 3PB Eight of the...
May 29, 2025


Group Walk: Thursday 15th May 2025, Bedwyn and Wilton Brails
Thursday 15th May, 3.75 miles Date: : Thursday 15th May Time: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm Location: Bedwyn Wharf, Brook St, SN8 3PB Our route...
Apr 24, 2025


Bedwyn Footpaths Group turns 10!
Date: January 2025 The 10th anniversary of Bedwyn Footpaths Group was celebrated by over 40 members at The Three Tuns. We enjoyed a...
Feb 25, 2025


Group walk: Sunday 13th April 2025 Burridge Heath, Little Bedwyn
Sunday 13th April, 4.5 miles Date: : Sunday 13th April Time: 10.00 am – 12.30 pm Location: Bedwyn village hall, Frog Lane, SN8 3PB A 5...
Feb 25, 2025


Group walk: Froxfield paths. Thursday 20th March 2025
Thursday 20th March, 4.25 miles Date: : Thursday 20th March Time: 10.00 am – 12.30 pm Location: The Pelican Inn, Froxfield. SN8 3JY This...
Feb 25, 2025


Group walk: Wilton Brail, Holloway, Canal. Sunday 23rd February 2025
Wilton Brail, Holloway, Canal, 4.25 miles Date: : Sunday 23rd February Time: 10.00 am – 12.15 pm Location: The Chains, Great Bedwyn (the...
Jan 21, 2025


Group walk: Bedwyn Circular. Sunday 19th January 2025
Bedwyn Circular 4 miles Date: : Sunday 19th January Time: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm Location: The Chains, Great Bedwyn (the island opposite The...
Jan 6, 2025


Group walk: Canal, Hatchet Lane & Shawgrove Copse. Sunday 22nd December 2024
Canal, Hatchet Lane, Shawgrove Copse. 2.5 miles Date: : Sunday 22nd December Time: 10.00 am – 11.15 pm Location: The Chains, Great Bedwyn...
Nov 28, 2024


Countryside Access Improvement Plan 2025-2035 Engagement survey
Wiltshire Council’s rights of way team have opened a survey to inform the next Countryside Access Improvement Plan due in 2025. They...
Nov 1, 2024


Group Walk St Katharine's, Tottenham Park, Savernake. Thursday 14th November
St Katharine’s, Tottenham Park, Savernake. 4.25 miles. Date: : Thursday 14th November Time: 10.00 am – 12.30 pm Location: St Katherine's...
Nov 1, 2024
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