Ashton Keynes to The Thames Source

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• Step 1: Due to minimal public transport we parked near the source, in Coates, before getting a taxi to Ashton Keynes. We started walking at the White Hart. There’s a shop in the village if needed but no loos. The pub opens at noon.

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  Step 2: The river runs along the high street, head away from the village centre with the river in your left and the White Hart on the right.

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  Step 3: At the corner a bridge crosses the river, at the time it was very shallow. Take a left turn here down Church Walk.

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  Step 4: There is deeper water in this section. A bridge crosses here and up ahead by the wall. The water passes under the garden.

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  Step 5: Continue with the river to your right into the passageway. The riverbed was completely dry in early autumn.

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  Step 6: The path is wooded, shaded by the trees in the first half of the walk.

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