
For a small village, Asthall is rich in history: a former Roman settlement on Akeman Street, which linked Cirencester with St Albans; the village church, dating back to the 12th century, possibly earlier; and the Elizabethan manor house, home to the Mitford sisters - it was here that Nancy Mitford penned much of ‘Love in a Cold Climate’. She is buried in the churchyard at nearby Swinbrook.
There are two downloadable walks that pass through the village:
Villages of the Windrush Valley (pdf 163k)
Windrush Circular Walk 1 (pdf 182k)
There is also the Windrush Valley Cycle Route (pdf 1.64Mb), a waymarked 17 mile cycle route between Witney and Northleach
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