Walks Programme January to April 2010
Although we may break near a pub we cannot guarantee it and they are often busy at lunchtime on Sundays. It is therefore advisable to bring a packed lunch on longer walks.
Please do not park in pub car parks unless you are using the pub, or the walk instructions say you may, in which case the leader will have obtained permission.
During March to October 2010 the Ramblers Berkshire area have planned a programme of walks throughout the county to celebrate the national Ramblers organisation's 75th anniversary. Those in the current period are listed in the programme below, but for full details of all the 75th anniversary walks, download the brochure here.
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Sunday 3rd January: Wargrave to Worley’s Farm & High Knowl Wood, 6 miles. 10.00 from Wargrave recreation ground, off Victoria Road, Wargrave, SU 794786. Leader – Mary Walker 0118 961 8014 / 07833 582902.
Thursday 7th January: High Knowl Wood & Penny’s Lane – farm & woodland plus a couple of hills, 4 miles. 10.30 from north end of Crazies Hill Road by C of E Primary School after roadside parking by school or round corner from The Horns pub, SU 799808. Leader – Ray Sharp 0118 969 2735 / 07761 251217.
Sunday 10th January: The Ridgeway Path along the Thames from Goring to South Stoke then back through farmland & woods, 5 miles. 10.30 from public CP (free on Sundays) behind the Catherine Wheel pub, Goring-on-Thames, SU 600807. Leader – Marcus Stroud 0118 979 0249.
Thursday 14th January: Wick Hill & Longwater Lane, 6.5 miles. 10.00 from CP behind shops by double mini-roundabouts at junction of Finchampstead Rd (B3016) & Nine Mile Ride, south of Wokingham, SU 797647. Leader – Jane Thomas 0118 978 4319.
Sunday 17th January: Gentle climb to overlook the Thames Valley returning along Thames path from Remenham, 6 miles. 10.00 from Mill End CP, Hambleden, SU 785854. Leader – David Riley 01344 777890.
Sunday 17th January: Aldbourne, Sugar Hill & Liddington Castle, 13 miles. 09.00 in St Crispin’s School CP, London Rd, Wokingham RG40 1SR for car share, SU 820686. Bring packed lunch. Leader – Peter Jenkins 07810 295015.
Thursday 21st January: Finchampstead Ridges & Devils Highway, 4 miles. 10.30 from National Trust CP, Simons Wood, off B3348 Wellingtonia Avenue, SU 813636. Leader – Ellen Holmes 0118 934 1084.
Sunday 24th January: Through woods, round a lake & up a hill, 5.5 miles. 10.00 from Simons Wood CP off B3348 Wellingtonia Avenue, SU 813636. Leader – Chris Robson 0118 977 5753 / 07809 430583.
Thursday 28th January: Hawley Lake, Minley, Wyndham’s Pool; mainly heath & woods, 6 miles. 10.30 from the more easterly CP on Yateley Common, SU 839594. Leader – Graham Croucher 0118 978 2866.
Sunday 31st January: Hambleden, Medmenham & the River Thames, 5.5 miles. 10.00 from Hambleden Valley CP, Mill End, SU 785854. Leader – Kath Parker 0118 978 0901 / 07775 694011.
Sunday 31st January: Across the Thames: Hedsor, Flackwell Heath, Warren Wood & returning over Winter Hill, 11 miles. 09.00 in St Crispin’s School CP, London Rd, Wokingham for car share, SU 820686; or 09.30 from National Trust CP at Cookham on B4447, SU 894853 – please phone leader if you are meeting at Cookham. Bring packed lunch. Leader – John Turner 0118 979 8070.
Thursday 4th February: Fawley & Coxlease Farm, hilly Chilterns walk; fine views & exotic animals, 6.75 miles. 10.00 from Middle Assendon after parking in lay-by near Rainbow pub, SU 739858. Leader – Caroline Layton 0118 978 1336.
Sunday 7th February: The Green Lanes of Waltham St Lawrence, 5.5 miles. 10.00 from Waltham St Lawrence Church after parking in the village hall CP or in nearby streets, SU 829769. Leader – Geraldine Heywood 01344 427411.
Thursday 11th February: Touchen-end & Moneyrow Green; lots of horses & gates, 4.5 miles. 10.30 from Holyport Green after parking in lay-bys outside care home or terrace of cottages, SU 891778. Leader – David Moffett 0118 978 0994 / 07932 246232.
Sunday 14th February: Bucklebury Common & the Pang Valley, 5.5 miles. 10.30 from Bucklebury Common parking area, SU 560693. Leader – Ian Murray 07799 112665.
Sunday 14th February: Bowsey Hill, Thames at Hurley & Knowl Hill, 13 miles. 10.00 from entrance to church yard in Waltham St Lawrence after parking in village, SU 829770. Bring packed lunch. Leader – David Wilmott 0118 377 8251.
Thursday 18th February: Return to Rebecca’s Well, 5 miles. 10.30 from Recreation Ground CP, off Victoria Rd, Wargrave, SU 794786. Leader – Graham Fyffe 0118 934 2273.
Sunday 21st February: Hodgedale Park & Prospect Hill, 5 miles. 10.30 from CP in Hurley Village opposite church, SU 825840. Leader – Judith Clark 0118 979 2931.
Thursday 25th February: Chiltern Hills circular –vistas & beech woodlands, 6 miles. 10.30 from CP behind The Stag & Huntsman pub, Hambleden, SU 786866. Leader – Martin Dalton 0118 966 1536.
Sunday 28th February: An afternoon stroll through Windlesham Village, fields & arboretum, 4.5 miles. 13.30 from church off Church Rd, west of Windlesham centre, after parking in lay-by in front of church or streets nearby, SU 930637. Leader – Cathy O’Neill 0118 961 9024 / 07940 801261.
Sunday 28th February: Wargrave, Warren Row, Thames Path, Hambledon Lock, Remenham Hill, Crazies Hill & back, 15 miles. 09.30 from School Lane CP, Wargrave (behind the Greyhound pub), SU 786786. Bring packed lunch. Leader – David Hollobon 0118 978 5368 / 07798 633444.
Thursday 4th March: Basingstoke Canal & Tundry Pond, 5.5 miles. 10.30 from Barley Mow Bridge CP (Winchfield), opposite the pub, SU 778538. Leader – Christiane Eden 01344 762658 / 07896 170542.
Sunday 7th March: East & south of Hambleden as far as Killdown Bank, 5 miles. 10.30 from public CP behind Stag & Huntsman pub, Hambleden, SU 784865. Leader – Vlad Peksa 0118 969 4819 / 07778 852870.
Sunday 7th March: Pullingshill Wood (nr. Medmenham), Rotten Row, Pheasant’s Hill & Bovingdon Hill, 12 miles. 09.15 in Woodley Library CP for car share, SU 762732. Bring packed lunch. Please ring leader if wish to meet at start of walk. Leader – Richard Kenton 01276 37313 / 0118 978 0901.
Thursday 11th March: Chill Hill & Jouldings Farm, including glimpses of the Blackwater River, 5 miles. 10.30 from the entrance to King George’s Field, Castle Rd, Farley Hill after roadside parking nearby, SU 752644. Leaders – Silvia & Ricardo Sussmann 0118 976 1737 / 07846 434861.
Loddon Valley are leading the first of 16 walks throughout Beautiful Berkshire during 2010 to celebrate Ramblers’ 75th Anniversary:
Sunday 14th March: The Kennet Canal & River Thames plus historic Reading, 5 miles. 10.30 from the large CP of the Rivermead Leisure Complex, Richfield Avenue, Reading, SU 706746. Leader – Janet Readings 0118 978 1093 / 07968 080139.
Thursday 18th March: Rotherfield Peppard, Shepherds Green & Satwell, including beech woods, 5 miles. 10.30 from Rotherfield Peppard, west of Henley after parking in slip road on west side of A481 near Red Lion pub, SU 709819. Leaders – Barbara Curtis & Gwen McGregor 0118 940 3158.
Sunday 21st March: Hollowshot Lane & Hannington Village, 6.5 miles. 10.00 from free public CP off Swan St, Kingsclere, SU 525586. Leaders – Graham Smith & Karen Durie 0118 973 0540 / 07966 002016.
Thursday 25th March: Hurley, past the old Grassland Research unit & Berks College of Agriculture, returning along the Thames, 5 miles. 10.30 from CP in Hurley Village opposite the church, SU 825840. Leader – Sylvia Paton 01628 485627.
Sunday 28th March: Ramblers 75th Anniversary walk – Stanford Dingley & the River Pang, 5 miles. 10.30 from Black Barn, Rushall Manor Farm, SU 583723. Leader –Pang Valley Ramblers
.Sunday 28th March: Great & Little Bedwyn, Shalbourne, Savernake Forest & Wilton returning via the Kennet & Avon Canal, Wilton Windmill & Crofton pumping station, 13 miles. 09.15 in St Crispin’s School CP, London Rd, Wokingham for car share, SU 820686; or 10.30 at Great Bedwyn Wharf, SU 281644. Bring packed lunch. Leaders – Pat & Daphne Perridge 0118 989 3860 / 07785 331375.
Thursday 1st April: South Bracknell & the Crown Estate; flat with no stiles nor gates, 4 miles. 10.00 from South Hill CP, Bracknell, SU 870668. Leader – Evie Turkington from her push chair, the youngest leader ever for LVR (perhaps aided slightly by Mum Liz!) 07979 497688.
Sunday 4th April: Two East Berkshire villages, a woodland path & a panoramic view from Prospect Hill, 5 miles. 10.30 from CP next to Birchetts Green Primary School, SU 838812. Leader – Marianne Murray 0118 979 1842.
Thursday 8th April: Swinley Forest, Mill Pond & Rapley Lake Nature trail, 5 miles. 10.30 from The Lookout (Discovery Centre) CP, off Nine Mile Ride, B3430; meet at far right hand (north west) end of CP, SU 877661. Leader – John Ginty 01344 772267 / 07754 869152.
Sunday 11th April: Baughurst & Ashford Hill Meadows, 5 miles. 10.30 from Heath End village hall CP, Baughurst (near Tadley), SU 581621. Leader – David Turner 0118 978 4364 / 07899 938397.
Sunday 11th April: Donnington Castle & Lambourn Valley Way, 11 miles. 09.15 in Woodley Library CP for car share, SU 762733; or 10.00 at start of walk but please ring leader for location if not car sharing. Bring packed lunch. Leaders – Derek & Jenny smith 0118 978 5447 / 07816 037164.
Thursday 15th April: Rassler, Davenport, Homefield & Widefield Woods – a spring walk in Chiltern bluebell woods, 6 miles. 10.00 in the ex RAF estate, Danesfield, Medmenham after parking along Thames Reach Rd, SU 820850 (post code SL7 2SF). Leader – Roger Avent 07774 230784.
Sunday 18th April: A Thames Path walk, 5 miles. 10.30 from Pangbourne Meadow CP near the toll bridge, SU 637767. Leaders – John & Jenny Wager 0118 932 0127.
Thursday 22nd April: The countryside around Holyport, 4.5 miles. 10.30 from the war memorial on Holyport Green after careful roadside parking nearby, SU 892778. Leader – Eddie Donlan 0118 901 7841 / 07791 149380.
Sunday 25th April: Henley, Remenham Court & Aston, 5.5 miles. 10.30 from Henley Town Hall steps after parking in town centre CPs, SU 759826. Leader – Gordon Scott 0118 978 8775.
Sunday 25th April: Yew Down, West Ilsley & Sheep Down Gallops, 12 miles. 09.00 in St Crispin’s School CP, London Rd, Wokingham for car share, SU 820686; or 09.45 at public CP, 3 miles south of Wantage, near Yew Down, just off B4494 on a track called Bitham Rd, SU 418841. Please ring leader if meeting at Yew Down. Bring packed lunch. Leader – John Ginty 01344 772267 / 07754 869152.
Thursday 29th April: The Coombes & Barkham, 5 miles. 10.00 in Coombes Lane, off Bearwood Road, Barkham, SU 783678, after careful parking in the Lane – car sharing recommended. Leader – Stephen Smith 07776 148720.