Walk 53 : Overton to Whitchurch

An easy walk down the Test valley which passes many interesting mills, old and new.

Length	Main Walk: 17 km (10.6 miles). Four hours 15 minutes walking time. For the whole excursion including trains, sights and meals, allow at least 9 hours 30 minutes. Circular Walk (from Whitchurch): 14½ km (9.0 miles). Three hours 40 minutes walking time.
OS Map	Explorer 144. Overton, map reference SU518508, is in Hampshire, 12 km W of Basingstoke.
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Toughness	2 out of 10.
Features	These walks are along the upper reaches of the River Test, a world-famous trout stream. The Main Walk includes a gentle climb up to an ancient trackway which runs along a low ridge on the undulating North Wessex Downs. Both walks have some optional loops and short cuts which allow you to vary their length and perhaps spend more time sightseeing in the area. The clear, iron-free water of the river is ideal for several industries, including silk-making. Overton's silk mill failed, but Whitchurch Silk Mill is still operating and can be visited near the end of the walk. Admission (2009) is £4; if you Gift Aid this, you are given free entry for a year. An even more prominent local industry is paper-making. The industry was started in 1712 by Henri Portal, a Huguenot refugee who brought over the secret of watermarking paper. The business was so successful that he was soon able to transfer production from Bere Mill to the much larger Laverstoke Mill, a short distance upstream. Success was assured when the Portals won the contract to supply watermarked banknote paper to the Bank of England in 1727. The contract has continued to this day, although production is now at De La Rue's modern Overton Mill, alongside Overton Station. Many of the churches in the area look solidly Victorian, including All Hallows Church in Whitchurch, but this one dates from the 13thC and has many interesting features. The most unusual church passed on the walk is St Nicholas in Freefolk, which contains an elaborate Jacobean monument to a Shakespearian-looking gent, Sir Richard Powlett. About 6 km to the north of the walk route is Watership Down, a prominent hill made famous by Richard Adams' celebrated 1972 novel about a group of rabbits who undertake a perilous journey to the Down. The author still lives in the area. You can expect to see brown trout at any of the river bridges along this walk, particularly in Whitchurch. The bridge by the Silk Mill is a fascinating place to watch large numbers of these agile fish competing – very successfully – with the ducks for scraps of food from passers-by.
Shortening the Walk	In Freefolk and Laverstoke you can catch Stagecoach bus 76/86, which runs regularly along the B3400 between Whitchurch and Basingstoke. There are several other places on the walk route which are close to this bus route. The full version of both walks finishes with a loop out to Tufton after you reach Whitchurch. You can opt for a shorter loop to Fulling Mill, saving 2¾ km (or indeed head directly for the station, saving 4¼ km). Earlier on the Circular Walk, you can also choose to cut out a loop to the villages of Laverstoke and Freefolk, saving 3¾ km.
Transport	Overton and Whitchurch are adjacent stations on the line from Basingstoke to Salisbury. There is an hourly service from London Waterloo (two-hourly on Sundays), taking about 1 hour. Buy a day return to Whitchurch (Hants). If you just miss one of the infrequent trains back on a Sunday, you could travel out one stop to Andover and then return to London on a fast train, but you are likely to be charged extra for this. If driving, the station car park at Overton is free. All the trains back from Whitchurch stop at Overton. For the Circular Walk, there is a convenient free car park in Bell Street, near Whitchurch town centre.
Saturday Walkers Club	Take the train nearest to 10:00 from Waterloo to Overton (or Whitchurch for the Circular Walk options).
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Lunch	The recommended lunchtime pub on the Main Walk is the Watership Down Inn (01256-892254) in the small village of Freefolk, after about 7½ km. The author Richard Adams was a regular patron of this pub (then called The Freefolk Arms) and after the success of his novel it was renamed in his honour. It serves good food up to 2.30pm (3pm weekends), and has both a conservatory and a beer garden. The Circular Walk does not pass any pubs outside Whitchurch itself, although you could make a 750m detour at Freefolk to reach the Watership Down Inn. The alternative (which also applies to the Main Walk) is to have a late lunch stop in Whitchurch, where there is a good choice of pubs. Right in the town centre, the suggested place is the White Hart Hotel (01256-892900), which serves food up to 2pm. There are alternatives a short way along most of the roads radiating out from The Square: the up-market Red House Inn (01256-895558) at 21 London Street, the Harvest Home (01256-896062) in Winchester Street, the Kings Arms (01256-893489) at 10 Church Street and The Bell (01256-893120) in Bell Street.
Tea	The recommended tea place is The Shop Next Door (01256-895615) at 5 Newbury Street, a tearoom attached to a small jewellery business called Glass Foolery; it closes at 5pm Mon–Sat, 4pm Sun. If you are visiting the Silk Mill, it has a self-service tearoom. The Railway Hotel (01256-895246) in Station Road closed in mid-2009. Note that the station is a 1 km walk uphill from the town centre (and slightly further from the Silk Mill), so allow 15-20 minutes from these places to catch a train.

Travel by Train	Out: Back:
Travel by Car	Start: Overton Station is near : RG25 3JJ [gmap] Finish: Whitchurch (Hants) Station is near : RG28 7BZ [gmap] Return to your car by train: (park at the start) at 4pm (park at the end) at 10am
OS Explorer Map	144 : Basingstoke, Alton & Whitchurch [Amazon]
Other Hampshire Walks	Netley to Botley, Whitchurch to Andover, Dunbridge to Romsey, Hook to Winchfield,

Walking Instructions 

Walk Options ( Main | Circular )

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Main Walk (17 km)

Main Walk, omitting Tufton (14¼ km)

Circular Walk (from Whitchurch) (14½ km)

Circular Walk, omitting Tufton (11¾ km)

Circular Walk, omitting Laverstoke (10¾ km)

Circular Walk, omitting Laverstoke and Tufton (8 km)

Walk Directions

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For the Whitchurch Circular Walks, start at §4.

Overton Station to Southington Mill (2¼ km)

Go down the approach road and turn right onto a footpath alongside the River Test. Turn left on the B3051 and cut through St Mary's churchyard. Turn right onto Church Road and continue along Silk Mill Lane to the converted Southington Mill.

Leave the station at the London end of the platform and go through its small car park to the approach road, with Overton Mill¹ behind you on the other side of the tracks. Bear left to go downhill on this road, which in 300m merges with the access road to the mill. Keep ahead on the main road and follow it round to the right at a junction by farm buildings.

100m past the entrance to Quidhampton Farmhouse, turn right at a footpath sign just before a bridge over the River Test². Go through a gate onto a wide path which goes alongside the river for a while, then joins the driveway to a house, Flashetts. Follow this driveway as it curves round to the left alongside a backwater and comes out onto the B3051.

Turn left onto this road to head S, passing Little Meadow³ on the right. 150m along the road, cross over and turn right up the right-hand of two sets of steps to enter a churchyard. Follow the grassy path away from the road and round to the left at the top to go past St Mary's Church⁴.

Continue down towards a sports ground and turn right onto Church Road. In 100m, ignore Bridge Street on your left and bear right into Court Drove. In 150m, having gone past Glebe Meadow on the left, bear left downhill into Silk Mill Lane. Stay on this quiet road for 600m, with occasional glimpses of the the River Test over walls on your left.

At the junction with Southington Lane the route continues ahead into The Lynch, but there is a nice view of the river from the bridge on your left.

Southington Mill to the Harroway (1¾ km)

Continue past Southington Mill to Northington Farm. Turn right onto a farm track which crosses over the railway. Continue up to an ancient track called the Harroway and turn left onto it.

Continue W into The Lynch, passing the converted Southington Mill⁵ on the left and a beautiful thatched cottage on the right. The lane goes alongside a mill-stream, then swerves right and left uphill, away from the river.

In 200m the lane reaches the entrance to Northington Farm, where you turn right onto a farm track, heading N. This goes gently uphill between tall hedges, crossing over the railway after 500m. In a further 300m the farm track splits into two, going left and right, but you keep ahead on a wide grassy track, still between hedges.

If this little-used ‘green lane’ up to the Harroway is overgrown, you could consider taking the farm track on the left, which after a few zig-zags rejoins the main walk route in 1½ km, just before it crosses back over the railway. This is not a right of way, but there used to be a notice-board here with a map showing some of these farm tracks as permissive footpaths.

After climbing gently for 400m, the track reaches a strip of woodland. Turn left here onto a wide earth track, known as the Harroway⁶.

The Harroway to Freefolk (3¾ km)

Go along the Harroway for just under 1½ km. Turn left at a junction onto a track which goes back over the railway. Follow this round to the right at an entrance to Laverstoke Park. Cut through some back lanes to the B3400 to reach the Watership Down Inn in Priory Road. After lunch, return to the B3400, turn left and go past Watch Lane to the end of Manor Cottages.

Head SW along this wide track, or, if the main path is too muddy, look for some drier paths which wind through the belt of trees on your left. In 800m, ignore a byway off to the right. In a further 600m the path comes to a three-way junction, with the Harroway continuing ahead (slightly to the right).

Turn left at this junction to leave the Harroway. This track goes gently uphill at first, passes a water tower and then descends. It crosses back over the railway and eventually comes to a few houses and some dilapidated farm buildings. At a sharp bend in the road, ignore an entrance on the left to Laverstoke Park⁷ and follow the lane round to the right. In 100m there is a footpath off to the left.

If you are not visiting the Watership Down Inn, you can save 750m by taking a short cut here. Turn left onto the footpath and follow it across a field, then on a path near the edge of a wood. This comes out onto a lane opposite St Mary's Church. Turn left and follow the lane down to the B3400, with Manor Cottages on your right. Turn right, then almost immediately turn left into a lane signposted to St Nicholas Church.

For the main route, continue ahead on the lane to a T-junction and turn left. In 150m, turn right up an unmade-up lane and follow this as it winds past some garages and houses to the B3400. Turn right onto this busy road (it is safer to use the pavement on the other side, even though you have to cross back again shortly). In 60m turn right up Priory Road to find the pub on your left.

On leaving the pub, return to the B3400 and cross over the road. Turn left and continue along the road for 450m, passing a rather neglected war memorial on your right and then Manor Cottages⁸ on your left, with the parish church of St Mary the Virgin⁹ behind them. At the end of the row of cottages, turn right into a lane signposted to St Nicholas Church.

Continue the directions at §6.

Whitchurch Station to Bere Mill (2¾ km)

Turn left at the T-junction outside the station, then right to go down Newbury Road. Turn left into King's Walk and right into Jobson Close. Continue on a path which veers left, crossing a sunken track. Go across an open area and turn left onto a path which runs above and parallel to the B3400, later dropping down to meet it. Turn right onto the road, then left down steps leading to a residential road. Turn left and keep ahead onto a path which goes along the side of a water meadow, then curves round the edge of a large field. Continue across another field to a lane and turn right. Follow the lane across the River Test and round to the right towards Bere Mill.

Head directly away from the station, passing the Railway Hotel on your left.

This pub had closed for business when last checked. If it has reopened, it would give you another option for refreshment at the end of the walk.

At a T-junction turn left and continue to the end of Station Road. At its junction with Newbury Road, turn right and follow the main road downhill towards the centre of Whitchurch. In 350m, turn left into King's Walk.

Take the first turning on the right, Jobson Close, soon passing Berehill House¹⁰. Veer left at the end of the cul-de-sac to pass to the left of #4 on a tarmac path. Follow this path round to the left (ignoring a path ahead), crossing over a sunken tarmac path on an old flint bridge known as Jerusalem Arch¹¹.

Follow the path round to the right and across an open area, aiming for the far left-hand corner. Go past a bench onto a path into the trees, heading E. This soon meets a tarmac path crossing which allows you to drop down to another path on your right, with occasional views through a wire fence of the Test valley below.

Continue to head E along the side of Lynch Hill. The path runs parallel to the B3400 below and eventually drops down to meet it opposite a pub – take great care as this is a busy road with no pavement. Cross over the road and turn right, temporarily heading back towards Whitchurch. Immediately after the pub, turn left onto an unmarked path, going down some steps. Continue to a residential road (The Green) and turn left. Where the road peters out, continue ahead on an enclosed footpath, with new houses on the other side of the fence on your left.

At the end of the path, go over a stile and keep ahead along the left-hand edge of a water meadow. In 250m veer left through a large gap in the hedge. On the other side turn right to go along the right-hand edge of a large field, with a wire fence on your left, initially heading SE. Follow the field edge around in a long curve to the left, later with glimpses of the river behind the trees on your right.

By the time you approach a corner of the field you are heading N. Follow the line of the wire fence and go through a gap in the trees to the left of the corner. Go over a stile and bear left on a grassy path across the field, with the buildings of Bere Mill now visible up ahead on your right.

In the far left corner of the field go through a stile by a fieldgate to emerge onto a lane. Turn right and follow the lane for 200m to go across an attractive brick bridge over the River Test, with a fine view of the buildings of Bere Mill¹² on your right.

If you want to omit the loop out to Laverstoke and Freefolk, go to §7.

Bere Mill to Freefolk via Laverstoke (2½ km)

Go past the buildings of Bere Mill onto a track and then along the edge of a field. Turn left and go uphill to reach a large field at the top of the valley. Go along the ridge, then continue ahead down a track to Laverstoke Lane. Turn left and go past sports fields and then along the lane to reach the B3400, with Laverstoke Mill opposite. Turn left onto the main road towards Freefolk. At Manor Cottages turn left into a lane leading to St Nicholas Church.

Go along the lane towards the buildings of Bere Mill, passing some workshops on your left and the entrance to the house on your right. Keep ahead on an enclosed track, which goes over a small rise and then down through a fieldgate into a field. Your eventual exit is from its top left corner, but the right of way is along the right-hand field edge to the corner of the field, where there is a gate on the right.

Ignore the gate and turn left uphill along the field edge. In the top corner, leave the field on your right and turn left onto a wide path, which soon comes out into a large field at the top of a valley. Continue along the ridge for 750m; the churches of Laverstoke and Freefolk are in the valley below and (later) you can just see the top of Laverstoke House¹³, further away to the right.

At the end of the field, go through a gap in the hedge ahead and turn right onto a track, following it as it curves left and goes downhill to meet Laverstoke Lane. Turn left onto the road and almost immediately bear left into a recreation area. Head towards a gap near the right-hand end of the row of conifers off to your right.

Go through this gap and veer to the right of the changing rooms to continue along a track, parallel to the road up to your right. After passing a children's playground, the track curves right to meet the road. Continue along the road past a sports pavilion and its car park, later with some interesting old cottages¹⁴ on your right.

The road comes to a T-junction with the B3400, with the dilapidated industrial buildings of Laverstoke Mill¹⁵ directly opposite. Turn left here onto the main road, towards Freefolk.

In 400m the road crosses over the River Test and passes a lodge on the right guarding one of the entrances to Laverstoke Park⁷. You come to the start of Manor Cottages⁸, with the parish church of St Mary the Virgin⁹ behind them.

If you want to make a detour to visit the Watership Down Inn, follow the directions below.

Detour to the Watership Down Inn and back (+750m)

Continue along the B3400 past the row of cottages, then a rather neglected war memorial on your left. 250m past Watch Lane, turn right up Priory Lane. The pub is a short distance up this minor road, on the left.

From the pub, go back to the B3400, turn left onto the main road and return the same way. At the end of Manor Cottages, turn right into a lane signposted to St Nicholas Church.

If you are not visiting the pub, turn left here into a lane signposted to St Nicholas Church.

Freefolk to Bere Mill (1¼ km)

Follow the lane past St Nicholas Church to an isolated house halfway up the hill. Turn right and walk through several fields to reach a lane by the river. Turn left towards Bere Mill.

Head S along the lane, which crosses the River Test. After passing some allotments it curves round to the left and comes to St Nicholas Church¹⁶, curving to the right in front of it.

If you want to visit this unusual old church, its entrance is via a black metal gate in the hedge ahead.

Continue S on the track, now going gently uphill. In 100m, just after passing the entrance to an isolated house on your right, fork right. Follow a grassy path along the left-hand edge of a large field, to the left of some tall trees.

In 500m, go through a belt of trees and down across the next field, aiming just to the left of a house. On the far side, go through a gate and down a wide track towards a fieldgate. This leads onto a lane in front of an old brick bridge over the River Test, where you turn left towards the picturesque Bere Mill¹².

Bere Mill to Whitchurch Silk Mill (2½ km)

Go past the buildings of Bere Mill onto a track and then along the edge of a field. Go through a gate on your right into Coombedown Hanger and follow the edge of the meadow as it curves round to the right. Later, continue ahead on a path which gradually approaches the river, then goes alongside it. After 750m, turn right and cross over the river by Town Mill. Continue along Town Mill Lane and turn left onto the B3400. In 100m, turn left into Test Road and follow this to Winchester Street. Turn left to reach the Silk Mill.

Go along the lane towards the buildings of Bere Mill, passing some workshops on your left and the entrance to the house on your right. Keep ahead on an enclosed track, which goes over a small rise and then down through a fieldgate into a field. Go along the right-hand field edge to the corner of the field, where there is a gate on your right.

Go through this gate to head SW along the left-hand edge of a long meadow, which gradually curves round to the right with Coombedown Hanger rising above you on the left. Where the wood ends after 500m, ignore a footpath on the left and go over a stile onto a path to the left of a wire fence.

Continue ahead through a wooded area, then over a stile into the corner of a large field. Go along its right-hand edge, soon with the river behind the trees on your right. Continue along the edge of several more large fields, staying close to the river, until the path comes to a T-junction with a tarmac path in front of a high wall. Turn right here and cross a new footbridge over the River Test, with Town Mill¹⁷ on your left.

Continue ahead along Town Mill Lane, which curves round to the left. The lane goes alongside a mill-stream and comes to the B3400 (London Street), with Voters Cottage¹⁸ opposite. Turn left onto the main road. In 100m you come to Test Road on your left, with the Red House Inn visible up ahead on the main road.

If you want to head directly for the tea place and/or the station, simply continue along the B3400. In 200m you come to a five-way road junction called The Square. There are pubs along Winchester Street, Church Street and Bell Street, but for the tea place and station turn right into Newbury Street and go to §13 to complete the walk.

For the recommended route, turn left into Test Road. This bends to the right and eventually comes to a T-junction with Winchester Street. Turn left to find the Silk Mill on your right, just before the town bridge over the River Test.

If you want to do the short loop to Fulling Mill, go to §11. For the longer loop to Tufton (or to head directly to the station), continue the directions below.

Whitchurch Silk Mill to the town centre (¼ km)

Head north up Winchester Street to the five-way road junction in the town centre.

From the bridge over the River Test by the Silk Mill, retrace your steps up Winchester Street, heading N. After passing Test Road and crossing over the mill-stream leading to the Silk Mill's water wheel, you reach a busy five-way road junction called The Square, with the White Hart Hotel up ahead on the corner of Newbury Street and London Street.

If you want to head directly for the tea place and/or the station, go to §13.

Whitchurch town centre to Tufton (2 km)

From The Square, head south-west on Church Street. In 150m turn right onto a footpath and follow this up a slope and across a minor road. Go through a subway under an old railway line and turn left. Follow this path around the edge of a new housing estate and cut through a cemetery to the B3400. Turn right to go under the A34, then turn left onto a new permissive path. Go up and over a small hill, then (after joining a public footpath) cross a meadow to the River Test. Turn left to go under the old railway and cross the river on a footbridge. Turn left onto a lane and follow this through the small village of Tufton to its church.

At the road junction, turn sharp left to head SW on the B3400 (Church Street). In 150m, soon after passing a petrol station, turn right into a lane called Fairclose, signposted as a footpath. At the end of the roadway keep ahead on a tarmac path between houses, going gently uphill.

Where the path meets a residential road, cross over and go through a white gate leading to a subway under a dismantled railway line¹⁹. On the other side, turn left onto a path which runs alongside a new housing development. Cross over its access road and follow the path round to the right to come out by some of these new houses. Turn left and go downhill to a cemetery on your right.

Turn right through a gate into the cemetery (which is carpeted with snowdrops in February), then bear left down a tree-lined avenue to come out onto a road (the B3400). Turn right and go under the town's bypass, the A34.

If the cemetery is locked, simply continue down to the B3400 at the bottom of the lane and turn right onto the road.

On the other side of the road bridge, cross over the B3400 and turn left onto a new permissive footpath. Go over a stile and up a wide grassy track between wire fences. At the top, cross another stile and veer right to go around the right-hand edge of a large field, still gently uphill and then down the other side.

Near the bottom of the hill veer right and go over a stile to join the old public footpath coming down from the road. Turn left and go over another stile to continue on a narrow path between fences. Along this path, ignore the continuation of the permissive footpath off to the right. Keep ahead through a scrubby area containing some abandoned watercress beds and go through a metal kissing gate into a meadow. Bear left to find a stile in the trees ahead; go over this and continue along a fenced-in path at the bottom of the embankment.

At the end of this path, with the River Test ahead, go through another metal kissing gate and turn left onto a wide track, passing under the old railway viaduct. Keep to the right and go through another kissing gate to cross a narrow footbridge over the river, now noticeably wider than before. Go up to a farm lane and turn left, ignoring the footpath signpost pointing the other way.

From the B3400 you have been following a short cut in Book 1, Walk 48; you now join its main route and follow it (in reverse) to All Hallows Church.

Follow the lane past cottages and farm buildings as it bends to the right through the hamlet of Tufton. In 300m you reach St Mary's Church²⁰, which is worth visiting.

Tufton to Fulling Mill (1¼ km)

Immediately after passing the church turn left onto a farm track. Keep ahead on an enclosed path around two sides of a large field, going alongside the embankment carrying the A34. At a lane turn left to go under the main road, then turn left again to go back alongside the embankment. Veer right through a field to come to a road and follow this towards Whitchurch. In 275m turn left onto a footpath through Millennium Green to reach Fulling Mill.

Immediately after the church, turn left into a farm lane. Where this veers right towards a farm gate, with another fieldgate ahead, go over a stile in the trees between them onto a narrow enclosed path. Continue past farm buildings and then alongside a large field towards the noisy A34. Follow the path round to the right alongside the embankment and out to a minor road.

Turn left to go under the road bridge, then immediately turn left to double back along the other side of the embankment. Go past a fieldgate and initially along the left-hand side of the field, then halfway along veer right towards the opposite corner, where a stile takes you out onto a patch of grass alongside a road.

In summer this field can be overgrown with nettles. If you cannot find a way through (or round its edge), simply return to the road and follow it round to the left, past a junction; the route through the field joins this road after 250m.

Continue in the same direction alongside the road. In 275m turn left and go through a gate into Millennium Green. Follow the grassy path across the meadow (in the direction of the footpath signpost) towards a wooden noticeboard by the trees on the other side. Keep ahead across a backwater to come out onto a lane by the entrance to Fulling Mill.

Continue the directions at §12.

Whitchurch Silk Mill to Fulling Mill (¾ km)

Head south on Winchester Street, crossing the river on the town bridge. In 500m, turn right and go across Millennium Green, turning right at the top to reach Fulling Mill at the end of a lane called The Weir.

From the Silk Mill, return to Winchester Street and turn right, heading S. Cross over the river on the town bridge and follow the road for 500m, passing the Harvest Home pub and later a lane on the right called The Weir (which also leads to Fulling Mill). 125m after The Weir, by a small car parking area, turn right through an imposing black metal gate (with a fish symbol) to enter an open space called The Meadow, Millennium Green.

Bear left on the other side of the gate and take any of the grassy paths SW through the triangular meadow, aiming for its top right-hand corner. About 50m before the far side of the meadow, turn right onto a path by a wooden noticeboard. This crosses a backwater and comes out onto a lane (The Weir again) by the entrance to Fulling Mill.

Fulling Mill to Whitchurch town centre (1 km)

Cross the river in front of the mill and head towards All Hallows Church on the riverside path. Turn right onto Church Street and follow this to The Square. Cross over Bell Street and go into Newbury Street.

Cross the lane and take the footpath opposite (slightly to the left) to cross a footbridge over the River Test, with the picturesque Fulling Mill²¹ on your left. On the other side, bear right and follow the attractive riverside path N, with a church spire visible up ahead. At the end of the meadow, turn left to come out onto a bend of the B3400 (Church Street) by All Hallows Church²².

The route turns right here, but it is worth making the short detour ahead to visit this interesting church. Afterwards, return to this bend and follow the road round to the left.

If you are not visiting the church, turn right onto the road, soon passing “The Lawn”²³ on your right. Just after passing the Kings Arms you come to a busy five-way road junction called The Square, with the White Hart Hotel up ahead on the corner of Newbury Street and London Street. Carefully cross over Bell Street on your left and go into Newbury Street.

Whitchurch town centre to the station (1 km)

From The Square, go up Newbury Street and turn left into Station Road to reach the station.

From The Square, head N on Newbury Street, passing the White Hart Hotel on your right. Opposite the hotel you pass the redundant Town Hall and come to Glass Foolery and its tearoom, The Shop Next Door (the recommended tea place).

Continue uphill on Newbury Street for 800m, then turn left into Station Road. In 150m turn right by the Railway Hotel (which had closed in mid-2009) to reach the station, crossing the footbridge for trains to London.

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» Last updated: February 20, 2010