Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton Walk
Easy walk with some gentle climbs en route which crosses Greenham Common, a former World War II and NATO airfield.
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Jan-17
Sun Setting behind Trees
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Cruise Missile Bunkers, Greenham Common (6 of them, each with up to 16 missiles at the time)
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Some Church off-route
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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- Jan-17
Racecourse Stables
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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St. Mary's, Greenham
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common Waymarkers
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common Track, towards Cruise Missile Bunkers
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common: Path along triple fence around missile bunker area
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common. Relics of the Cold War? Track Marks
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Hills south of Greenham Common. Watership Down???
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common: Control Tower (Grade II listed)
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common: Ex-Runway
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common. Ex-Runway
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common. Remnants of Runway
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common. Ex-Runway crossing Taxiway from Ex-US Air Force Compound
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common. Ex-Runway
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common. London Newbury Airport? Ryanair, are you watching?
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common. The High Concrete Post mentioned in the text
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common, easterly end
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common, easterly end
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common: Clump of Birches
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common: US Hydrant (foam for emergency landings, or water for fires?)
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Greenham Common: US Hydrant (detail)
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Cloudscape
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Furried Tree
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Fording the River Enborne (No Flytipping)
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Ford of the River Enborne
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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River Enborne, gravel bed
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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River Enborne, cascade
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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River Enborne, Cascade
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Old Mill across River Enborne
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Fake Deer in Garden across River Enborne
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Tree across Field
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Farm with Luxury Pigsties (?)
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Clear Water: River Enborne
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Cloudscape
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Modernised Farm House
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Modernised Farm House (other side)
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Horse and Shed
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Message in a Bottle?
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Sun Setting over Brimpton
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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St. Peter, Brimpton
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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The Moon is Up, Lake in Woolhampton
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Lake in Woolhampton
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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The Moon is Up, Lake in Woolhampton
SWC Walk 34 Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton (Midgham Station)
Jan-17 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Jan-08
Wet woodland
Greenham Common. Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton
Jan-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Approaching the silos
Greenham Common Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton
Jan-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Missile silo
Greenham Common Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton
Jan-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Along the fence
Greenham Common Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton
Jan-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Big bit of concrete
Greenham Common Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton
Jan-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Cow...er..bull
Greenham Common. Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton
Jan-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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