Berkshire Walks

Aldermaston to Woolhampton via Frilsham

West Berkshire Downs: ancient woodlands, commons, pretty villages, historical pubs, chalk streams, water meadows, heathland, finishes via landscaped park or the Kennet canal.

Aldermaston to Woolhampton via Stanford Dingley

Quiet and scenic West Berkshire Downs: woodlands, fields, commons, chalk stream valleys, heathland, finish along a canal or through parkland.

Bedwyn Circular via Savernake Forest and Marlborough

More veteran trees than anywhere else in Europe, undulating pastures, historic Marlborough and the landscaped Tottenham Park

Blackwater to Wokingham

A varied walk starting alongside the River Blackwater and taking in meadows, lakes, mixed woodland, pasture and fruit farms before finishing at an attractive market town.

Sandham Memorial Chapel (Stanley Spencer's WW1 wall paintings, NT), chalk streams, open fields, beech woodland, an old thatched barn, a huge avenue of trees, Watership Down views, and a charming disused railway walk hidden in the trees.

Cholsey to Goring

Fairly gentle climbs through Oxfordshire and Berkshire countryside ending with a southerly stretch along the Thames.

Crowthorne to Blackwater via Eversley Cross

An easy walk taking in mixed woodland, lakes and meadows in the Blackwater valley.

Goring Circular

An undulating route through Berkshire with lunch at The Bell, a refreshingly traditional pub.

The North Wessex Downs, England

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Kintbury to Great Bedwyn

Quiet fields before lunch, the Test Way (a long, open, ridge walk, potentially muddy), and a pretty forest walk to return to pretty, canalside Bedwyn.

Maidenhead to Marlow

A pretty stretch of the Thames to Cookham in the morning. After lunch, a hill with a view of the Thames valley, or continue along the Thames Path. Can be done as 2 short walks.

Mortimer to Aldermaston

Gentle. A stream, Roman Calleva, and an optional canal side extension.

Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton

Easy walk with some gentle climbs en route which crosses Greenham Common, a former World War II and NATO airfield.

Slough to Egham via Windsor Great Park

An introductory walk passing Windsor Castle with lots of history, deer, pheasants, and the Royal Landscape.

Sunningdale to Windsor

Virginia Water, Windsor Great Park, the Long Walk, and Windsor Castle

Reading to Henley

A pretty stretch of the Thames towpath

Valley Gardens and Windsor Great Park

A forest garden: Azaleas, camellias, magnolias, daffodils, heather. Optionally: Windsor Great Park - Saville Gardens, a deer park, Windsor castle viewpoint.

Region	#	Walk	Km	Effort	Ht. gain	Description	London
Berkshire	260	Aldermaston to Woolhampton via Frilsham	23.2	6	425	West Berkshire Downs: ancient woodlands, commons, pretty villages, historical pubs, chalk streams, water meadows, heathland, finishes via landscaped park or the Kennet canal.	P
Berkshire	117	Aldermaston to Woolhampton via Stanford Dingley	20.7	4	300	Quiet and scenic West Berkshire Downs: woodlands, fields, commons, chalk stream valleys, heathland, finish along a canal or through parkland.	P
Berkshire	399	Bedwyn Circular via Savernake Forest and Marlborough	31	7	425	More veteran trees than anywhere else in Europe, undulating pastures, historic Marlborough and the landscaped Tottenham Park	P
Berkshire	83	Blackwater to Wokingham	25.5	4	200	A varied walk starting alongside the River Blackwater and taking in meadows, lakes, mixed woodland, pasture and fruit farms before finishing at an attractive market town.	CJ W
Berkshire	444	Burghclere Circular	18	4	275	Sandham Memorial Chapel (Stanley Spencer's WW1 wall paintings, NT), chalk streams, open fields, beech woodland, an old thatched barn, a huge avenue of trees, Watership Down views, and a charming disused railway walk hidden in the trees.
Oxfordshire	49	Cholsey to Goring	23.5	3	250	Fairly gentle climbs through Oxfordshire and Berkshire countryside ending with a southerly stretch along the Thames.	P
Berkshire	430	Crowthorne to Blackwater via Eversley Cross	16.3	1	50	An easy walk taking in mixed woodland, lakes and meadows in the Blackwater valley.	P
Berkshire	17	Goring Circular	18	4	375	An undulating route through Berkshire with lunch at The Bell, a refreshingly traditional pub.	P
Berkshire	9	Kintbury to Great Bedwyn	21	5	325	Quiet fields before lunch, the Test Way (a long, open, ridge walk, potentially muddy), and a pretty forest walk to return to pretty, canalside Bedwyn.	P
Berkshire	56	Maidenhead to Marlow	14.2	3	100	A pretty stretch of the Thames to Cookham in the morning. After lunch, a hill with a view of the Thames valley, or continue along the Thames Path. Can be done as 2 short walks.	P
Berkshire	33	Mortimer to Aldermaston	15.9	3	100	Gentle. A stream, Roman Calleva, and an optional canal side extension.	P
Berkshire	34	Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton	18	2	200	Easy walk with some gentle climbs en route which crosses Greenham Common, a former World War II and NATO airfield.	P
Berkshire	133	Slough to Egham via Windsor Great Park	16	2	125	An introductory walk passing Windsor Castle with lots of history, deer, pheasants, and the Royal Landscape.	P
Berkshire	18	Sunningdale to Windsor	17	2	150	Virginia Water, Windsor Great Park, the Long Walk, and Windsor Castle	CJ W
Berkshire	61	Reading to Henley	16.9	1	50	A pretty stretch of the Thames towpath	CJ P
Berkshire	51	Valley Gardens and Windsor Great Park	6.6	3	75	A forest garden: Azaleas, camellias, magnolias, daffodils, heather. Optionally: Windsor Great Park - Saville Gardens, a deer park, Windsor castle viewpoint.

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Berkshire

St. Matthews, Midgham

Aldermaston to Woolhampton via Frilsham

Kennet Valley and Hampshire Downs, from Wooten's

Aldermaston to Woolhampton via Stanford Dingley

Cathedral Oak, Savernake Forest

Bedwyn Circular via Savernake Forest and Marlborough

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Blackwater to Wokingham

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Burghclere Circular

Horses seeking shade

Cholsey to Goring

Heath Pond in autumn

Crowthorne to Blackwater via Eversley Cross

Far Views from Streatley Warren upper rim

Goring Circular

The North Wessex Downs, England

Kintbury to Great Bedwyn

Bourne End sunset

Maidenhead to Marlow

Trees in a yellow sea

Mortimer to Aldermaston

Cruise Missile Bunkers, Greenham Common (6 of them, each with up to 16 missiles at the time)

Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton

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Slough to Egham via Windsor Great Park

Windsor Castle

Sunningdale to Windsor

Sonning Lock

Reading to Henley

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Valley Gardens and Windsor Great Park