Extra Walks, Led at Short Notice, and Changes to Walks, May Be Found on the EBR Website

/ RAMBLERS’ ASSOCIATION - EAST BERKS GROUP
WALKS PROGRAMME: September – December 2014
In this programme: Avon Path, plus day trip to Nyman’s Gardens. Sorry, trip to Bournemouth (September) is cancelled.
Saturdays continue to be included; please let me know if you like them. PMM.
Contacts: / Chairman / David Bailey / 01628 634561
Vice Chairman & Countryside Sec. / Gordon Marrs / 01628 629155
Treasurer / Alan Harding / 01628 673607
Group Secretary and Newsletter / Gerald Barnett / 01494 522404
Footpath Secretary / Phil Smith / 01628 633803
Membership Secretary / Neil Adamson / 01753 776627
(Long) walks Organiser Co-ordinator / Pera Marrs / 01628 629155
(Short) walks Organiser / Jean Todd / 01753 860708
Walks Reports Secretary / Alma Richardson / 01628 781827
Path Warden Co-ordinator / Gordon Marrs / 01628 629155
Social Secretary / Pauline Thompson / 07904 057850
Webmaster / Mike Taylor / 01628 662808/07718 762469

Please ensure that you are fit enough and have suitable footwear, clothing, food and drink for the walk you intend to join. Leaders may refuse to accept participants who in their opinion are inadequately equipped or unfit. For your own safety please abide by the advice and guidelines issued by organizers and the instructions of the walk leader. Be aware that you walk at your own risk, and that it is your responsibility to behave sensibly and minimize the potential for accidents to occur. Please carry an emergency phone number.

Extra walks, led at short notice, and changes to walks, may be found on the EBR website.

If the weather is or has been bad, please check the web site to see if the walk has been cancelled or amended.

Date / Walk
description / Time and Details / Grid Ref.
Post Code
Distance
Wednesday 3rd
September / Moderate
No stiles
moderate / 10.15 am. A walk in Windsor Great Park.
Meet at Bishops Gate for a walk by Smith’s Lawn, the Heather and Valley Gardens, and Totem Pole before returning via the Visitors Centre.
Leader; Brian and Marion C. 01753 862872
8.00 am Avon Path. Ibsley to Bisterne.
The walk threads its way between gravel pits down to Ringwood. Then follows the flood plain to the church at Bisterne.
Please bring food and drink for the day.
Leaders: Gordon and Pera M. 01628 629155 or 07769 952884
Fare is £13 (cheques payable to E.B.R.) to Pat Snell, 4 Lower Ventnor Cottages,
Popes Lane, Cookham Dean, SL6 9AU. 01628 485770
Start at 8.00 am. From Braywick Car Park (Stafferton Lodge), Braywick Road, (A308) Maidenhead. / SU 978722
TW20 0XY
4.5 miles
SU892799
SL6 1DX
9.5 miles
Saturday 6th
September / Moderate
hilly / 10.15 am. Bledlow and the Ridgeway.
Start at car park of The Lions pub or in village lay by; taking in the Ridgeway, Lodge hill, Saunderton, and Horsenden.
Leader Neil A. 01753 776627 or 07881 924822 on day / SP768022
HP27 9PE 6 miles
Sunday 7th
September / Easy pace / 10.15 am. Widbrook Common and Cliveden Reach.
Walk 7 RfP “Along the Thames” for a walk along the Green Way and Thames Path. Meet in the car park on A4094 near Boulters Lock.
Leader; Pauline T. 01753 548185
No long walk organised. Consult web for details. / SU902825
SL6 8JN
5.5 miles
Wednesday 10th
September / Easy pace.
Flat.
No stiles
Moderate
Flat
Moderate hilly / 10.15 am. Thames Path & Little Marlow.
Meet in car park on right, after Spade Oak public house, Coldmoorholme Lane.
Leaders; Anne & Arthur Lewis 01628 663377
9.15am [note time] River Fleet, Blackfriars Bridge to Hampstead Heath
Mostly level on pavement, 2 fairly easy climbs and a few steps in 3 places.
Rich layers of history, Victorian alleys and squares, grand sky-scapes from Primrose Hill and Parliament Hill. Bring food and drink for the day.
Meet at Burnham Railway Station at 9.15am for 9.39 am train.
Fares = Travel card £13.10, Railcard Discount = £8.40, or £6.90 each as a group of 4.
Car park £5.50 for the day or street parking 10 minutes walk away in Phipps Road.
Leaders Margaret W 01753 648907
Margaret W 01638 661295 or 077780571007 on the day
10.15 am. Southend, Turville, Fingest, and Hanger Wood. A very hilly walk with some very steep ascents and descents. Start at Southend, parking considerately on the north side of the green. Leader; David B. 01628 634561 or 07748 57481 / SU 883875
SL8 5PT
4 miles
SU940813
SL1 6JT
8 miles
SU 753898 RG9 6JN (nearest) 6.5 miles
Sunday 14th
September / Easy pace
hilly
Moderate / 10.15 am. Around Crazies Hill. This is fairly hilly walk but it will be walked at a slow pace. Park on the verge in Hatch Gate Lane, Holly Cross, {near Warren Row}. Get there by going along the A4 from Maidenhead towards Reading. As you approach Knowl Hill turn right towards Warren Row and go through it. After half a mile turn left at the crossroads into Rose Lane. 400 yards along this road turn right into Hatch Gate Lane then park.
Leaders: Alex and Janet G. 01628 626757
10.15 am. Penn Green and the Penn Estate.
Park by the pond or in front of the Red Lion PH, for a walk through fields and woodland of the gentle countryside in and around Penn Estate, visiting Penn Street, Winchmore Hill and Penn Bottom.
Leader; Maureen D. 01628 603935 / (on day only) 07814127854. / SU 802 808 RG10 8QD 3½ miles
SU907937
HP10 8LF
7 miles
Wednesday17th
September / Easy Undulating Stiles
Moderate hilly / 10.15 am Hedgerley and Church Wood. Park at the roadside in Hedgerley, in Jones Way or Cottage Park Road, around the Green. Meet on the Green for a pleasant walk in and around Church Wood RSPB reserve. Return via Hanging Wood. Leader; Paul C. 01628 410658
10.15 am Circular walk from Ewelme. Park in the recreation ground car park in Ewelme, for a hilly walk passing through Upperton and Britwell Salome. Leaders: Caroline and Graham S. 01189 320060 or 07985 139524 (on the day). / SU 969 868 SL2 3YF 4 miles
SU648911 OX10 6PG 6.5miles
Sunday 21st
Sept coninued
Sunday 21st
September Continued……. / Moderate
1 hill
Moderate hilly / 10.15 am. Coopers Hill and Runnymede.
Walk 1 RfP “Along the Thames” Start at the Air Force memorial car park in Coopers Hill Lane, Englefield Green. The walk takes in the
Kennedy and Magna Carta Memorials and the Thames Path.
Leader; Jackie J. 01753 852567
10.00 am. (note time) Lane End, South End, Turville.
Meet in Lane End village car park. Bring food and drink for the day.
Leader Roy G.01628 637878 / 07450851884 / SU 996718
TW20 0LB
4 miles
SU807919 HP14 3JR
10.6 miles
1350 ft.
Wednesday 24th September / Moderate
Moderate hilly / 10.15 am. Uptoncourtpark, Datchet and Eton.
Meetinthescouthutcarpark,UptonCourtroad, for a walk
throughDatchetgolfcluband the groundsofEtoncollege
Leader; Margaret W. 01753 648907
10.00 am. (note time) Hambleden Valley.
A moderately hilly walk around the Hambleden Valley. Park at the public car park in Hambleden, just beyond The Stag and Huntsman.
Leader; Margaret C. 01628 783300 or 07740283623 / SU983790
SL3 7LU
5 miles
SU 785865
RG9 6RP
7.5 miles
Saturday 27th
September / Moderate / 10.15 am. Russell’s Water and Maidensgrove. Start at Maidensgrove, parking on the verge just off the bend in the road at Maidensgrove/Russell’s Water Common. Leader: David B. 01628-634561 or 07748-574810 / SU 718887
near
RG9 6EY
5 miles
Sunday 28th
September / Easy hilly
Moderate hilly / 10.15 am.Around Bloom Wood, Flackwell Heath. Start from the verge opposite the Crooked Billet PH in Sheepridge Lane. Moderately hilly done at a slow pace.Great views. Leaders; Alex and Janet G. 01628 626757.
10.15 Remenham Wood and Mill End. Start from car park (free Sundays) in Kings Road,Henley(Waitrose car park) Views from Remenham Hill, visits Hambleden Mill and returns along river Thames. Leader; Mary W. 01628 673118/ 07599295506 / SU883894
SL7 3SG
3.25 miles
SU759828 RG9 2DG
6.5 miles
Wednesday 1st
October / Moderate
Flat
1 stile
Moderate / 10.15am Dorney, Thames Path and Jubilee River
Park considerately at the far end of the Garden Centre C/P at Dorney Court. The walk is flat andpasses Dorney rowing lakeand along the Thames path to Boveney lock, then through Eton Wick to reach the Jubilee River following its watercourse, reed beds and wetland nature reserves.
Leader; Eileen S.07719 141516, Sue S. 07748 350283
8.00 am. Avon Path. Bisterne to Christchurch (6 miles) and on to Hengistbury Head.(10.5 total)
The first part of the walk is across fields into Christchurch, where we will stop for Lunch. Then you may stay and explore Christchurch, or continue on the Stour Valley Way to Hengistbury Head.
Please bring food and drink for the day.
Leaders: Gordon and Pera M. 01628 629155 or 07769 952884
Fare is £13 (cheques payable to E.B.R.) to Pat Snell, 4 Lower Ventnor Cottages,
Popes Lane, Cookham Dean, SL6 9AU. 01628 485770
Start at 8.00 am. From Braywick Car Park (Stafferton Lodge), Braywick Road, (A308) Maidenhead. / SU927789
SL4 6QP
5.5miles
SU892799
SL6 1DX
6 miles
or
10.5 miles
Sunday 5th
October
Continued….. / Easy paced / 10.15 am. Cookham, Marsh Meadow, Cockmarsh. A mainly flat walk (one short, slight ascent, and then a corresponding descent.) Start at the NT. (free) car-park on Cookham Moor. Leader: David B. 01628-634561 or 07748-574810 / SU893853
SL6 9SB 3.5 miles
Sunday 5th
October
Continued. / Easy paced flat / 10.15 am. Eton Wick, Jubilee River and Thames Path. Park in Eton Wick service road by shops or nearby. Meet outside Village Hall (library) for a walk along the Jubilee River, Dorney Lake and the Thames, with a break halfway for refreshments at Dorney Garden Centre. Leader; Pauline T. 01753 548185
No long walk arranged. Consult web site for further details. / SU 948784
SL4 6LT
4 miles
Wednesday 8th
October / Moderate
2 hills
7 stiles
Moderate hilly / 10.15 a.m. Wooburn and Hedsor.
Park in car park at junction of Wooburn Town and Wash Hill. 600 ft. ascent, 2 hills and 7 stiles. Good views.
Leader:Keith D. 01628 782959or07900 354315
10.15 am Swincombe, Hailey and the Ridgeway.
Turn off the A4130 at Nettlebed on to the B481, turn left at Cookley Green and left down the lane to the start point at Swincombe Church. We walk via Ladies Walk toHailey, where we stop for lunchat King William IV. PH. Then, going via the Ridgeway back to start. Some hills and steep climbs.
Leader; Dave M.01628 673471 or 07944 593857 (on day) / SU 911877
HP10 0PN
4.5 miles
SU 682902 RG9 6EA
11.5 Miles
Sunday 12th
October / Easy pace / 10.15 am. Hanover Hill and Fingest.
Park in Lane End, in the car park off the High Street.
Leader: Brenda C.S. 01753 868669
No long walk arranged. Consult web site for further details. / SU 807918
HP14 3JR
5 miles
Wednesday 15th
October / Moderate flat
Moderate hilly Few stiles / Hogoak Lane & Tickleback Row.
Shortened version of Walk 14 RfP “in East Berks”. Start from the free car park opposite Warfield Church.
Leaders; Roger and Judith E. 01628 672223
10.15am.AutumncolourinCowleazeWoodand Wormsley Park
StartatthecarparkinCowleazeWood.FromStokenchurch (M40 Jcn5) taketheA40towardsOxford.Takethefirstleft sign-posted to
ChristmasCommon.CowleazeWoodissignedontheleft after
1.5miles.
Leader; PhilSmith07818443390 / SU 880723
RG42 6EE
5 miles
SU725956
OX49 5HX
7.5 miles
1000 ft. ascent
Sunday 19th
October / Moderate hilly
Moderate hilly / 10.15 am. Hardings Green and Winter Hill. Start at Cookham Moor car park. The walk goes through Cookham Rise, and climbs up through farmland around Cookham Dean, returning along part of the Winter Hill ridge Leader; Mary W. 01628 673118/ 07599295506
10.00 am. (note time) The Lions of Bledlow.
Park by the church in Bledlow village. Bring food and drink for the day
Leader; Roy G.01628 637878 / 07450851884 / SU893853
near
SL6 9SB
3.5 miles
SP778021
HP27 9PD
10.1 miles
1350 ft.
Wednesday 22nd October / Easy pace flat stiles
Moderate
Hilly
Stiles / 10.15am. The Green Lanes of Waltham St Lawrence.
Walk 11 RfP “in East Berkshire” (Dark Green). Parking in the village of Waltham St Lawrence, near the village Hall.
Leader; Alison H. 01628 822657.
10.15 a.m. Studley Green, The City, Radnage,Bledlow Ridge.
Park in A40 car park, Studley Green Garden Centre or Community Centre opposite. Good views. Some tracks muddy after rain. Approx.1150 ft. ascent
Leader:Keith D. 01628 782959or07900 354315 / SU829769
RG10 0JN
5 miles
SU783953
HP14 3XA
6 miles
Saturday 25th
October
Continued…..
Saturday 25th
October
Continued. / 8.00 am. Coach Trip to Nymans Gardens (NT), plus a walk along the Sussex Ouse Way.
The Coach trip to Nymans Gardens in the Sussex Weald has been arranged (hopefully) to see the Autumn Colours, for which the Gardens are famous.
An easy circular 7 mile walk has also been planned which will pass along the Sussex Ouse Valley Way, through woodland and then visit the village of Staplefield
Shorter walks within Nymans Gardens are also well signposted.
Please bring food and drink for the day, although there are two pubs in Staplefield, near the end of the walk.
Start at 8.00 am.. From Braywick Car Park (Stafferton Lodge), Braywick Road, (A308) Maidenhead.
Full details in the Newsletter or from Eve Norton.01628 622279 / SU892799
SL6 1DX
7 miles
Sunday 26th October / Easy pace
Flat
Moderate / 10.15 a.m.Ockwells Manor and Lillebrook Farm. Start this flat slow paced walk fromthe car park in Ockwells Park, Cox Green, Maidenhead. Leaders; Alex and Janet G. 01628 626757.
10.15 am. Langley Park and Black Park. A walk from "Walks in South Bucks" ramble 5 "Country Parks" with alternate start point of Langley Village "Harrow" car park (free on Sunday), lunch at Black Park café (picnic allowed). 2milesofthis walkarewithintheCountryParks, whilemuchoftheremainderis alongpleasantcountrypaths.
Leaders; Mike and Cilla T. 01628 662808 or 07718 762469 / SU878790
near
SL6 3AA
3.5 miles
TQ 011793
SL3 8HJ
8 miles
Wednesday 29th
October / Moderate
Moderate
Flat / 10.15 am. Hedsor Wharf and Woolmans Wood.
Meet in the car park behind the church at Wooburn. Walk 4 RfP (Light Green book) A few stiles and one steady hill. Passing St. Nicholas church at Hedsor.