We are the East Berkshire Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
Dawn D.
With a short ascent at the beginning of the walk, this section of the Brenda Parker Way continues downhill across chalk downland, through woodland, farmland and, at roughly half-way, St Mary Bourne, the lowest point of today's walk. The Bourne rivulet is a fast, clear, chalk stream, running through this picturesque village, feeding a large commercial watercress bed further downstream. We climb out of the village via the Portway Roman Road that runs from Silchester to Old Sarum. Our next ascent is Stoke Hill, the highest point of today's walk, which we climb via the Test Way. The rest of our walk is mainly downhill to Wildhern, through woodland and across the hills with lovely views.
Please bring food and drink for the day.
Our coach will pick us up from The Shire Horse in Littlewick Green and drop us off at Sidley Bottom where our walk starts. We will stop at a motorway service station on the way for a loo break and refreshments.
The coach will pick us up at the end of our walk and return us to The Shire Horse via the same service station.
Meet at The Shire Horse, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead. Please park in the far SW corner of the car park, furthest away from the pub. The coach leaves at 09:00. Please arrive in time to pay your fare, stow your boot bags, and find your seat. The coach fare is £20pp, payable before boarding the coach, preferably by card otherwise by cheque, payable to East Berkshire Ramblers, or cash. Please book your place with the Walk Leaders to help with planning. The coach will stop at a motorway service station on the way, for refreshments and a loo break. Please bring food and drink for the day. We should be back at The Shire Horse around 5pm.
Sidley Bottom near Ashmansworth is where the coach will drop us off and our walk will begin. It will then pick us up at the end of our walk and return us to The Shire Horse, via the same motorway services.
Our walk finishes in Wildhern where our coach will pick us up and return us to The Shire Horse, stopping briefly at the motorway service station. We will arrive at the Shire Horse at around 4:45/5:00pm.
