We are the East Berkshire Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
Dawn D.
We have a short steep climb* out of Hurstbourne Tarrant at the beginning of this, the final section of our walk, but then its downhill all the way, again passing through pleasant farmland, woodland and pretty villages. We cross two ancient tracks: (1) Hungerford Lane Roman Road, linking Cirencester to Winchester and beyond; and (2) the Harrow or Tin Way which can be traced from Kent to Cornwall, dating back to the Bronze Age. We enter Andover from the west, following the Anton Lakes Nature Reserve and the River Anton itself. Our walk finishes at Andover's War Memorial on the green next to St Mary's Church.
*It will be possible to do this walk without the initial steep climb, courtesy of our coach driver, who will drop you off further along the route at the top of the hill to meet up with the climbers! This route will be just over a mile shorter and downhill all the way.
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 Hurstbourne Tarrant. 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 between 5:00 and 5:30pm.
Hurstbourne Tarrant. Our coach will drop us off here at around 10:15. It will then pick us up in Andover at the end of our walk and return us to The Shire Horse via the motorway services.
Our walk finishes at St Mary's Church in Andover - the end of the Brenda Parker Way. We may then need to walk a short distance to a coach park. Our coach will take us back to the Shire Horse via a service station. ETA at the Shire Horse is 5:30pm.
