Linkenholt and Faccombe from Walbury Hill.

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Overview

Linkenholt and Faccombe from Walbury Hill. Great views (weather permitting) on this walk through rolling countryside. We pass Combe Gibbet on the Wayfarers Walk on our way to Linkenholt, then go through the pretty village of Netherton. We return to the start on the Brenda Parker Way via Faccombe. Assistance dogs only.

Tuesday, 28 April 2026

Start time:: 10:15 am
Estimated finish time:: 3:15 pm

Difficulty:: Moderate
Distance:: 20.1km / 12.5mi
Ascent:: N/A
Type:: circular

Website:: https://www.lvra.org.uk/Webpages/walks.html

LVR advise walkers to use the following details. START: SU380615, RG17 9EH (51.35186,-1.45539) ///leans.oils.solutions , CONTACT Leader: Keith B , Phone: 0778 046 4115

Starting point

Grid reference:: SU 38023 61562
Nearest postcode:: RG17 9EH
what3words:: leans.oils.solutions

Start time:: 10:15 am

Car park to the east of Walbury Hill on a minor road about 2 miles south of Inkpen. Postcode: useless; do not use it in your satnav. (Note: if you go to the CP to the west of Walbury Hill that has a concreted entrance, you are at the wrong one!). Bring packed lunch.

Upcoming walks with Loddon Valley Group

Whitchurch Hill in winter

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.6 miles

Around urban Bracknell between green spaces

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

A walk through Swallowfield Park and the plantations around Farley Hill

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.0 miles

A ramble through woodland, farmland and villages in the Chilterns

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.8 miles

Four Wells and a Red Lion

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.5 miles

Choice Chiltern Charm

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 15.0 miles

Bagshot Heath, visiting Rapley Lake, New England Hill, Wishmoor Cross, Deer Rock Hill

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.5 miles

A local walk, passing 2 golf courses and passing through The Coombes and Rook's Nest

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Three lakes, three woods and a garden

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 10.0 miles

A leisurely walk from Simons Wood car park to and around Horseshoe Lake

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.6 miles

Holies Hanging, Lardon Chase and Lough Down

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.6 miles

Hambleden, Great Wood, great walk!

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Will we find snowdrops?

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 12.0 miles

Circular round Ufton Nervet

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 15.0 miles

A Spring walk from Eversley Church to River Blackwater path, returning via Eversley Cross

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.8 miles

California Park, Arborfield and Hazebrouck Meadows Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.5 miles

Town and Country walk via Caversham

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 12.0 miles

Binfield Heath and Crowsley Park

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Woodley and Earley Lakes

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 7.0 miles

A pleasant walk up the Hambleden valley to Skirmett, returning through woods and along country lanes

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.3 miles

A woodland walk on the outskirts of Marlow (north-west)

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

River Loddon Ramble

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Heaths, Greens, Woods and Water

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 15.0 miles

Return to The Horns, Bowsey Hill, Warren Row and Juddmonte Farm

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.5 miles

Badgemore Park and the Oxfordshire Way

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.8 miles

Bisley to Brookwood cemetery passing through Bisley Common and Sheets Heath

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.9 miles

Charming and very scenic Spring walk in the Chilterns visiting Hailey and Ipsden

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Boveney Chapel and Dorney Common

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.3 miles

Finchampstead Ridges and Blackwater Lakes

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.0 miles

A Circumnavigation of Crowthorne!

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.5 miles

Hampden Church, Pulpit Hill, Ellesborough & back skirting Prestwood

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 15.2 miles

Clayfield Copse, Chalkhouse Green, Lady's Shaw, Comp Farm and Littlestead Green

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Starting in the ever popular Henley-on-Thames we climb from Newtown into the Chiltern Hills enjoying

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

A lovely walk in the Chilterns, with great views, including Watlington Hill

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.4 miles

A circular route through rolling North Hampshire countryside

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 12.0 miles

Chance for a Chat in the Chilterns

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 12.0 miles

Round and about St James Church Barkham

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 3.5 miles

Pleasant walk around Barkham countryside, and the Coombes

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Bluebell hunting from King William IV Pub

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.7 miles

Join us for a longer and hilly figure-of-eight walk with 1600 ft of ascent, from Hambleden village

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 13.5 miles

Simons Wood to Heath Lake circular via East Berkshire golf course

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.5 miles

Maharajahs Well and Kings Farm figure of eight from Rotherfield Peppard

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.5 miles

A pleasant walk through forestry plantations, fields, woods and heathland

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Around Remenham

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Ascot Heath, Racecourse and Great Pond

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.0 miles

A Spring walk in the Chilterns

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Woodley to Binfield Heath and back via Caversham

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 14.0 miles

A leisurely walk from Horseshoe Lake activity centre overflow car park or main car park if full

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.7 miles

A Watery Walk, counting off at least 3 rivers and 5 lakes.

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.6 miles

Explore the Chilterns and maybe we shall see Bluebells

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

An undulating spring walk to Henley Park with a circuit round Lambridge Wood in search of bluebells

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.8 miles