Park to park: Caversham to Crowsley (and back via a brewery) (BOOKING REQUIRED)

Walk details

We’ll head out from our start point through the trees of Clayfield Copse on the edge of Caversham Park Village estate, and then onto a short stretch of road walking. We’ll soon join a section of the Chiltern Way which takes us across gently rolling fields, before arriving at the front gates of Crowsley Park.

The Park is a 160-acre country estate where Tom Baker’s Doctor Who met his dramatic end in 1981. It’s also intermittently home to quite a few horses, as well as some very large satellite dishes.

After some lunch at Crowsley we’ll start our return journey, through quiet fields and along narrow lanes, until we reach the village of Dunsden Green. Here, we’ll drop into the Loddon Brewery for a refreshing drink (hot or cold) if it’s open.

The final stretch of the walk takes us back to Caversham in a short time, via Blackhouse Wood, which lies adjacent to Clayfield Copse.

NOTE: If you’ve joined me on one of the previous times I’ve led this walk, it has been replanned to avoid the very worst of the mud we experienced previously. However, this does NOT mean we won't encounter mud or flooding if the weather has been bad!

Travel details

By public transport

Please take Reading bus no. 23 from Friar Street in Reading centre, leaving at 10:30. Alight at Fraser Avenue stop – opposite Clayfield Copse car park – at 10:50.

By car

Please park in Clayfield Copse car park, which is free as far as the walk leader can tell, although it is used by members of the tennis club adjacent to it. Alternative parking can be found at the Milestone Centre, Milestone Way, RG4 6PF – a ten minute walk away.

Notes

• Please bring a packed lunch and a drink.
• It might be muddy – please wear suitable footwear.
• Please feel free to contact the leader with queries about the walk, or if you are delayed on the day.

Booking details

• This walk is limited to 25 walkers including the walk leader
• Do not turn up for the walk without booking, else we will have to turn you away.
• Book a place on this walk via Meetup (see Website link).
• If you are unable to use Meetup but would like to attend, please either ask someone else to register you as their guest, or email walkbookings@berkshirewalkers.co.uk with your request.
• Please see our group website for more information: https://www.berkshirewalkers.co.uk/