Two shorter routes to get you out in the fresh air over the winter period: a walk through artistic Cookham and a Cold War walk or cycle at Greenham Common. Walk 1 – An artist’s haunt The picturesque village of Cookham, which lies alongside the River Thames – England’s longest and most famous river – […]
This month’s walk takes us west to the village of Leckhampstead tucked amongst the rolling Berkshire Downs which form part of the North Wessex Downs area of outstanding natural beauty. Known as Lecanestede in the Domesday Book we head south through the village to the brick and flint St James’ Church which was built in
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This month’s dog & horse friendly wander is based at West Ilsley, tucked amongst the rolling landscape of the Berkshire Downs that make up part of the North Wessex Downs area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB). The village was the original home of the Morland Brewery. John Morland, a local farmer, started brewing his much-sought-after
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This month’s walk meanders through fairly level farmland to the west of Reading and visits the interesting villages of Ashampstead and Yattendon; the latter being home to the award winning West Berkshire Brewery. The village of Ashampstead, mentioned at the time of the Norman Conquest, when William the Conqueror gave the lands to William FitzOsborn,
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The Hardy Connection – take a walk exploring the undulating chalk landscape of the Berkshire Downs to the east of Lambourn which form part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The area has a history going back several thousand years; Roman artefacts and graves have been found hereabouts and the
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