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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North Wessex Downs AONB visiting the picturesque villages of Chaddleworth and Brightwalton. Head to the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) for a wander through the rolling chalk landscape of the Berkshire Downs visiting the picturesque villages of Chaddleworth and Brightwalton. Situated to the north of Newbury, Chaddleworth, like its near neighbour,
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Head to Chieveley for a dog-friendly wander through the North Wessex Downs AONB to the north of Newbury. From the parking area we head east down School Lane for a while before meandering through fields to arrive a Chieveley. Here we take a short loop through the village which has a pub – Ye Olde
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New edition of Walking the Ridgeway National Trail guidebook with 1:25K map booklet has been published by Cicerone and is available now. The guidebook details the trail in both directions, west to east and east to west. Step-by-step route descriptions are accompanied by 1:50,000 OS mapping and a separate OS 1:25,000 map booklet showing the
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