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THE
WALK
Distance: 7.5
miles
Grid reference at start: SU326789
Time: 3 to 3.5 hours
Going: Moderate
Parking: Car parks in the centre of Lambourn
and
Hungerford
BBC
BERKSHIRE WALKING AND SAFETY
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The
walk starts in Lambourn, so you need to park one car at the finish
in Hungerford, there are several long-stay car parks in the centre.
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| This
is where the walk begins, you can see the church tower across
Lambourn |
Park
the other car in Lambourn, in one of the free car parks off the
High Street, and walk to St Michael and All Angels Church.
From
here, walk back down the High Street, past The George Pub on the
left.
Follow
the road for approximately 300 yards.
Directly
after you walk past a left turning to Edwards Hill,
you'll see a house on the left.
After
the house is a footpath, turn left up the footpath.
The
footpath is on a slight incline and is a bit stoney underfoot.
The
footpath ends, continue on a tarmac road, past Lambourn C of E School
on the left.
Good
views of Lambourn village behind and to the left.
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| View
of The George on the left, down the High Street |
Continue
on the byway, past Meridian stables onto White Shute Track.
Continue
to follow the byway when it is crossed by a footpath and becomes
Stoney Lane Track.
Continue
to follow the byway until it is crossed by another track at a thatched
cottage.
Take
the track ahead keeping the cottage on your left.
The
byway can get boggy here after bad weather.
Pass
Burgess Farm on the left, to meet the B4001 Roman Road.
Turn
left onto the Roman Road. This is a busy
road so keep to the verge.
At
the staggered junction, turn right.
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| Lots
of opportunities for taking good photos here |
The
road has signs on it saying Inholmes, and you will also see a footpath
sign.
Cross
the M4 motorway over the bridge.
When
you reach the entrance gate for Inholmes House only, go to the left
of the gateway and follow the footpath.
Follow
the path with trees on the left and a field on the right.
At
the end of the field, bear slightly left through the woods.
It
was quite overgrown when BBC Berkshire walked this stretch in August
2002, but passable.
At
the end of the wooded stretch, follow the footpath left into the
field with the field on the right.
Continue
straight on, with woodland to your right.
See
Gallows Down and Walbury Hill to the right, follow path straight
through field.
When
you meet the road, turn right.
When
you meet the junction at Haywards
Bottom, turn left.
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may see the odd tractor but that's about it as far as traffic
is concerned |
After
200 yards turn right, signposted to New Hayward and Leverton.
Views
of Hungerford to the left.
At
the crossroads follow road to Eddington and Hungerford.
Pass
a house on the right with wooden shutters, and wood cladding, painted
peach.
Directly
after the house, turn right down a narrow path.
Keep
right.
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| Pass
this old Mill on the right |
After
approximately 50 yards, go straight down a footpath between two houses
(coming off the road) and crossing a wooden footbridge.
Follow
the path with a stream on the left and the River Kennet on the
right.
When you
reach the road bridge, turn right up onto the bridge, and walk over
it.
Follow
the road sign to Marlborough, Salisbury and Swindon.
Walk
alongside the Texaco petrol station on the left.
Walk
past the Lamb Inn on the left.
Turn
left at the mini roundabout by The Bear at Hungerford, following
the road sign to Town Centre.
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| You'll
see this picturesque bridge as you come into Hungerford |
Pass
the John O'Gaunt Inn on the left.
Walk
over the bridge across the Kennet & Avon Canal into the town.
Directly
after crossing the bridge, turn left and go back on yourself, underneath
a wrought iron footbridge to a private house, to join the towpath
on the canal.
Turn right
onto the towpath.
When
you reach a footbridge across the canal, turn right, off the towpath
and towards the station.
You've
completed Part One of the Berkshire Way
Well
Done!
Berkshire
Way Part Two
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