THE
WALK
Distance: 7.5
miles
Grid reference at start: SU483838
Time: 3/4 hours
Going: Easy
Parking: In car park beside Ridgeway at grid reference
above, and in car park at Lardon Chase.
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BERKSHIRE WALKING AND SAFETY
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From
the car park, walk in an easterly direction onto The Ridgeway, with
the A34 to your left.
Follow
The Ridgeway as it dips down underneath the A34.
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| Much
of The Ridgeway is rutted and can be difficult to pass after
heavy rain. |
Follow
the path as it bends round to the left.
Keep
to the main Ridgeway path, seeing some corrugated pig sheds on the
right, and Didcot Power Station behind and to your left.
As
the path is crossed by others, continue following the main Ridgeway.
Look
out for a tap on the right for drinking water by the entrance to
a farm.
As
a Byway crosses The Ridgeway, continue straight ahead on the main
track.
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Ridgeway passes mainly over farmland and woodland. |
Look
out for the sign directing you left following the main Ridgeway
path.
You
should be able to see electricity pylons straight ahead of you.
You
should now see Didcot Power Station to your left.
The
path descends towards Streatley and becomes a tarmac road.
Stay
on the tarmac road and don't take the footpath on the right by Wynders.
Go
past Thurle Grange Farm on your right and see the golf club ahead
and on your right.
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| View
from the top of the golf course. |
See
Thurle Grange on your left.
Follow
the road past Golf Cottages on the right and take the footpath directly
after the cottages on the right.
Follow
the footpath sign straight across the golf course, as it slopes
quite steeply upwards.
The
path continues out of the golf course, into woods, bearing right.
This
will get you to the car park at Lardon Chase where you should have
left your second car, the end of this part of the Berkshire Way.
You've
completed
Part Seven of the Berkshire Way
Well
Done!
Berkshire
Way Part Eight
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