Suggested Donation 50p to How to get there Driving: Postcode is RG10 8DE and there is a car park close by on School Lane. (parking charges may apply)

Nearest Station: station is 700 metres away.

The 850 service stops close by on High Street. We’re delighted to present two circular walks all starting and ending at the Bull in Wargrave. The Brakspear Pub Trails are a series of circular walks. Pub Walks App The walks on this leaflet are also available as easy We thought the idea of a variety of circular country walks to follow routes with real time GPS navigation on all starting and ending at our pubs was a guaranteed winner. the Pub Walks App. We have fantastic pubs nestled in the countryside, and we hope our maps are a great way for you to get out and enjoy Search for ‘Pub Walks’ on your iPhone or Google some fresh air and a gentle walk, with a guaranteed drink at play app store to download the free app. the end – perfect! https://www.pubwalks.com Our pubs have always welcomed walkers (and almost all of them welcome dogs too), so we’re making it even easier with plenty of free maps. You can pick up copies in the pubs taking part or go to pub-trails.co.uk to download them as a printable PDF. We’re planning to add new pubs, so the best Respect – Protect – Enjoy place to check for the latest maps available is always on our website. Respect other people: • Consider the local community and other people We absolutely recommend you book a table so that when enjoying the outdoors you finish your walk you can enjoy a much needed bite to eat • Leave gates and property as you find them and too. At the weekend, please book in advance, as this is often follow paths unless wider access is available a busier time, especially in our smaller pubs. Protect the natural enviroment: • Leave no trace of your visit and take your litter And finally, do send us your photos of you home out and about on your walk. We really do • Keep dogs under effective control love getting them. Enjoy the outdoors: • Plan ahead and be prepared • Follow advice and local signs For more info visit: www.gov.uk/government/ @BrakspearPubs publications/the-countryside-code Route 2

Route 1

The Bull at Wargrave High Street Wargrave RG10 8DE

Tel: 01189 403120

Route 1: Adventure Distance: 8.4 km (5.2 miles) Time: 2.5 hours Route 2: Bowsey Hill and Ashley Hill Distance: 14 km (8.7 miles) Time: 4 hours Woodland walk with some Route 1 roads and moderate hills

Directions Distance: 8.4 km (5.2 miles) Time: 2.5 hours

01 Before you start this pub walk, we recommend that you the end of the field, and the path bends off to the right, there download the free ‘Pub Walks’ app to help you navigate the is a metal gate and a footpath going into the woods straight walk. Search for ‘Pub Walks’ on your app store to find the app. ahead.

02 With your back to the front corner of the Bull, you will be 07 Go through this metal gate and immediately the path forks on a cross roads. You want to head up School lane, so cross three ways. A footpath going downhill to the left, a bridleway the high street carefully and then walk slightly uphill along going sharp right and a footpath going straight ahead. Follow School Lane (using the path on the left side of the road.) the footpath straight ahead at this point out into the open again. 03 After about 400m turn left onto a road going slightly uphill called Dark Lane. After another 400m, just before you reach 08 After around 40m the path forks again. Left goes back into the end of Dark Lane, take the path to the right that continues the woods but you want to go right instead on the footpath. uphill and tracks Wargrave hill road to your left. Follow this footpath as it goes into some woodland and then bends to the left after a while, passing a small wooden gate 04 Follow the road carefully uphill for another 500m until you and then over some tree roots. Keep going straight ahead. reach a metal gate on your left marked as the “Wargrave Scout Group Centenary Gate”. Go through this gate into the field 09 After about 40m you’ll see a big tree in the middle of the beyond. path and immediately after the tree the path ahead forks. The left fork in the path is almost straight ahead and bending off to the left, but you need to go right, through a gap and a small dip that takes you onto the right fork that then heads on up the hill.

10 Follow this path uphill as it leaves the woodland and turns into a gravel track that continues for around 300m until it enters some more trees. Once in the trees, follow the woodland path for another 200m until it reaches a T-junction in the path. Turn right at this T-junction and then after 20m go through the wooden gate ahead and then turn immediately left following the footpath back into the woods.

A path into some lovely countryside

05 Follow the wide path diagonally through the field and slightly downhill towards the trees ahead. Then, follow the path as it bends to the right around the back of the trees and keep following until it reaches a small wooden bridge. Cross this bridge and continue straight on.

06 After about 120m you’ll see a gap in the hedge on your right. Go through this and immediately turn left and continue to follow the path along the edge of the field with trees to your left. Follow this path for around 250m and as you reach Foxgloves in the Bowsey Hill woodland Woodland walk with some Route 1 roads and moderate hills

Directions Distance: 8.4 km (5.2 miles) Time: 2.5 hours

11 Keep following this path through woodland for 400m until you reach an opening and T-junction in the track. You have now reached the top of Bowsey Hill. Turn left here and follow the track. You’ll pass a grand house entrance gate to your left and then you need to keep going straight ahead for around 1km (downhill all the way!)

12 At the bottom of the hill, you will meet a crossroads. Turn left here and follow the quiet lane slightly uphill. After about 200m you will see a gate on your right with a metal footpath sign. Go through gate and then follow this path down the hill with fences either side of you until it emerges out onto a village hall on your left and a road ahead.

13 Cross this road and take the very narrow footpath straight ahead. Follow this path downhill through fences and then trees until it emerges onto a quiet road. Turn right and follow the road for around 25m before turning left into some more trees following the metal footpath sign.

14 Follow this path with a wooden fence to your right until it reaches a wooden gate. Go through here and into the field ahead. Walk through the field with trees to your left as it More delightful countryside on this walk bends to the left and towards more wooden gates. Go through 18 Follow this for about 350m through the field until you those gates and head uphill under some pretty trees. Keep arrive back at the little wooden bridge that you crossed earlier. following until you reach another gate. Go through this gate Turn right here and follow the path ahead until you reach the and continue to follow the track downhill. Scout gate and then turn right onto the road. 15 At the bottom of the hill just after a tree on your left the 19 Carefully follow this road downhill for 500m until you see path turns to the left. Go left here and continue down the Dark Lane on your left. Follow Dark Lane downhill for 400m gravel track towards the gate ahead. 10m before the gate and then turn right at the T junction onto school lane. Follow turn sharp right onto a footpath and head down past a tree School Lane all the way back to the Bull on the crossroads. towards another metal gate.

16 Go through that metal gate and then follow the footpath through the field ahead for about 150m until it reaches ? Wargrave is a large and historic village nestled on the another gate. Go through that, and into next field, and follow DID YOU KNOW banks of the and along the of the path ahead that goes around the left side of a field for the . It’s name is derived from ‘Weir-Grove’ around 250m. and the first documented evidence of the settlement was recorded back in 1061. 17 Go through the next gate, turn right onto the quiet road and after about 10m turn left back onto the footpath. Go straight on again though the field with the field to your left and hedge to your right. Epic woodland adventure with Route 2 some roads and moderate hills

Directions Distance: 14 km (8.7 miles) Time: 4 hours

01 Before you start this pub walk, we recommend that you 07 Go through this metal gate and immediately the path forks download the free ‘Pub Walks’ app to help you navigate the three ways. A footpath going downhill to the left, a bridleway walk. Search for ‘Pub Walks’ on your app store to find the app. going sharp right and a footpath going straight ahead. Follow the footpath straight ahead at this point out into the open 02 With your back to the front corner of the Bull, you will be again. on a cross roads. You want to head up School lane, so cross the high street carefully and then walk slightly uphill along 08 After around 40m the path forks again. Left goes back into School Lane (using the path on the left side of the road.) the woods but you want to go right instead on the footpath. Follow this footpath as it goes into some woodland and then 03 After about 400m turn left onto a road going slightly uphill bends to the left after a while, passing a small wooden gate called Dark Lane. After another 400m, just before you reach and then over some tree roots. Keep going straight ahead. the end of Dark Lane, take the path to the right that continues uphill and tracks Wargrave hill road to your left. 09 After about 40m you’ll see a big tree in the middle of the path and immediately after the tree the path ahead forks. The 04 Follow the road carefully uphill for another 500m until you left fork in the path is almost straight ahead and bending off reach a metal gate on your left marked as the “Wargrave Scout to the left, but you need to go right, through a gap and a small Group Centenary Gate”. Go through his gate into the field dip that takes you onto the right fork that then heads on up beyond. the hill.

05 Follow the wide path diagonally through the field and 10 Follow this path uphill as it leaves the woodland and slightly downhill towards the trees ahead. Then, follow the turns into a gravel track that continues for around 300m path as it bends to the right around the back of the trees and until it enters some more trees. Once in the trees, follow the keep following until it reaches a small wooden bridge. Cross woodland path for another 200m until it reaches a T-junction this bridge and continue straight on. in the path. Turn right at this T-junction and then after 20m go through the wooden gate ahead and then turn immediately 06 After about 120m you’ll see a gap in the hedge on your right. Go through this and immediately turn left and continue left following the footpath back into the woods. to follow the path along the edge of the field with trees to 11 Keep following this path through woodland for 400m your left. Follow this path for around 250m and as you reach until you reach an opening and T-junction in the track. You the end of the field, and the path bends off to the right, there have now reached the top of Bowser Hill. Turn right at this is a metal gate and a footpath going into the woods straight T-junction and after 20m the path forks. Take the left fork and ahead. follow this path (signposted to )

12 Follow this long sweeping path downhill all the way to the bottom until it reaches a T-junction with a signpost. Go left (signposted Warren Hill), and then after 20m turn right onto a path through a metal gate and into a field with beautiful views.

13 Go straight ahead through the field towards the white house on the other side. When you reach the edge of the field by the white house, go through the gate and then immediately go through the next gate 10m straight ahead (ignoring the paths to your left and right).

Enjoying fresh air and beautiful countryside Epic woodland adventure with Route 2 some roads and moderate hills

Directions Distance: 14 km (8.7 miles) Time: 4 hours

14 Once you are through the second gate, the path forks with a 19 Once you reach the top of the hill, pause for a breather and metal gate on your right and footpath bending off to the left. enjoy the view before going into the woodland path in a gap Follow the left footpath as it turns into a gravel track and then in the top left corner of the field. Follow this woodland path bends off to the right. uphill and then at the top off the hill you reach a crossroads in the glorious woodland. 15 Follow this track slightly downhill past some houses, and then through some trees, until after around 500m it reaches 20 Go straight ahead at this crossroads and follow the a T-junction on a busier road. Turn left here and walk about woodland path straight on for around 400m, passing a house 30m along the side of the road carefully until you see a metal on your right on the way, until you reach a metal footpath sign footpath sign pointing to the right. at a T-junction. Go left at this T-junction and then follow the path downhill for 200m until you reach another T-junction. 16 Carefully cross the road, walk between two large logs, and then through a metal gate into a field. Walk straight ahead 21 At this next T-junction, turn left and then after just 3m turn into the field for about 100m (nearly half way across) until right by the metal footpath sign. Follow that path downhill it meets a path crossroads. Go left at this ‘crossroads’ and through the woods until you see a house on your right. Walk continue to follow the path all the way ahead to a gate at the past the house and then after another 20m turn left into a far corner of the field. wooden gate.

17 Go through the gate and then walk straight ahead, about 22 Walk straight ahead on the grassy lane between the two 20m up the hill towards another metal gate. Go through this sweeping wooden fences and follow this lovely wide path all gate and immediately turn right. Then follow the footpath up the way down the hill, admiring the views as you go. the hill and through the field with a fence to your right as you walk up the hill.

18 Keep going uphill to the far end of the field (tracking the wire fence to your right) and when you reach the top, go through the metal gate to your right. Once you are through the gate turn left and carry on walking up the hill with the hedges to your left.

A sweeping path with majestic views

23 At the bottom, there is a metal footpath sign and a fork in the path. Take the right path here and continue down to the quiet lane ahead. Turn left onto the lane and follow it all downhill to the T-junction at the end. At the T-junction, turn right and join the footpath that runs alongside the road with Fantastic woodland paths on Ashley Hill the road to your left. Epic woodland adventure with Route 2 some roads and moderate hills

Directions Distance: 14 km (8.7 miles) Time: 4 hours

24 Follow the path all the way down for around 300m until you 32 At the bottom of the hill just after a tree on your left the reach a wooden waymark post and see a gate to the left. Go path turns to the left. Go left here and continue down the through the wooden gate and follow the path straight ahead gravel track towards the gate ahead. 10m before the gate, through the trees and across a little tarmac lane straight turn sharp right onto a footpath and head down past a tree ahead until you reach the fence ahead. towards another metal gate.

25 Once you reach the fence, keep walking ahead on this path 33 Go through that metal gate and then follow the footpath tracking the fence to your right as it bends to the left and then through the field ahead for about 150m until it reaches right and eventually it reaches a wooden gate. Go through another gate. Go through that, and into next field, and follow this gate and then follow the path straight ahead on a gravel the path ahead that goes around the left side of a field for track, past some garages on your right, and then between around 250m. some houses. 34 Go through the next gate, turn right onto the quiet road 26 When the path reaches a road, carefully cross the road and and after about 10m turn left back onto the footpath. Go turn right. Follow the road for about 50m until you see the straight on again though the field with the field to your left sign on the left and a track going back uphill. Go left here and and hedge to your right. follow the track. 35 Follow this for about 350m through the field until you arrive back at the little wooden bridge that you crossed earlier. Turn 27 Follow this path uphill until it reaches a wooden gate and right here and follow the path ahead until you reach the Scout some woodland. Go through the gate and continue straight gate and then turn right onto the road. ahead uphill into the woodland with the fence to your right. Follow this path as it winds, dips and dives through the 36 Carefully follow this road downhill for 500m until you see woodland until you eventually reach a wooden gate. Dark Lane on your left. Follow Dark Lane downhill for 400m and then turn right at the T junction onto school lane. Follow 28 Go through this gate into the quiet lane and turn right. Then School Lane all the way back to the Bull on the crossroads. follow this track, downhill all the way, for about 800m.

29 At the bottom of the hill, you will meet a crossroads. Turn left here and follow the quiet lane slightly uphill. After about 200m you will see a gate on your right with a metal footpath sign. Go through gate and then follow this path down the hill with fences either side of you until it emerges out onto a village hall on your left and a road ahead.

30 Cross this road and take the very narrow footpath straight ahead. Follow this path downhill through fences and then trees until it emerges onto a quiet road. Turn right and follow the road for around 25m before turning left into some more trees following the metal footpath sign.

31 Follow this path with a wooden fence to your right until it reaches a wooden gate. Go through here and into the field ahead. Walk through the field with trees to your left as it veers to the left and towards more wooden gates. Go through The beautiful fields on this walk those gates and head uphill under some pretty trees. Keep following until you reach another gate. Go through this gate and continue to follow the track downhill. The Bull at Wargrave Opening Hours: Monday - Friday: 12pm – 3pm & 6pm - 11pm Saturday & Sunday: 12pm - 11pm Kitchen Open: Mon - Fri: 12pm - 2.15pm & 6.30pm - 9pm Saturday: 12pm - 3pm & 6.30pm – 9pm Sunday: 12pm - 4.30pm

These opening hours are subject to change without notice.

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The Bull at Wargrave High Street Wargrave Berkshire RG10 8DE

Tel: 01189 403120 www.bullwargrave.co.uk

This info was correct at the time of going to print. Printed August 2019 v1

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