Directions to Gutteridge Wood

Gutteridge's Wood layby, Goring Heath RG8 7RL

OS Grid Reference 665 788

We meet in the crescent shaped lay-by just where the road bends 200mtrs past a large house with animals in the garden (ex pub) called the King Charles Head. There will be a 2Wild sign at the road side and your party leader will be there to meet you. Please be careful of traffic when leaving or collecting children from this venue. The King Charles Head house has no connection with us. Please do not knock on their door.

From Reading, 20-25 minutes Cross Caversham Bridge and turn left onto A4074 towards Oxford. Continue into . Take the left turn opposite the Pack Saddle Inn on the right. After a mile, see Cross Lanes Farm shop on right and then see sign for Whittles Farm on the left. Road wiggles, then after 500m bends sharp right. Pass sign for Nuney Green on right, then after 30m pull into lay-by on the right, turn round if you get to a large building. From Oxford, 35 minutes From the southern ring road, take A4074 to Reading. Continue 10 miles, past Wallingford roundabouts, past sign to Goring B4009, & through North Stoke. Ascend long hill. At top, pass 1st and 2nd turns on right. Pass sign for the Oratory School. After ½ mile take next right, signed Goring B4526. After ½ mile, where the road bends sharply to the right, turn off left (almost straight). Turn left at next crossroads, pass Waterfield Nursery on right. After ½ mile, pass large house on left. Park in lay-by 200mtrs after it on left. From Henley-on-Thames, 25 minutes From central Henley head NW on A4130 Wallingford/Oxford. Up long hill. Just before , at mini-roundabout, turn left onto B481 / Highmoor/ Reading. After 1 mile turn right towards Highmoor/Stoke Row/Maharajah’s Well. Continue through Stoke Row. After petrol station, turn left to . Continue through Checkendon until you reach A4074. Turn Left. Pass Oratory school on right. After ½ mile take next right, signed Goring B4526. After ½ mile, where the road bends sharply to the right, turn off left (almost straight). Turn left at crossroads, pass Waterfield Nursery on right. After ½ mile, pass large house on left. Park in lay by 200mtrs after it on left. From Pangbourne, 10 minutes From mini-roundabout in Pangbourne centre by the Co-Op, take B471 to Whitchurch. Go over bridge & pay 40p toll. Continue through village, then where road narrows at the bottom of the hill, turn right onto Hardwick Rd. Past Alpaca Farm. Continue up hill to top. At 90 degree left bend with chevrons continue until you reach crossroads. Turn right, pass Waterfield Nursery on right. After ½ mile, pass large house on left. Park in lay-by 200mtrs after it on the left.