stones marking 1934 boundary of . The Millennium Walk From now on the route largely follows the northern HURLEY TO MAIDENHEAD RIVERSIDE boundary of the town in 1934 and connects several This walk is a joint project between Maidenhead Civic Commons and the Brick & Tile Works Nature Reserve, all Society and East Berks Ramblers. This leaflet aims to held by the National Trust. help walkers follow the route and enjoy the heritage, The Green Way to Widbrook Common vistas and wildlife along the way. Heron, kingfishers, red kites and deer can be seen along 3 Distance: 7 ⁄4 miles (12.5km) this streamside walk. Start: Hurley Village Car Park Finish: Boulters Lock Car Park Widbrook Common to Maidenhead Riverside Vista: Hanging Woods of Cliveden Reach with Cliveden The Millennium Walk connects at each end with the House (NT) on the skyline. Commoners graze cattle on the Thames Path National Trail. A footpath link, shown Common from mid-May to mid-November for a seasonal between the Millennium Route and Marlow, provides two fee. This originally contributed to an Apprentice Charity additional circular walks using the Thames Path. for local boys but charity’s terms were changed in 1973 Hurley to Prospect Hill so that girls could also benefit. It is now the Tithecote House was a 14th-century Tithe Barn with Educational Charity. dovecote – before conversion in 1950. The Thames Path – Millennium Walk Link St Mary the Virgin Church: A Benedictine Priory, as a cell Woods, including Quarry Wood, considered to be to Westminster Abbey, was founded in this church in 1086 the richest ancient woodland in , have been by the Norman Lord, Geoffrey de Mandeville. owned and sensitively managed by the Woodland Trust A smaller 14th-century Tithe Barn stands next to one of since 1990. The Wood is said to be the original “Wild three Village Greens purchased, in 1976 by Hurley Village Wood” of Kenneth Graham’s book Wind in the Willows. Association together with the lordship of the manor. He lived in . Ye Olde Bell Inn was a guest house of the priory – dated 1135 over door but apparently it is 15th-century. USEFUL CONTACTS Maidenhead Civic Society: aims to improve and protect Prospect Hill to Temple Golf Club many aspects of the environment, including creating new Vista over Thames Valley: Large white building is walks. www.maidenheadcivicsoc.org.uk Danesfield Court, now a luxury hotel, requisitioned during WWII as a base for air photo-intelligence. Prospect Hill East Berkshire Ramblers: helps to protect and restore summit marks boundary of Berkshire College of public rights of way and seeks to develop new footpaths. Agriculture (BCA). Hall Place, the mansion now owned by www.eastberksramblers.org the college, was the seat of the Clayton East family, once Public Rights of Way, Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Lords of the Manor of Hurley. This section includes a new www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/prow-index.htm permitted path granted by BCA. Berkshire College of Agriculture (BCA) Temple Golf Club to Boundary Oak, Pinkneys Green To check on permitted path see Vista is one of the best in the Thames Valley. www.bca.ac.uk/equine_centre/park_and_ride Temple Golf Club was founded in 1909 by Capt G Note: The completion of the Millennium Walk has been given high MacDonald of the Guards Club, Maidenhead, on fine chalk priority by the Local Access Forum (LAF) and is in the RBWM Rights of downland leased from the Temple Park & Bisham Estates. Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP) 2005-2015. The missing link between the A4094 and the Thames Path was included in the Cookham District Boundary Oak to the Green Way Plan of l973, Maidenhead Local Plan of l999 and the ROWIP 2005-2015. Boundary Stone at base of Boundary Oak, one of the Published with the aid of a grant from The Kidwells Park Trust. 50p With care, follow the waymark posts across the golf course.

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