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TCE2017 -3-Short-Hungerford-Newbury Number Total Delta Notes Comments (miles) (miles) 1 0.0 0.0 Start of route, entrance to the campsite. Turn left, heading south 2 0.4 0.4 Turn right onto Featherbed Lane SP Adbury, Newtown 3 0.6 0.2 Keep right 4 0.9 0.3 Keep right at the triangle junction, staying on Featherbed Lane 5 1.2 0.3 After rising up the hill, turn left at the grass triangle. No SP 6 1.4 0.2 Turn right Do not go straight ahead into the farm track 7 1.8 0.4 TJ turn left (grass triangle in the middle of the junction). No SP 8 3.1 1.3 Crossroads, SO on Church Lane SP Sandham Memorial Chapel 9 3.3 0.2 TJ turn left onto Harts Lane, memorial on grass triangle. SP Sandham Memorial Chapel 10 3.7 0.4 Optional: On the right, National Trust Sandham Memorial Chapel containing large-scale murals by acclaimed artist Sir Stanley Spencer. Open every day over Easter. 11 4.0 0.3 Turn right, onto bridge over the A34 dual carriage-way SP Pendwood, Highclere Village 12 5.7 1.7 After sharp descent, crossroads, SO on Church Lane. SP Kintbury, Woolton Hill CARE: the junction gets very busy. 13 6.1 0.4 CARE: Just by the (ugly) telephone exchange building, watch out for a huge pothole. 14 6.4 0.3 Turn left onto Church Road SP Hollington House, East End 15 6.8 0.4 Keep right SP East End, Heath End 16 7.6 0.8 CARE: Road surface ragged 17 8.0 0.4 TJ turn right SP West Woodhay 18 8.1 0.1 At the grass triangle, keep left (TJ left). SP St. Martins Church 19 8.5 0.4 Keep left Do not go straight ahead into the farm track 20 8.8 0.3 At the grass triangle, keep right SP West Woodhay 21 9.6 0.8 Turn left SP Inkpen, Coombe 22 9.8 0.2 Go slow as the road bends to the right - the view on the next section is lovely. 23 10.8 1.0 TJ, turn right 24 11.1 0.3 Turn right SP Kintbury, Newbury 25 11.4 0.3 TJ turn right SP Kintbury, Newbury Optional: The Coffee Shop co-located with the Crown and Garter Pub is well worth a visit (indoor and outdoor seating). 26 11.4 0.0 Exitting the Crown & Garter coffee shop, turn right, then keep SP Lower Inkpen, Ham, Hungerford right 27 12.7 1.3 Stop at crossroads, then turn right SP Hungerford 28 12.9 0.2 TJ turn right SP Hungerford, Kintbury 29 12.9 0.0 Turn left SP Hungerford, The Swan Inn 30 13.0 0.1 The Swan Inn on the right hand side 31 15.3 2.3 Turn left SP Sanham Green 32 16.2 0.9 At the mini-roundabout, turn right SP Wantage 33 16.3 0.1 At the mini-roundabout, go straight on 34 16.5 0.2 Hungerford High Street Plenty of shops, cafes, pubs. Eliane on the left hand side up from the old town hall is very good. The seating area is lovely. The Tutti Pole on the left hand side just before the bridge over the canal is OK. 35 16.5 0.0 At the mini-roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Park Street. SP Long Stay parking, Station Leads to Hungerford Common. 36 17.4 0.9 Keep right and enjoy the swoop down and back up. 37 19.2 1.8 Enter Kintbury 38 19.6 0.4 Just to the left of the Corner stores is Thatcher's Yard (on Church Street), where you will find Cocochoux Café. 39 19.7 0.1 Turn right onto Newbury St SP Hamstead Marshall 40 20 0.3 Turn left onto Irish Hill Rd SP Marsh Benham, cycle path 4 41 20.3 0.3 Keep right 42 21.7 1.4 Keep left SP Marsh Benham 43 22.8 1.1 Turn right SP Marsh Benham, and the Red House Pub 44 23.2 0.4 Turn left, just before the brick gate posts 45 23.6 0.4 TJ turn right onto A4. CARE: fast traffic 46 23.7 0.1 Turn left onto Church Rd 47 23.9 0.2 Turn right onto Ermin St/B4000 SP Newbury 48 24.2 0.3 Turn left onto Rookswood SP Woodspeen, Bayford House Care Home 49 24.2 0.0 After the first cottage on the right, turn right onto Snake Lane 50 24.8 0.6 Turn right onto Lambourn Rd SP Newbury 51 26.3 1.5 At the mini-roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Oxford SP Newbury Road/B4494 52 26.7 0.4 At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit (SO) SP Parkway Northbrook, Northcroft Leisure 53 26.8 0.1 At the mini-roundabout, take the first exit onto Oxford Road 54 26.9 0.1 At the mini-roundabout take the 2nd exit - with the clock tower on your left. 55 27 0.1 Where the traffic is blocked by rising bollards, carry straight on, Newbury Town centre - shops, cafés, restaurants. but take care as it is pedestrianised. 56 27.2 0.2 Just before the bridge over the River Kennet, turn left between This will take you on a paved path alongside the river - you may Costa Coffee and the West Cornwall Pasty Shop. want to walk. 57 27.9 0.7 Keep on the left hand cycle path as you pass under the A34 dual carriage-way 58 27.9 0.0 After passing under the bridge, you can EITHER immediately turn right to rejoin the track nearest the river [great views of the boatyard but an awkward barrier to negotiate] OR keep right at the lamp post, then rejoin the river path further ahead. 59 28.2 0.3 Double back over the footbridge to cross the river, then follow the road that is perpendicular to the river. 60 28.3 0.1 Crossroads, SO to Boundary Road/B3421 61 28.4 0.1 Crossroads SO Turn left here if you wish to visit Banjo Cycles. 62 28.7 0.3 At the mini-roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Racecourse Rd 63 28.8 0.1 Follow the road round to the right. 64 29.2 0.4 Fork right onto the cycle path 65 29.2 0.0 Continue onto New Rd 66 29.6 0.4 TJ, turn right 67 29.7 0.1 Just before the mini-roundabout, turn left to go onto Greenham Common Cycleway 68 30 0.3 TJ turn right 69 30.2 0.2 Follow the cycleway to the left just in front of the bunkers The bunkers featured in Star Wars The Force Awakens 70 30.4 0.2 After the final bunker, there is the narrow strip of trees, then turn right, following the cyclepath. 71 30.8 0.4 Sweep around the dummy metal plane, then up and through The dummy aeroplane was used by the US AirForce Fire Crews the gap in the woods. for Fire Drills. 72 31 0.2 Then head across to the road, heading east. 73 31.3 0.3 At the mini-roundabout turn right onto Warehouse Road 74 31.4 0.1 At the mini-roundabout take the 1st exit left onto Fifth Street. 75 31.5 0.1 TJ turn right onto Communications Road. 76 31.6 0.1 At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Albury Way 77 31.7 0.1 At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Ecchinswell Road. CARE: busy road. 78 32.3 0.6 Turn left into the campsite..