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Suggested Donation 50p to How to get there Driving: Postcode is RG40 4LS and there is a car park on site. Nearest Station: Crowthorne station is 2 miles away. The 145 and 406 services stop 800m away on Jubilee Road. We’re delighted to present two circular walks all starting and ending at the Queen’s Oak. 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 home And finally, do send us your photos of you • Keep dogs under effective control out and about on your walk. We really do Enjoy the outdoors: love getting them. • Plan ahead and be prepared • Follow advice and local signs For more info visit: www.gov.uk/government/ @BrakspearPubs publications/the-countryside-code The Queen’s Oak Brakspear recommends that all walkers bring a copy of the Reading, Church Lane Wokingham & Pangbourne Ordnance Survey Map. You can borrow one from the pub for a refundable £10 deposit Finchampstead Wokingham Berkshire RG40 4LS Tel: 0118 996 8567 Route 1: Horseshoe Lake and Simon’s Wood Distance: 10.8 km (6.7 miles) Time: 3.5 hours Route 2: Moor Green Lakes and Finchampstead Ridges Distance: 8.3 km (5.2 miles) Time: 2.5 hours Route 1 Route 2 Long walk with some mild hills, Route 1 potentially muddy areas and woodland Directions Distance: 10.8 km (6.7 miles) Time: 3.5 hours 01 Before you start this pub walk, we recommend that you until you go through a wooden gate, then turn to the right download the free ‘Pub Walks’ app to help you navigate the immediately and carefully cross the main road. On the walk. Search for ‘Pub Walks’ on your app store to find the app. opposite side of the road, about 10m to the right, take another footpath and follow it as it tracks the main road for about 02 From the carpark with your back to the pub, follow the road 40m before turning off to the left and passing a large gas ahead for 10m and then turn right and walk uphill towards container. the church. Go through the orange gate on your left into the church gardens. 09 Follow this long path ahead tracking a river to your right. After about 2000m, the path gets to a point where it turns to 03 Follow the path around the right side of the church and the right. At this point, there is a gate to the left with a sign then walk down a steep slope into some trees. Follow this path saying “Horseshoe Lake Parks and Countryside Service” which straight ahead, down some steps, and then continue straight is a permissive path around Horseshoe Lake. ahead onto a tree-lined downhill path. 04 After about 50m you reach a gate. Go through this gate and go straight ahead along this path for around 100m until DID YOU KNOW? Horseshoe Lake covers about 22 acres and it is named you see a turning on your right. Take this turning and then after it’s horseshoe-shaped island. follow this path again for around 300m. The path then turns Originally part of an extensive network of working gravel to the left and then after 20m or so it turns to the right with a pits that have now been flooded, this site now occupies an bridge and a wooden gate. attractive setting in the Blackwater Valley and is a popular venue for those who enjoy watersports, birdwatching and 05 Go through this gate and go straight ahead for 150m until walking. you hit a T-Junction in the path at the bottom of the hill. Turn left here and then walk 20m, go through a wooden gate, and then onto a quiet lane with a wooden fence to your right. 10 Go through this gate and follow the path as it tracks Follow this lane for 150m until it reaches a T-junction with a around the Horseshoe lake with the lake to your right. After main road. Turn left onto this road and walk along the path about 700m, at the back corner of the lake, the path goes for about 80m before crossing the road and then joining a thin off to the right and there is a wooden gate on your left. Go tree-lined path you’ll see just before the petrol station. through the wooden gate to the left and immediately go 06 After 200m on this path, turn right onto a track and follow through another wooden gate a few metres ahead onto a this as it goes downhill and bends to the left before turning quiet road. into a footpath leading into more trees. Keep following this 11 Carefully cross the road and walk straight ahead through a path, bending to the left as it goes, until it reaches a metal metal gate into a field. Walk through this field with trees and gate. Go through the gate and emerge onto a small bridge bushes on your left, go through 2 more metal kissing gates, with lovely countryside and lakes in view. and then keep going until eventually, in the top left corner of 07 Walk ahead for 150m until you see a wooden bridge and the field, you come to wooden gate leading onto a quiet road. gate on your left. Continue straight on at this point and walk 12 Go through the wooden gate, turn left and carefully follow ahead for another 200m, enjoying more pretty lakes either side the road for around 50m until it bends to the left, at which of you, as the path turns into a gravel track and bends to the point you will see a footpath on your right going into the left around the back of the lake. Keep following this path all woods. Follow that path through the woods as it bends to the way alongside the lake until it turns left again at the far the right after about 200m with a fence to your left. Follow end of the lake. this path for another 300m until it bends to the left. After the 08 At the end of the gravel path, it turns into a smaller bend keep following the path as it goes quite steeply uphill footpath. Keep straight ahead on this footpath for 40m into some beautiful woodland. Long walk with some mild hills, Route 1 potentially muddy areas and woodland Directions Distance: 10.8 km (6.7 miles) Time: 3.5 hours A relaxing bench by a pretty pond 16 Follow that footpath until you reach a fork after another 200m and you need to take the left turning here. Then, follow The fantastic Simon’s Wood the footpath for around 700m as it passes through a wooden gate and then takes you down a hill, until it reaches the road 13 After another 400m you will then come to a T-Junction, ahead. at which point you turn right and follow the track downhill for about 300m until it reaches a busy road. Cross this road 17 Turn left onto the road and follow the path alongside the carefully and then follow the footpath straight ahead into road for about 50m before carefully crossing the road and Simon’s Wood which is a National Trust woodland. following the path on the other side of the road for another 50m. Then, turn right onto Church Lane road that is heading 14 Follow the footpath through these majestic woodlands back up towards the Queen’s Oak pub. Carefully follow this for about 300m before the path bends to the left. Follow it quiet road for about 400m until you see the Queen’s Oak pub for another 100m or so after the bend, ignoring a couple of on your right. footpaths on your right until it reaches a main crossroads in the path. At the crossroads, turn right onto this track (Hollybush Ride) and follow this for about 500m, passing a pretty pond on your left, until it reaches another crossroads.

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