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ON PAGE 14 among the highlights. elegant Temple Island are crossing at Mill End and The deer park at Stonor, near Henley-on-Thames. Woods and along the river with this hike through Chiltern 2 1 path, signed Oxfordshire Way. Opposite Fair Mile Court, R on taking L fork into Fair Mile. pass two mini roundabouts, on New Street, R on Bell Street Thameside, passing bridge R. L FEATURE

metres the walk’s end. Mill End, near R on Station Road then L on Start km 20 0 40 0 600 Climb through trees on 1 mile/1.6km 0 0

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STONOR & HAMBLEDEN OXON/BUCKS/BERKS 8 Fawley Bottom. Turn L down lane and R into tarmac drive and through trees. track. Continue downhill, across gate in corner of field onto L and follow fence, through signpost over second stile, turn and fork L again to stile. Follow Fawley. At The Cherries, turn L 3 4 leaving Oxfordshire Way. Tanglewood. Turn R on lane, and on along drive marked gates, straight past houses main path leading, through tall gate onto path. Go through barrier at top. Turn L through up Bosmore Lane and through 10 GR ADIENT PROFILE Keep L on lane signed 2 miles/3.25km At junction, keep straight 3½ miles/5.5km Time: 6 hours u 6 hours Time: 12 14

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PHOEBE TAPLIN PHOEBE 02 42 28 26 24 22 20 PHOTO: down path beside chain link Where track bends L, turn R bridleway signed to Stonor. turn R on lane and L stiles. Continue to cottages; second gate, over field and Landranger 175 Maps OS Explorer 171; with Mill End at point 8. Wycombe links Henley 800/850 Reading-High station in Henley. Bus transportPublic Railway Hambleden village hall Stonor visitors’ centre; toiletsPublic At start; Refreshments On route Henley on Thames Nearest town PLANNING Stiles 11 good paths and tracks. Hilly terrain, but mostly can be tricky in woods. Is it for me? Way-finding grid ref SU766821 Station, RG9 1BE, Start/parking Henley ROUTE PLAN YOUR WALK YOUR PLAN A B

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ON PAGE 14 River Thames. historic Marsh Lock on the gardens, and, near the end, Greys Court, with lovely close to the National Trust’s with the seasons. It passes of this wooded route change colour in autumn: the rewards 1 Prime Lane. and turn L into Pack and past the gates of Friar Park passing Row Barge. Continue the Town Hall up West Street, Hart Street and fork R by to Henley Bridge. Turn L on then turn L along Thameside FEATURE

metres Friar Park gates. The striking Turn R into Station Road Start km 20 0 40 0 60 0 0 0

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6 next few miles. Climb to gate and can follow waymarks for now on Chiltern Way extension through gate into field. You are about Greys Court, turn L lane. Just after gate with sign to road. road, turn R on permissive path edge of woods and, just before wooden kissing gate along ignore turnings. Go on through stile, keep fence on L and crossing five stiles. After third Keep straight for 1½ miles, path with wire fence on R. and stile, turn R onto smaller path. At junction between gate Henley College onto wooded 3 2 GR ADIENT PROFILE Fork R at entrance to 1 mile/1.6km Cross road and turn L on 3 miles/5km

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PHOEBE TAPLIN PHOEBE PHOTO: Moderate follow path over two roads. gate, fork L into woods and R corner, by Greys House. At field and R on path from far second gate. Cross cricket ahead, through woods and 14 ROUTE Landranger 175 Maps OS Explorer 171; serves Binfield Heath station in Henley. Bus 800 Public Mill Meadows. station; Harpsden church; Public Refreshments On route Henley on Thames Nearest PLANNING Stiles 8 tracks and field paths mostly good woodland crossing; wet near river; and one awkward short stretches on roads Is it for me? A couple of grid ref SU766821 Station, RG9 1BE, Start/parking Henley PLAN YOUR WALK YOUR PLAN transport Railway toilets Henley A 16 town B

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8 SEPTEMBER 2017 7 IN ASSOCIATION WITH OS MAPS OS lfto.com/cwroutes GET THIS WALK ON YOUR PHONE: weir/lock, turn R along river turn R along river weir/lock, Cross Henley. to and follow return Bridge and L to Henley and car park. station to 1

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4 3 5 10½ miles/17km sign then L at R on road,

Colin’s Gate, towards bridge. towards Gate, Colin’s church. to L on lane and follow and churchyard through Walk turn junction, Before shop. past across on path gate L through and continue track fields. Cross emerge fields to two across and road onto gate through Mill End. to straight keep and follow path to river. Cross Cross river. to path and follow 8 ©CROWN COPYRIGHT 2017 ORDNANCE SURVEY. MEDIA 001/17 MEDIA SURVEY. ORDNANCE 2017 COPYRIGHT ©CROWN

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OXON/BUCKS/BERKS & HAMBLEDEN STONOR Cross and keep straight on straight and keep Cross 7 miles/11.25km 5½ miles/9km Climb hill ahead and follow Climb hill ahead and follow Continue, leaving woods. woods. leaving Continue, 9 miles/14.5km OS Explorer map 171 u heading downhill. Continue on Continue heading downhill. gate and through hedged path R into Road. Skirmett onto Hambleden and L, through fence. Turn R on road and R R on road Turn fence. Deer Park, into gate through sign. Way Chiltern following 5 6 7 again, woods into waymark R at footpath through parkland at through footpath and gate Go through Stonor. brick passes track until woods and follow road Cross cottages. Kiln ahead and R past track and straight Keep Cottage. soon after, gate; by stile cross R over second stile and L along stile second R over leads stile A third field edge. hedge; turn R back through stile fourth over and continue descending beech woods, into and climbing again through into via stile, emerge, to trees onto stile to field. Continue Lane. Dudley lane ahead. L after farm onto onto farm lane ahead. L after Follow (Private). bridleway R forking Way, Shakespeare’s Continue on path. and continue path; on sunken woods through to L downhill fork junction, at path Climb R-hand track. cross arrows, ahead, with white junction R at curving R. Fork L onto fork and, soon after, R on gravel Turn smaller path. crossroads. and L at track u 05

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1 IN ASSOCIATION WITH OS MAPS OS lfto.com/cwroutes 8¾ miles/14km R on road signed Henley, signed Henley, R on road 7 GET THIS WALK ON YOUR PHONE: 7 past church. L up Harpsden church. past turn bus stop, Before Way. and Lane path R on Peppard on lane ahead. Cross continue and along Mill Lane, main road car L through Fork railway. over Mill Meadow park and across L, past Turn river. reach to station. museum, back to START 2

6 Reaching woods, turn R on woods, Reaching 6¾ miles/11km through Bones Wood. At At Bones Wood. through ends, turn wood where junction L on road. pub. to R on path 6 bridleway. Keep to main path, to Keep bridleway. House Highwood by emerging After on lane. and continue leaving stile, L over 30m, fork straight Keep Way. Chiltern and stiles more two over lane in onto gate through past Continue Harpsden Wood. L, lane curves houses. Where and keep woods R into fork on arrows (white straight lane and follow Cross trees). to woods through footpath in Harpsden. on road emerge 5 Buy maps at: ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop

OXFORDSHIRE/BERKSHIRE GREEN & HARPSDEN GREYS 4 3¾ miles/6km keep road, second After 5½ miles/9km L on road and, soon, take and, soon, take L on road OS Explorer map 171 u

straight on hedged path, straight lane; and over gate through R in tree as it curves follow over straight tunnel, keeping main to Stick crossroads. two woods winding past track, and fields to reach farm and farm reach and fields to R on Kings Farm Turn cottages. road. it to lane and follow u 4 5 of woods and follow as stony as stony and follow of woods and up again heads down path second R turn on bridleway R turn on bridleway second Heath Binfield signed to Loop). Berkshire Way (Chiltern edge through path Follow 06 001/17 MEDIA SURVEY. ORDNANCE 2017 COPYRIGHT ©CROWN

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