FROM SHIPLAKE STATION TO WARGRAVE From Shiplake Station turn left. At the crossroads with Follow the route to reach Sonning Bridge. Cross the the Corner Shop on your right, turn left into Mill Road. bridge and follow the footpath by the Great House Turn left towards the river at New Road, under the east along the Thames. After a mile, at St Patrick’s railway and over the streams to the Thames. Follow the Stream, cross the bridge and follow the road to the river westerly until reaching the railway bridge that end. Go through the gate and across the field crosses the Thames. Walk up the side of the bridge and towards the next footpath sign. Arrive at Loddon then under it into Mill Lane until you reach Shiplake Drive and bear left (do not turn right as this will take FROM EMMER GREEN Lock. Follow the Thames Path from the lock back to the you to the A4). Follow Loddon Drive for a mile or so From Clayfield Copse car park, take the path on the College Boathouses where you join the route described until arriving at crossroads. Turn right over the steep right hand edge by the tennis courts which leads to in Circular Walk #1. 4.5 miles, around 2 hours concrete bridge. Continue up towards Wargrave the back of the copse onto Foxhill Lane. Turn right Station. If you are visiting the village, continue along onto the lane and after a few hundred yards take the Station Road, cut through the churchyard (bearing bridleway on the left which takes you to Church Lane. right), through the kissing gate and proceed up to Loddon Brewery and Dunsden Green Farm are the High Street. 4 miles, around 1.45 hours immediately on your left. Turn right down Church Lane and then right at the end into Dunsden Way. CIRCULAR WALK #2 After the row of houses on the left of the road, take The Flowing Spring - Wargrave the footpath through the farm gate across and down the hill. At the bottom, turn left along the line of - Shiplake - Sonning hedges parallel with Henley Road until you reach Follow the directions to Wargrave and then catch steps opposite the pub. 3 miles, around 1 hour the train from Wargrave Station (at the end of downhill! Loddon Drive) to Shiplake (it’s the next stop and very quick). From Shiplake Station, follow the green route back to Sonning. Total distance 8.5 miles, 4 hours You are welcome FROM TWYFORD STATION Leave the station main exit and turn left down to park Station Road following it to the end into Church Street. At the traffic lights turn left past the Duke of Wellington pub and then the Waggon and Horses. at the After passing the small industrial estate, cross the road to the right hand side and, on the bend, turn pub and off the road into Charvil Meadows. Go straight on with the River Loddon on your right and continue to dogs are the small wooden bridge. Continue straight on following the main path which bends to the left. welcome Arriving at the A4, carefully cross the road directly into Loddon Drive by Newlands Farm. After a mile, too! the road bends sharply to the right over the stream. Turn left here and follow the footpath towards the Thames, joining the red Wargrave route to Sonning Bridge. 4.5 miles, 2 hours CIRCULAR WALK #1 The Flowing Spring - Binfield Heath - Shiplake - Thames - Sonning Cross the Henley Road and climb steps opposite pub. Turn right and follow the path. At the top of the hill there is a crossroads of dirt tracks. Go straight across. Arrive in Church Lane in Binfield Heath and turn right. Shortly after the post box on the right hand side, turn right onto the footpath, down the side of two fields. Continue through Shiplake Copse (famous for its bluebells in Spring) and all the way down towards Shiplake Cross, through an iron kissing gate and left which joins Plough Lane. Turn right and then cross the Henley Road into Church Lane. At the end of the road bear right onto the gravel track and then left towards the College boathouses. Cross the footbridge and follow the Thames Path to Sonning. Then follow the route through Sonning Eye back to the pub. 6 miles, around 2.5 hours

THE SAFE ROUTE FROM THE FLOWING SPRING TO SONNING BRIDGE Turn right out of the pub car park into Spring Lane and over the bridge. Take the signposted footpath on the left of the road and follow it to the end, past the allotments. Cross the busy Playhatch Road to the track opposite which leads you onto the old Sonning Eye road. Shortly after the Sailing Club entrance, the road forks. Ignore the bend to the left and go straight on between the houses. Follow ths road as it bears left and then take the footpath on the right by the Parish Council noticeboard. This leads out to the public car park opposite the French Horn. Cross the first bridge, called Sonning Backwaters Bridge. If you are walking to Shiplake, take the footbridge on the left next to the traffic lights which keeps you on the north side of the Thames. For all other routes, cross Sonning Bridge onto the south side. For Wargrave and Twyford take the footpath on the left immediately before the Great House. For Caversham take the FROM CAVERSHAM AND path opposite the Great House on the right. Distance 1 mile, around 20 minutes THAMES VALLEY PARK Join the Thames Path south of the river at either Reading or FROM CAVERSHAM PARK VILLAGE The Flowing Spring Caversham Bridge and follow it east past Caversham Lock From the bottom of Caversham Park Road follow the Henley Road to Playhatch roundabout. Carefully cross the road at the Henley Road and over the River Kennet footbridge. If starting at Thames roundabout onto the south side by Travis Perkins and then cross Playhatch Road. There are signposts by the entrance to Valley Park, turn right along the footpath. Follow the river all the small copse on this corner. Follow the sign to Woodley which takes you parallel with Playhatch Road towards Sonning. Playhatch the way to Sonning past the lock to Sonning Bridge. At The footpath finishes before the end of the road so you will need to walk a few hundred paces on the road before reaching Oxon RG4 9RB Sonning Bridge turn left and follow the directions to the pub. Spring Lane. Cross over Spring Lane and go through the gate to your left. Follow the footpath up Spring Lane as far as you Tel: (0118) 9699878 3.5 miles, around 1.5 hours can and then onto the lane for the final few yards, over the bridge and into the pub car park. 2.5 miles, 45 mins www.theflowingspringpub.co.uk