OXON/BUCKS/BERKS OXFORDSHIRE/BERKSHIRE 05 STONOR & HAMBLEDEN 06 GREYS GREEN & HARPSDEN A W N A SOUTH EAST SOUTH EAST uDistance: 13 miles/21km uTime: 6 hours uGrade: Challenging B S E uDistance: 10 miles/16km uTime: 5 hours uGrade: Moderate B PLAN YOUR WALK PLAN YOUR WALK FEATURE FEATURE SEE SEE ON PAGE 14 ON PAGE 14 PHOTO: PHOTO: PHOEBETAPLIN ROUTE PHOEBETAPLIN ROUTE Start/parking Henley Start/parking Henley Mill End, near Station, RG9 1BE, The striking Station, RG9 1BE, the walk’s end. grid ref SU766821 Friar Park gates. grid ref SU766821 Is it for me? Way-finding Is it for me? A couple of can be tricky in woods. short stretches on roads CHOSEN BY… main path leading, through Hilly terrain, but mostly CHOSEN BY… 1 mile/1.6km and one awkward PHOEBE TAPLIN gates, straight past houses good paths and tracks. PHOEBE TAPLIN 2Fork R at entrance to crossing; wet near river; Explore three and on along drive marked Stiles 11 Bluebells in spring, Henley College onto wooded mostly good woodland counties in one day Tanglewood. Turn R on lane, shade in summer and path. At junction between gate tracks and field paths PLANNING Stiles 8 with this hike through Chiltern leaving Oxfordshire Way. colour in autumn: the rewards and stile, turn R onto smaller Nearest town Woods and along the river of this wooded route change path with wire fence on R. Henley on Thames PLANNING near Henley-on-Thames. 2 miles/3.25km Refreshments On route with the seasons. It passes Keep straight for 1½ miles, Nearest town The deer park at Stonor, 3Keep L on lane signed Public toilets At start; close to the National Trust’s crossing five stiles. After third Henley on Thames crossing at Mill End and Fawley. At The Cherries, turn L Stonor visitors’ centre; Greys Court, with lovely stile, keep fence on L and Refreshments On route elegant Temple Island are and fork L again to stile. Follow Hambleden village hall gardens, and, near the end, ignore turnings. Go on through Public toilets Henley among the highlights. signpost over second stile, turn Public transport Railway historic Marsh Lock on the wooden kissing gate along station; Harpsden church; station in Henley. Bus Mill Meadows. L and follow fence, through edge of woods and, just before 800/850 Reading-High River Thames. Public transport Railway Start gate in corner of field onto Wycombe links Henley road, turn R on permissive path station in Henley. Bus 800 1R on Station Road then L on track. Continue downhill, across with Mill End at point 8. Start to road. serves Binfield Heath Thameside, passing bridge R. L tarmac drive and through trees. Maps OS Explorer 171; 1Turn R into Station Road Maps OS Explorer 171; on New Street, R on Bell Street Turn L down lane and R into Landranger 175 then turn L along Thameside 3 miles/5km Landranger 175 pass two mini roundabouts, Fawley Bottom. to Henley Bridge. Turn L on 3Cross road and turn L on taking L fork into Fair Mile. second gate, over field and Hart Street and fork R by lane. Just after gate with sign ahead, through woods and Opposite Fair Mile Court, R on 3½ miles/5.5km stiles. Continue to cottages; the Town Hall up West Street, about Greys Court, turn L second gate. Cross cricket path, signed Oxfordshire Way. 4At junction, keep straight turn R on lane and L on passing Row Barge. Continue through gate into field. You are field and R on path from far up Bosmore Lane and through bridleway signed to Stonor. past the gates of Friar Park now on Chiltern Way extension R corner, by Greys House. At 1 mile/1.6km barrier at top. Turn L through Where track bends L, turn R and turn L into Pack and and can follow waymarks for gate, fork L into woods and 2Climb through trees on tall gate onto path. Go through down path beside chain link ➥ Prime Lane. next few miles. Climb to gate follow path over two roads. ➥ GRADIENT PROFILE GRADIENT PROFILE 600 600 400 400 200 200 metres metres 0 0 km 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 km 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 ✁ SOUTH EAST SOUTH EAST OXFORDSHIRE/BERKSHIRE SEPTEMBER 2017 OXON/BUCKS/BERKS SEPTEMBER 2017 06 GREYS GREEN & HARPSDEN 05 STONOR & HAMBLEDEN uOS Explorer map 171 uBuy maps at: ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop uOS Explorer map 171 uBuy maps at: ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop fence. Turn R on road and R through gate into Deer Park, 3 following Chiltern Way sign. 4 5½ miles/9km 5 2 5Climb hill ahead and follow 6 footpath through parkland at START 1 Stonor. Go through gate and woods until track passes brick cottages. Cross road and follow DATE WALKED DATE track ahead and R past Kiln WALKED DATE Cottage. Keep straight and 7 cross stile by gate; soon after, 4 7 R over second stile and L along ©CROWN COPYRIGHT 2017 ORDNANCE SURVEY. MEDIA 001/17 ORDNANCE SURVEY. 2017 COPYRIGHT ©CROWN ©CROWN COPYRIGHT 2017 ORDNANCE SURVEY. MEDIA 001/17 ORDNANCE SURVEY. 2017 COPYRIGHT ©CROWN field edge. A third stile leads back through hedge; turn R 5 and continue over fourth stile 3 into beech woods, descending and climbing again through trees to emerge, via stile, into 8 TIME TAKEN field. Continue to stile onto TIME TAKEN Dudley Lane. 6 7 miles/11.25km 6Cross and keep straight on 3¾ miles/6km through Bones Wood. At 8¾ miles/14km lane ahead. L after farm onto 2 4After second road, keep junction where wood ends, turn 7R on road signed Henley, bridleway (Private). Follow straight on hedged path, R on path to pub. L on road. past church. L up Harpsden Shakespeare’s Way, forking R through gate and over lane; Way. Before bus stop, turn and continue on path. Continue START 1 follow as it curves R in tree 6¾ miles/11km R on Peppard Lane path and through woods on sunken path; tunnel, keeping straight over 6Reaching woods, turn R on continue on lane ahead. Cross at junction, fork L downhill to two crossroads. Stick to main bridleway. Keep to main path, main road and along Mill Lane, cross track. Climb R-hand path YOUR RATING YOUR YOUR RATING YOUR track, winding past woods emerging by Highwood House over railway. Fork L through car ahead, with white arrows, Colin’s Gate, towards bridge. weir/lock, turn R along river and fields to reach farm and and continue on lane. After park and across Mill Meadow curving R. Fork R at junction L on lane and follow to church. and follow to Henley. Cross cottages. Turn R on Kings Farm 30m, fork L over stile, leaving to reach river. Turn L, past and, soon after, fork L onto Walk through churchyard and Henley Bridge and L to return lane and follow it to road. Chiltern Way. Keep straight museum, back to station. smaller path. Turn R on gravel past shop. Before junction, turn to station and car park. over two more stiles and track and L at crossroads. L through gate on path across © Country Walking September 2017 September Walking © Country 5½ miles/9km through gate onto lane in GET THIS WALK 2017 September Walking © Country fields. Cross track and continue GET THIS WALK 5L on road and, soon, take Harpsden Wood. Continue past ON YOUR PHONE: 9 miles/14.5km across two fields to emerge ON YOUR PHONE: second R turn on bridleway houses. Where lane curves L, lfto.com/cwroutes 7Continue, leaving woods. through gate onto road and lfto.com/cwroutes signed to Binfield Heath fork R into woods and keep R at waymark into woods again, keep straight to Mill End. (Chiltern Way Berkshire Loop). straight (white arrows on IN ASSOCIATION WITH heading downhill. Continue on IN ASSOCIATION WITH Follow path through edge trees). Cross lane and follow hedged path and through gate 10½ miles/17km of woods and follow as stony footpath through woods to onto Skirmett Road. R into 8R on road, then L at sign path heads down and up again emerge on road in Harpsden. OS MAPS Hambleden and L, through and follow path to river. Cross OS MAPS ✁.