Around Chaddleworth

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Walk directions

From the entrance to the car park take the path opposite the former Ibex pub (currently closed), emerging at the next road by three thatched cottages. Keep right and follow the lane for 100yds (91m) to some steps and a footpath on the right. Follow the grassy path which cuts between fields, towards houses. Keep to the right of the village hall and cross the road to a kissing gate.

Skirt the field, ignore a footpath on the left and continue straight ahead. Bear right and go through two gates in quick succession, and keep a horse paddock on your left. Turn left at the end of the paddock (so it still to your left) and keep along the field-edge. Eventually the path begins to descend steeply, with Manor Farm visible below to the right, and becomes a track. Go over a stile and straight on at the road. Just before it bends right, look for a waymarked track on the left, descending to Manor Farm.

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  Terrain  - Field paths and tracks, stretches of road; 8 stiles
  Landscape  - Classic farmland and remote, rolling country on edge of Lambourn Downs
  Dog friendliness  - On lead near livestock and in region of Whatcombe
  Parking  - Public car park on Main Street
  Toilets en route  - None on route
About the walk
The sweeping Lambourn Downs lie at the heart of Berkshire's loveliest and most isolated country – an area with a long tradition for racehorse training. Whatcombe racing stables and stud (passed on this walk) is nationally famous, and several Derby winners have been trained on nearby Woolley Downs,...
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Berkshire consists of two distinct parts: the western half, which is predominantly rural, with the Lambourn Downs spilling down to the River Lambourn and the Berkshire Downs to the majestic Thames, and the eastern half of Berkshire, which offers plenty of opportunity to get out and savour open spaces. Reading and Newbury are the county’s major towns, and the River Kennet flows through them both.
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Around Chaddleworth

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Location
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Additional information
  Terrain - Field paths and tracks, stretches of road; 8 stiles
  Landscape - Classic farmland and remote, rolling country on edge of Lambourn Downs
  Dog friendliness - On lead near livestock and in region of Whatcombe
  Parking - Public car park on Main Street
  Toilets en route - None on route
About the walk
The sweeping Lambourn Downs lie at the heart of Berkshire's loveliest and most isolated country – an area with a long tradition for racehorse training. Whatcombe racing stables and stud (passed on this walk) is nationally famous, and several Derby winners have been trained on nearby Woolley Downs,...
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Berkshire
Berkshire consists of two distinct parts: the western half, which is predominantly rural, with the Lambourn Downs spilling down to the River Lambourn and the Berkshire Downs to the majestic Thames, and the eastern half of Berkshire, which offers plenty of opportunity to get out and savour open spaces. Reading and Newbury are the county’s major towns, and the River Kennet flows through them both.