Sunday walk - Gerrard's Cross to Cookham

Bulstrode Park and Burnham Beeches woods, the Thames, and Stanley Spencer

Length: 15.7km (9.8 miles)

Difficulty: 2 out of 10

Trains: Take the 10.12 train from London Marylebone to Gerrard's Cross arriving 10.37.

Coming back from Cookham, trains run once an hour to Maidenhead at xx:44. From there you can take the Elizabeth line or mainline trains to London.

Gerrard's Cross and Cookham are on different train lines so you will need to buy single tickets each way.

Lunch: For an early lunch stop, the White Horse (tel 01753 643 225) at Hedgerley, some 5.8 km into the walk opens at noon.

Further on, some 8.7 km into the walk is the Blackwood Arms (tel 01753 645672) on  Littleworth Common.

It is advisable to book in advance if you wish to have a pub lunch.

Tea: The suggested stop for tea in Cookham High Street is Tea Pot Tea Room (tel 01628 529 514), 

Other options are the seventeenth-century hostelry, the Kings Arms (tel 01628 530 667) and the Bel and the Dragon pub (tel 01628 521 263), both also in the High Street.

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