Download walk 223 – Henley
circular via Turville
Length
24.0km (15m); toughness 4/10- a few gentle inclines
Trains 09:48 London Paddington to Twyford 10:37 ; then 10.43 Twyford (Plat 5) to Henley 10.55.
Return
trains from Henley to Twyford at xx:07
where you change for connecting trains to London Paddington.
In terms of the general terrain this is a
similar walk to the Book 2 Walk 6 favourite – Henley via Stonor circular – but this
relatively new walk covers completely different territory, visiting a number of small villages which have
featured in the Midsomer Murders and the Vicar of Dibley.
There
are a number of pub options on this walk including the tried and tested Stag and Huntsman in Hambleden but this
comes very early in the walk after just 4.5m. Your recommended lunch time pub
is the Frog in Skirmett which you
reach after 7 miles. The walk notes also
give two other options a little further
on in the walk.
Note:
pubs in this area are very popular on a Sunday so you will need to phone ahead.
You can
shorten the walk by catching a bus at Greenlands College Henley . This reduces the walk by 2m.
If the weather is poor you could lunch at Hambleden and then walk back along
the Thames path to Henley . This would make a short walk of about 8m.
Further
information about the walk can be found here. Click
on the Download walk pdf tab at the top of the page for full walk instructions and
other possible walk options.
2 comments:
Anyone planning to do this walk?
n=8 on this walk in perfect rambling weather, w= cloudy-and-dry-with-a-light-breeze. Two decided to do a short walk, lunching at Hambleden and then ambling back to Henley. The rest of us were all sandwich eaters so we walked past the recommended lunch-time pub the Frog in Skirmett and walked on to Turville which is an absurdly attractive hamlet with an excellent pub, a small church and grounds a few metres away with benches and a windmill on a hill which you can climb up towards to enjoy the expansive views and your lunch.
After resting for 45 mins with some of us visiting the Bull and Butcher we set off on the mainly woodland stretch back to Henley where we enjoyed a cuppa at the Chocolate Theatre cafe and met up with one of the short walkers before catching the 17.07 train.
All enjoyed the walk which although quite long presents no problems with navigation although as the author I could not understand what possessed me to to direct people down a lane at Hambleden for 70m when you could go through a lovely churchyard.
If you are a confident map reader or have GPS you can do many walk variations in this area and emboldened by the comments for this walk I may post my 17.2m Henley circular later in the summer for those who enjoy a long day out.
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