11.4 miles 17.5km or 9.6 miles 15.45km. Difficulty 6/10
A choice of two slightly different walks in the downland above Goring. The SWC walk is proposed for the morning. The afternoon is up to you. The YHA‘s hand-drawn map offers a shorter finish.. Both converge for a steep up and down near the end.
Trains
Get the 9:38 Hereford train from Paddington to Reading and change there for the Didcot Parkway train (platform 15 departing 10:25). Arrive Goring & Streatley 10:37
Return at xx:22 changing again at Reading.
Freedom passes are valid on the Elizabeth Line as far as Reading (Bond Street 9:10, Paddington 9:15, Ealing Broadway 9:26 arrives Reading 10:10). Change onto the above Didcot train. You'll still need a return from Reading to Goring.
Lunch
Your lunch stop is the Bell in Aldworth 01635 578272, a pub that has been in the same family for 250 years. Simple fare, like rolls and ploughmans. It has won several CAMRA awards, so expect the beer to be good. The church, passed later is home to the Aldworth Giants.
Tea: You pass two pubs in Streatley, the Bull, then the Swan. Back in Goring, the Catherine Wheel on Station Road is suggested. You’ve also got the Miller of Mansfield, on the High Street.
Directions
Walk info here.
The SWC Walk is on the “Download Walk” button.
The YHA map walk is on the "YHA Goring via Aldworth" button. Anti-clockwise ties in with the SWC walk. As well as being shorter, it follows quiet roads for most of the way, avoiding an (occasionally) muddy part of the SWC walk. Note that the route to and from the station (0.8 miles to the east) is not included, so you may need the SWC directions at the end. Both endings are plotted on the GPS.
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