Brimpton - Wasing - Ashford Hill - Brimpton
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The walk is literally on the county boundary between Hampshire and Berkshire, which you walk along for a short distance. It is a surprisingly quiet and peaceful area, with no motorway noise and no major roads nearby. It is also mainly flat.
Heading south from Brimpton towards the River Enborne, you will pass Hyde End House. This attractive building was built in 1807 and had a period after WW2 as a boarding school, after which it fell into disrepair. It was restored to its present state in the 1990s.
The River Enborne, which you cross several times, rises some miles west of here near Inkpen and joins the River Kennet north of Wasing. For a long way it forms the border between Berkshire and Hampshire and your route takes you along the border in the stretch between Hyde End and Ashford Hill.
The walk then passes through Ashford Hill Water Meadows, a National Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Later in the walk, crossing the Wasing Estate, Wasing House is not open to the public, but the tiny church of St Nicholas can be visited.
The splendid Brimpton Manor house probably dates from the 17th Century. It still retains its own chapel of St Leonard, built in the 14th Century.
Sadly, since the walk was first conceived, all three pubs en route have permanently closed. However, the Rowbarge Inn at Woolhampton is about 2 miles from Brimpton – see Additional Info.
England - South England - Berkshire - Countryside
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Birds, Church, Mostly Flat, River, Wildlife, Woodland
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