Description
This is a Slow Ways route connecting Aldbourne and Lambourn.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Aldbourne and Lambourn.
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This route has been reviewed by 1 person.
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Information
Route status - Live
Reviews - 1
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - No (1)
Problems reported - Access (1)
Downloads - 4
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Aldbourne
Grid Ref
SU2647175666
Lat / Lon
51.47934° / -1.62020°
Easting / Northing
426,471E / 175,666N
What3Words
strength.common.soaps
Lambourn
Grid Ref
SU3263678917
Lat / Lon
51.50825° / -1.53113°
Easting / Northing
432,636E / 178,917N
What3Words
prune.boost.income
Aldlam One's land is
| Aldbourne | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SU2647175666 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.47934° / -1.62020° |
| Easting / Northing | 426,471E / 175,666N |
| What3Words | strength.common.soaps |
| Lambourn | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SU3263678917 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.50825° / -1.53113° |
| Easting / Northing | 432,636E / 178,917N |
| What3Words | prune.boost.income |
| Arable | 19.0% |
| Pasture | 60.5% |
| Urban | 20.5% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Snailblakes
02 Aug 2022We walked this route on 31 July 2022 from Lambourne to Aldbourne. The weather was dry but very muggy and warm.
We would not recommend the route because of a couple of minor problems and a major one.
Minor problem:
A couple of miles out of Lambourn the route follows a section of the Baydon road for a few hundred yards, this was quite busy with some heavy farm vehicles when we walked it so had to keep our wits about us. The exit from this road was a footpath through the hedgerow which we missed initially and had to retrace our steps to find it. It was very overgrown and the footpath sign was not easy to see coming from the Lambourn direction (see pictures 1 to 3). Passing through the gate behind the hedgerow you cross through a large open expanse of featureless gallops and there is no obvious footpath to follow, so we had to guess at the right general direction to walk.
Major problem: Lambourn and Aldbourne are bisected by the M4. Approaching the motorway embankment at the top of the hill the footpath turns left to run parallel and immediately beneath the embankment for a few hundred yards. This footpath had obviously not been used in a long time and was very overgrown with thick brambles and nettles (see pictures 4 & 5). We eventually forced our way through only to find that the supposed footpath to access the road bridge over the motorway just didn’t exist and we found ourselves stuck in a wasteland at the foot of the embankment which we had to scramble up to access the bridge over the M4 (see pictures). This accounts for our very low star rating for the walk
Minor problem:
On the Aldbourne side of the motorway, approaching Baydon House Farm, the Slow Ways route goes straight through the middle of the farm buildings, except that you can’t do this as it is fenced off so we had to navigate around the farm estate site, which wasn’t difficult.
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