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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Heckfield and Wokingham.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Heckfield and Wokingham.
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This route has been reviewed by 1 person.
This route has been flagged (1 times) for reasons relating to safety.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 1
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - No (1)
Problems reported - Safety (1)
Downloads - 7
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Heckfield
Grid Ref
SU7239960744
Lat / Lon
51.34118° / -0.96197°
Easting / Northing
472,399E / 160,744N
What3Words
gong.outbid.unloading
Wokingham
Grid Ref
SU8056468761
Lat / Lon
51.41217° / -0.84296°
Easting / Northing
480,564E / 168,762N
What3Words
warns.galaxy.heave
Hecwok One's land is
| Heckfield | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SU7239960744 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.34118° / -0.96197° |
| Easting / Northing | 472,399E / 160,744N |
| What3Words | gong.outbid.unloading |
| Wokingham | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SU8056468761 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.41217° / -0.84296° |
| Easting / Northing | 480,564E / 168,762N |
| What3Words | warns.galaxy.heave |
| Arable | 4.9% |
| Moors | 3.1% |
| Pasture | 34.6% |
| Urban | 32.5% |
| Woods | 24.9% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Martin Ellis
27 Jul 2023 (edited 05 Aug 2023)Heckfield to Wokingham 1 (Hecwok 1) review.
A fairly grim Slow Way between Heckfield and Wokingham. The Bramshill Road includes a stretch too dangerous for me to verify. There is a pleasant middle section, but then it’s three miles, probably unavoidable, alongside main roads into Wokingham.
The route out of Heckfield is alongside B-roads with narrow verges (Photo 1). This is particularly hazardous near the junction with the Bramshill Road [SU732608]. It would be better to use the footpath between Heckfield and the junction.
The two miles of Bramshill Road has fast moving vehicles; many of them large. There is not much room for vehicles to pass each other, and the verge is narrow and muddy (Photo 2). It is a pity the road is so bad, as it passes the attractive Bramshill Plantation (Photo 3).
I had hoped to verify the route with a warning for constant vigilance. However, a stretch just after the River Whitewater bridge [around SU739611] has the road narrowing around a bend, with barely any verge. Shattered registration plates and other detritus told me this was no place for a pedestrian!
I was relieved to leave the main road for quieter lanes. There’s a break point at Eversley, just over the River Blackwater (Photo 4) at The Tally Ho pub.
A footpath leads northeast through farmland (gate installed by the Loddon Valley Ramblers) to end in Finchamstead and The Queen’s Oak (Photos 5 & 6).
From there it is a three mile walk into Wokingham (Photo 7). Simply follow the main road all the way to the train station.
There is some promising news. I was looking for an alternative route from Hecksfield that avoids the dangerous road, perhaps via Bramshill Plantation. It turns out this has been plotted as part of Hecyat 1 (Heckfield to Yateley 1). It joins the existing Heckfield to Wokingham route at Eversley.
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