Marlborough — Hungerford
Marhun one
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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021
Description
This is a Slow Ways route connecting Marlborough and Hungerford.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Marlborough and Hungerford.
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Is this route good enough? - Yes (1)
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Marlborough
Grid Ref
SU1876469099
Lat / Lon
51.42060° / -1.73153°
Easting / Northing
418,764E / 169,099N
What3Words
dirt.haunt.bootleg
Hungerford
Grid Ref
SU3399268539
Lat / Lon
51.41485° / -1.51259°
Easting / Northing
433,992E / 168,539N
What3Words
digital.about.yacht
Marhun One's land is
Marlborough | |
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Grid Ref | SU1876469099 |
Lat / Lon | 51.42060° / -1.73153° |
Easting / Northing | 418,764E / 169,099N |
What3Words | dirt.haunt.bootleg |
Hungerford | |
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Grid Ref | SU3399268539 |
Lat / Lon | 51.41485° / -1.51259° |
Easting / Northing | 433,992E / 168,539N |
What3Words | digital.about.yacht |
Arable | 41.3% |
Pasture | 44.8% |
Urban | 12.4% |
Woods | 1.4% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Snailblakes
07 Jul 2021We walked this route on 5th July 2021
Overall the route was very pretty and generally easy to walk with the following exceptions.
Some of the footpaths were quite overgrown in parts and so there was some pushing through long grass and nettles required.
On a couple of sections the path was quite muddy (see photo of swing gate) and this was in the height of summer, so I would imagine that it could get worse at other times of the year.
The path crosses cycle route 482, which at this point runs along a high disused rail embankment. There were steep steps to negotiate up and down the embankment (see photo).
The section through the village of Axford runs along the surprisingly busy, and in places narrow, road running between Marlborough and Ramsbury. We had to stand in the verge/bushes on several occasions as cars passed. This section could easily and more safely be bypassed by taking the footpath to the south of the village just on the other side of the River Kennet which runs alongside the village.
Just beyond Axford the Kennet valley bottom is crossed by footbridges and in one place a boardwalk which was not level and quite twisted (see photo).
Ramsbury is a good place to stop for refreshments as there are two pubs that I know of. We ate sandwiches by the ford at Mill Lane which was very tranquil and pretty (see photo).
The walk from Ramsbury to Chilton Foliat is quite straight forward along gravel tracks and passes right by the ruins of a Roman villa with a very fine floor mosaic in the grounds of Littlecote House.
Just above Chilton Foliat the footpath there is a steep, and in parts muddy ascent over the top of the hill before descending into Hungerford. The footpath up the hill is to the right of the entrance to the Sewage works, but is not well marked and is narrow and easy to overlook.
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