Description
1 km more direct than Slohor One, this route goes via the Jubilee River and Datchet; some respite from the Horton Road by routing across Datchet Common.
Some unavoidable road walking (pavement throughout, although sometimes a bit skimpy at the Horton end).
Refreshments at Datchet
1 km more direct than Slohor One, this route goes via the Jubilee River and Datchet; some respite from the Horton Road by routing across Datchet Common.
Some unavoidable road walking (pavement throughout, although sometimes a bit skimpy at the Horton end).
Refreshments at Datchet
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The narrowest part of the path is 35.0cm (1)
The steepest uphill gradient walking East 6.0% (1)
The steepest uphill gradient walking West 7.0% (1)
The steepest camber gradient across the path 3.0% (1)
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50.0% of the route is lit at night (1)
50.0% of the route is paved (1)
15.0% of the route is muddy (1)
15.0% of the route is over rough ground (1)
20.0% of the route is through long grass (1)
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Slough
Grid Ref
SU9781680136
Lat / Lon
51.51170° / -0.59183°
Easting / Northing
497,816E / 180,136N
What3Words
tones.leans.retain
Horton (Windsor and Maidenhead)
Grid Ref
TQ0127875945
Lat / Lon
51.47341° / -0.54316°
Easting / Northing
501,278E / 175,945N
What3Words
chest.pushes.complains
| Slough | |
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| Grid Ref | SU9781680136 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.51170° / -0.59183° |
| Easting / Northing | 497,816E / 180,136N |
| What3Words | tones.leans.retain |
| Horton (Windsor and Maidenhead) | |
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| Grid Ref | TQ0127875945 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.47341° / -0.54316° |
| Easting / Northing | 501,278E / 175,945N |
| What3Words | chest.pushes.complains |
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Strider
02 Mar 2024I walked from Horton to Slough. This review contains a warning.
The Horton Road is unpleasant but unavoidable, this route takes you off it at the earliest opportunity across Datchet Common into Datchet itself. The drivers and the traffic in Datchet are bad, but there are nice shops for refreshment. There is a rail crossing.
Just past Datchet the path leads onto the golf course. February 2024 had been exceptionally wet and there had been recent heavy rainfall. The path to the golf course was flooded and led to a shallow lake covering the entire SE end of the course. This was easy to walk around on the adjacent Windsor Road and entering the course about 450m further on. No golfers today. However...
At the NW end of the golf course the path is occasionally closed due to flooding. The walkway under the Black Potts Rail Bridge is below river level and when the weir backs up and overspills the bank the Jubilee River flows through this narrow space, very dangerous. I was able to pass, but signs on gates show there have been recent closures, and there is no easy walk-around for this.
It is not worth failing this route for what is an occasional seasonal problem, but perhaps avoid this route when there has been exceptionally wet weather. Previous reviewers had no problems.
The remaining walk along side the Jubilee was lovely, and the road to Slough Station was direct with nice shops.
A good direct walk maximising the green space.
Derick Rethans
31 Jul 2022I walked this on a warm overcast Saturday, from Slough to Horton.
The walk out of Slough is pretty dreadful, with a busy road. After crossing the M4 the route follows the Jubilee River on a good path. The path then goes along the Thames which you can't really see along a Golf Club, before turning into the town of Datchet, which was full of slow and non-moving cars. You then continue through some parts and after a stretch along Horton Road and Datchet Road you end up in Horton.
It's an OK route, with some nice section, but also some industrial/concrete bits. It gets the job done.
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Jane Taylor
20 Jun 2022Good direct route that uses off road paths where available.
Walking from Horton to Slough.
This is a tricky area to route around: what with the reservoir, railway and motorway it all gets a bit hemmed in, and there is no option other than to follow the B376, narrow pavements, for the first 2km when leaving Horton.
As soon as opportunity arises it's off the B376 and down a lane to Datchet Common, a semi wild area popular with dog walkers, which leads to some playing fields.
Datchet is a handsome village with good hostelries; but a dreadful traffic problem, and some narrow pavements.
Now onto the local golf course where the path runs alongside the fairways. Eventually I came out by the Jubilee River and walked past the turning off to Eton, heading towards Slough.
It's a lovely path with wild roses growing alongside, and birds and butterflies flitting about.
The riverside path meets the A332 just by the M4 bridge; I turned right to walk up the hill to Slough station.
As a leisure route the Slough to Datchet part works well, and there’s good links to Eton and Windsor by this routing too. I have also enjoyed walking Slough to Sunnymeads (and vv) using this route, including the path across Datchet Common, as far as the footpath which turns off the Horton Road towards the railway just past the pumping station.
However, the 2km at the Horton end I suggest is not very ‘leisure’, and is really only going to suit those who are pushing through on a Slow Ways journey to or from Central/West London/Heathrow. In that respect it is an efficient routing, and one I recommend for the purpose of getting in/out of London fast.
I think it’s really a 3.5 star because of the Horton Road being so busy/narrow pavement, but it’s also a good multi purpose route with lots of connections, so I’m going to round up to 4 stars!.
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