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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Wokingham and Bracknell.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Wokingham and Bracknell.
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This route has been reviewed by 3 people.
This route has been flagged (3 times) for reasons relating to safety.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 3
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - No (2) Maybe (1)
Problems reported - Safety (3)
Downloads - 4
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Wokingham
Grid Ref
SU8056468761
Lat / Lon
51.41217° / -0.84296°
Easting / Northing
480,564E / 168,762N
What3Words
warns.galaxy.heave
Bracknell
Grid Ref
SU8691868976
Lat / Lon
51.41315° / -0.75157°
Easting / Northing
486,918E / 168,976N
What3Words
radar.meals.gain
Wokbra One's land is
| Wokingham | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SU8056468761 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.41217° / -0.84296° |
| Easting / Northing | 480,564E / 168,762N |
| What3Words | warns.galaxy.heave |
| Bracknell | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SU8691868976 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.41315° / -0.75157° |
| Easting / Northing | 486,918E / 168,976N |
| What3Words | radar.meals.gain |
| Arable | 15.4% |
| Pasture | 2.1% |
| Urban | 76.3% |
| Woods | 6.2% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Martin Ellis
15 May 2022Wokingham to Bracknell (Wokbra 1) review.
Note: I walked the route Bracknell to Wokingham.
The route begins at Bracknell Station. There are plenty of amenities at the shopping precinct north along Station Road.
The Slow Way itself heads south and then west through a business park; most of which is Waitrose head office. There is then a wooded path (Photo 1) to Peacock Lane.
Peacock Lane is a busy road that leads most of the way towards Wokingham. The first stretch was okay, with a footpath running parallel. The road passes the Peacock Farm pub (Photo 2).
Sadly, walking is thereafter reduced to a grassy verge (Photo 3). I walked the route at 4pm Friday, so I can only hope the road is quieter at other times!
Once on Waterloo Road, it was considerably quieter; although one still had to be vigilant of traffic. There is a new road layout and the Waterloo railway crossing closed (as of May 2022). Take the new road bridge and then the footpath on the left, to reach the far side of the crossing.
It is street walking to the end of the route at Wokingham Station. The route passes close to the town centre amenities (turn right at the library).
Unfortunately, I found little to enjoy about this route.
Stevie
09 Jun 2021From Bracknell the walk is a fairly mundane walk along pavements through industrial estates of West Bracknell. After that, going out of town, it is along busy narrow country roads with no pavement or street lights. Not a suitable route for walking.
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Petr Sadilek
03 May 2021Starting in Bracknell, this route takes fairly quiet, safe paths on smooth surfaces. The weak point is when walkers approach Wokingham esp. the section between Oakwood Climbing Center and the railway crossing. Even though current roadworks make it impassable for any traffic including walkers, I know from experience that cars are driving pretty fast along this stretch of the road. It has practically no verge and walkers have nowhere to move to avoid emerging cars. I wouldn't want to take this route again. When I was walking back, I took London road from Wokingham and then turned right at the Coppid Beach hotel down to Bracknell. Even though this northern detour goes along busy roads, there are pavements along the whole way so it's at least safe.
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