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A slightly tweaked upgrade to Wrayhor One. The main change is that at Wraysbury the route goes from the meeting point, around the village cricket ground, with a good view of the windmill, before crossing a small stream to arrive at Station Road. I think this is a pleasanter way through the village than the rather dull and traffic-y High Street, and worth making a new route option.
Otherwise the changes are small improvements to accuracy.
It's a neat route slipping between some of the many reservoirs that occupy this area west of Heathrow.
There is a railway crossing which needs to be made with care. Access to the crossing is by stiles. The path north of the railway line has deep ruts made by heavy vehicles and may get muddy in winter.
Overall a direct, mostly off road, route, with two stiles, and poor path condition in places
A slightly tweaked upgrade to Wrayhor One. The main change is that at Wraysbury the route goes from the meeting point, around the village cricket ground, with a good view of the windmill, before crossing a small stream to arrive at Station Road. I think this is a pleasanter way through the village than the rather dull and traffic-y High Street, and worth making a new route option.
Otherwise the changes are small improvements to accuracy.
It's a neat route slipping between some of the many reservoirs that occupy this area west of Heathrow.
There is a railway crossing which needs to be made with care. Access to the crossing is by stiles. The path north of the railway line has deep ruts made by heavy vehicles and may get muddy in winter.
Overall a direct, mostly off road, route, with two stiles, and poor path condition in places
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Wraysbury
Grid Ref
TQ0023874090
Lat / Lon
51.45693° / -0.55865°
Easting / Northing
500,238E / 174,090N
What3Words
remain.sage.total
Horton (Windsor and Maidenhead)
Grid Ref
TQ0127875945
Lat / Lon
51.47341° / -0.54316°
Easting / Northing
501,278E / 175,945N
What3Words
chest.pushes.complains
Wraysbury | |
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Grid Ref | TQ0023874090 |
Lat / Lon | 51.45693° / -0.55865° |
Easting / Northing | 500,238E / 174,090N |
What3Words | remain.sage.total |
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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reviews
Martin Ellis
28 Oct 2024 (edited 29 Oct 2024)Wraybury to Horton 2 (Wrayhor 2) review.
A short pleasant Slow Way between lakes.
The walk out of Wraybury takes a lane past a mock windmill and the Perseverance pub, with an appropriate Slow Ways sign (Photo 1). The route leaves the village and crosses the railway (Photo 2).
A footpath is sandwiched between a lake and Horton Brook. Despite it being October, it was much less muddy than anticipated (Photos 3 & 4). In places, however, it was heavily rutted so I had to watch my footing. The route crosses a bridge with good views over the lakes (Photo 5).
The lane into Horton passes a kennels. Cats were smugly sitting outside the contained dogs (Photo 6).
Horton has a convenience store on the village green, next to The Crown and Kitchen restaurant.
JohnMyerson
10 Aug 2024A short green walk along mainly earth paths. The railway crossing was safe with good views both ways. Pleasant path through Wraysbury Green where I stopped to watch cricket. Small shops at each end.
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Petr Sadilek
22 Jun 2024For those who are not aware this route is in direct path of a Heathrow runway and it shows. Otherwise as described by others. There was a fallen tree at one spot in the woods but easy to cross. The route is easy to navigate and safe. Even the railway crossing has a good visibility in both directions.
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Derick Rethans
31 Jul 2022I walked this on a warm overcast Saturday.
It's a short route, mostly threading through reservoirs. There are some really narrow and rutted paths, which will likely get very muddy. It was bone dry on this summer day though. There is a level crossing before getting to the village itself.
It's a short route, and generally quite pleasant. Lots of free brambles!.
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Jane Taylor
28 May 2022Short, but very useful as a link in a chain of routes going n/s west of Heathrow, which enable Slow Ways between Buckinghamshire and Surrey, between the Chilterns and the North Downs, to be linked together, without going into highly urbanised areas.
To reach the start point I caught a bus from Staines to Wraysbury: buses are infrequent, and the bus driver seemed to think a regular bus service might soon disappear altogether.
Walked Wraysbury to Horton. First up is the path alongside the cricket ground, which curves round to reveal a large wooden windmill (more or less hidden from the main road). Then a stream crossing that begs to be described as quaint.
There's a really short stretch along the main road (which leads to Wraysbury station - Waterloo to Windsor line, but this route doesn't get that far). A turning on the left leads to a footpath that took me all the way to Horton. Job done!
On the way I had to cross the railway line, and access to the crossing was over a newly installed stile. As it happens the workmen were around and we had a chat while waiting for a train to go by - they had put in kissing gates and were told to take them out and put in stiles. So ... not suitable for anyone who can't climb a stile. (Photo)
The path north of the railway line follows a narrow causeway between two lakes. There is a lot of green so the lakes weren't really obvious. There had in the past been a heavy vehicle down the track, which must have been soft and muddy, because the ruts were extremely deep, and this made the path a bit tricky. (photo)
And then a back lane into Horton. Another small green belt village: unlike Wraysbury there's not much by way of shops, but there is a post office and stores by the benchless village green. My second time in Horton, it seems like somewhere to pass through and not dawdle.
Public transport from Horton is the same bus that serves Wraysbury from Staines - an irregular bus service which may not survive another round of cuts.
Excellent route if you can manage stiles and have planned for how to arrive/depart the start/end points! I continued on from Horton to Iver on Hortive 3, and caught a train from Iver station.
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