Spencers Wood to Heckfield 2 (Spehec 2) review. A walk south from Spencers Wood, first alongside a main road, but then a quiet lane and path between a country park and water meadow. The Slow Way continues south on a path between Wellington Country Park (hidden from view) and the Wellesley Water Meadow (Photo 5)....

Martin Ellis

A pleasant walk from Bramley train station to a Spencers Wood bus stop. Much of the rest of the walk was familiar to me from the Slow Way Tadley to Spencers Wood (Tadspe 1)....

Martin Ellis

Agree with the last review, that this route includes a path that no longer exists across the busy A33 dual carriageway, use Bramspe two instead....

Berkshire Walker

A warmer weather is really needed a couple of days before walking this route. The only spot where walkers need to be careful is when the route needs to cross A33 motorway....

Petr Sadilek

This route can't be recommended as it shows a way straight across A33 motorway. There is no underpass or a bridge at that point. I created Bramspe two route that uses a nearby bridge over A33....

Petr Sadilek

I actually really enjoyed the route as it meandered out of Wokingham and across the countryside but as soon as I got to the new housing estate between Shinfield and Spencer's Wood I found the way blocked by construction work....

Adrian Schofield

There is a lot of new housing and other development (including the Shinfield film studios and the British Museum Archaeological Resource Collection) around Spencers Wood and Shinfield in what, until recently, was open countryside, so expect temporary diversions in these areas due to construction sites....

Berkshire Walker

Spencers Wood to Heckfield 1 (Spehec 1) review. A walk south from Spencers Wood, first alongside a main road, but then a quiet lane and path between a country park and water meadow. The Slow Way continues south on a path between Wellington Country Park (hidden from view) and the Wellesley Water Meadow (Photo 5). A short distance back along the B-road is a rusty gate to the footpath into Heckfield (Photo 8)....

Martin Ellis

The first third of the route from Reading town centre to Green Park mostly follows the beautiful Kennet and Avon Canal towpath until you turn off at Fobney Lock on another footpath towards Green Park. As described in previous reviews , the route leaves Green Park along a long narrow fenced-in public footpath between a Tesco depot and the M4 with the roar of motorway traffic....

Berkshire Walker

A safe but dull route, almost all on urban pavements beside busy roads. Links A to B, but nothing else to commend it....

Berkshire Walker

Spencers Wood to Wokingham (Spewok 1) review. There’s an urban walk from Wokingham Station to the turning onto a byway towards Arborfield Cross. The route then follows Church Lane and a footpath (Photo 4). The walk into Spencers Wood is via back streets and a byway....

Martin Ellis

The Slow Way crosses the Eastern Relief Road and soon turns right onto a footpath (Photo 2). The Slow Way leaves the lane, which becomes a private access road for farm vehicles, for a byway running parallel. The Slow Way skips a loop of the byway via the private access road (Photo 4)....

Martin Ellis

Spencers Wood to Reading (Sperea 2) review. The route heads west between the Reading International Business Park and the motorway (Photo 2). There is then a pleasant walk alongside the river into Reading (Photos 7 & 8). It’s a pity the footpath by the M4 is so grim (Reading Council footpath 11A)....

Martin Ellis

The first section of the Slow Way, from Tadley to Silchester, follows the same route as Tadley to Reading (see Tadrea 1): through woods, by The Pelican pub in Pamber Heath, and across Silchester Common (Photo 1). The footpath follows ‘The Devil’s Highway’: the Roman road between Silchester and Londinium (Photo 4). The final approach into Spencers Wood is along a wooded footpath (Photo 10)....

Martin Ellis

I wouldn't choose to walk it if I didn't need to get to those places as I agree with the previous reviewer that it has "little to commend it"...

Alice Norman

I walked this route from Spencers Wood to Reading on the same day as I walked Sperea 1 from Reading to Spencers Wood. I left Green Park by the footpath between the sewage works and the dump - it's much nicer than it sounds but can get very muddy in winter - and then to the Kennet and Avon canal (photo 8) which I followed all the way to Reading...

Alice Norman

This was a little less dangerous, but I had to stand on the verge very frequently to allow traffic to pass (see photo 2)....

Alice Norman

Building work in Shinfield has blocked the route at SU 72872 67760 but it is possible to go around the building site...

Alice Norman

The main issue I have with this route, however, is the section between Arborfield and Shinfield....

Petr Sadilek

Spencers Wood to Woodley (Spewoo 1) review. The walk starts by a post office in Spencers Wood, with road walking and a byway (Photo 1). The route does pass a pleasant lake and park (Photo 6). This route does meet the Slow Way criteria and I can’t see a better alternative between Spencers Wood and Woodley....

Martin Ellis

The route passes through Whitley along the Northumberland Avenue to Christ Church (Photo 2), and on into Central Reading....

Martin Ellis