Lark's Hill & West End - Accessible Route
| Route Overview | A varied country circuit using rural paths, pavements and quiet roads. | ||||||
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| Distance - Full | 1.5 miles / 2.4 km | ||||||
| Typical Time - Full | 1 hours | ||||||
| Start Point | Lark's Hill | ||||||
| End Point | as above - circular route | ||||||
| Start point grid reference | SU865712 | End point grid reference | as above | ||||
| Type of Route: | Circular | Level of walk: | Easy | ||||
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| Accessibility / Facilities |
Begins near parking Ends near parking Pub enroute |
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| Terrain |
PROW (Public Right Of Way) Public Byways Roads |
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| Route Description | A leaflet of the rourte with a map and the following directions can be downloaded from the link below. Exit the Larks Hill car park on the western side past the recycling bins and bear left onto Harvest Ride. Continue along with the road on your left, crossing the unbuilt carriageway, and turn right from the pavement into Quelm Lane ). 3. At the junction of Quelm Lane and Watersplash Lane, turn left and cross the Cut (watercourse) via the footbridge. You are now in West End Lane. Follow this tarmac lane along and around a right hand bend until the junction with Forest Road (B3034) (a farm shop will be on your right) (4). 4. Turn right along the Forest Road pavement until the junction with the sometimes busy A3095 Maidenhead Road at Bott Bridge (5). There is a kerb when you leave the pavement and cross the bridge on the carriageway. Immediately after the bridge, turn right into the car park of the Three Legged Cross public House (6). 6. At the far end of the pub car park, past Huntercombe House, is Avery Lane, a very pleasant byway. Follow this track to its junction with Watersplash Lane (7). 7. Cross straight over Watersplash Lane and through the narrow entrance into Larks Hill. Follow the pathway back to the car park. | ||||||
| Terrain Details | These routes have not been specifically adapted for wheel chairs or scooters but they are free of stiles and other serious obstacles which make rural paths difficult for the less mobile. In all cases the surface is adequate but some sections will be rough and difficult for manually propelled wheelchairs. Surface - There is a hard surface for the whole route, half of which is tarmac; sections of Avery Lane and Larks Hill may be bumpy. Gradient - Slight, with one or two short moderate slopes. Obstacles - The footbridge over The Cut has an offcamber approach. Wheelchair rating - moderate / challenging. | ||||||
| Additional Info / Warnings | This is one of a series of "Accessible Rural Routes" promoted by Bracknell Forest Borough Council available from the link below. | ||||||
| Access Info / Public Transport | From Bracknell Take the A3095 north out of Bracknell towards Warfield and Newell Green for approximately 1.3 km (0.8 miles). Turn left onto Harvest Ride and the Larks Hill car park is on the right after 300m, just before the next roundabout | ||||||
| Services / Amenities | There is a pub and a farm shop along the route. | ||||||
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| More info | Accessible Rural Routes leaflets | ||||||
