By car: just South of the A4, at the junction of the A321and A3032. Easily accessible from the M4 via J8/9 or J10.

By bus: on the Arriva 850 Reading - High Wycombe routeand Thames Travel route 128 Reading - Wokingham.

By train: services from Reading, Henley, Maidenhead andfurther afield. See www.nationalrail.co.uk for train times.

Visit the Twyford website forplenty more information on thevillage and its surroundings...

Design by Hidden Britain www.hiddenbritainse.org.uk

These leaflets, as well as a Twyford Walking Map, are available on thewebsite or free of charge from Twyford Library, Newberry’s Stationers,

Twyford Surgery and local pubs.

This series of walk leaflets has been produced by the Twyford Village Partnership, with funding from SEEDA and support from Hidden Britain.

RUSCOMBE CHURCH

As its name suggests, Twyford developed where twobranches of the River Loddon could be safely crossed.This crossing point was instrumental in attracting tradeand travellers between the west of England and London,firstly with pack-horses, then wagons and stagecoaches.The village developed further with the arrival of therailway from London in 1838.

EXPLORE TWYFORD...

Refreshments: a selection of pubs, restaurants and cafesin the village centre at the start or end of your walk, plusother pubs noted en route.

Parking: there are Pay & Display car parks inPolehampton Close (off the High St) and at the Station.There is also free 2 hour parking at Waitrose.

Through Stanlake Park & Broad Hinton

2 miles or 4 miles1 or 2 hours

An easy walk with views of 16thcentury Stanlake Manor and theBroadwater stream

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An essential companion on theseTwyford walks is “Village Walks”produced by the Twyford &Ruscombe Local History Society.

This is available from Newberry’s,priced £3.50 and describes acomplete History Walk.

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HOW TO GET HERE...

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ABOUT THIS WALK...The Walk starts at Ruscombe Church, which is certainlyworth a visit in its own right. St James Church is a Grade1 listed building, with a Norman flint chancel, a 14thcentury roof and inside in the window splays on the Eastwall are some mediaeval wall paintings.

After leaving the church follow lanes and footpaths andcross Stanlake Park with views of the Manor (not open tothe public) and its vineyard (www.stanlakepark.com).

After crossing the Broadwater stream, you can eithertake the shortcut home through Broad Hinton or alonger walk down ancient Hogmoor Lane. Either waymake sure to catch a glimpse of Penn’s Garden, namedafter William Penn, founder of Pennsylvannia, who livednearby from 1710 -1718.

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Twyford’s long history has left a rich legacy of old andinteresting buildings, with numerous inns and hostelriesbuilt to serve the travellers. But it is a very compact and‘walkable’ village, home to a bustling community with agood range of shops, schools and all essential facilities.

Surrounding the village is a network of paths andbridleways exploring attractive undulating countrysidealong the banks of the River Loddon, Broadwater andthe surrounding lakes.

The Walk starts at Ruscombe Church. (StJames Church is a Grade 1 listed building,

with a Norman flint chancel and 14th centuryroof. Inside in the window splays on the East wallare some mediaeval wall paintings.) With yourback to the main door of the church, turn leftand then veer right down Southbury Lane,crossing the bridge over Brunel’s main railwayline from Paddington to the West of England.

The lane bendsto the left past

Southbury Farm anddescends graduallyto three picturesquecottages – LakeCottage, ThatchCottage andFerryman’s Cottage.(Until 1820,Ruscombe Lakeextended from hereto Waltham StLawrence and wasrenowned for its pike,perch and eels. Thearea now drains viathe Bray Cut into theThames at Bray.)

Retrace yoursteps to the

footpath oppositeThatch Cottage, andgo straight acrossthe field to a kissinggate in a hedge.Continue in thesame direction,along a fenced pathwith views over theBroadwater Streamto Stanlake Manor.(Stanlake Manor - aprivate house - was built in the 1580’s by Richard Aldworth, arich London clothier. A vineyard was first planted on the estatein 1979 and there are now 20,000 vines covering 25 acres.)

Cross a grassy track (no access to Manor) by means oftwo gates and cross another meadow with the stream

still on your left, to a kissing gate onto Waltham Road.

Turn left along the pavement for 50yds to the bridgeover the Broadwater and cross the road. For the shorter

walk, descend the steps of the footpath to the left of StanlakeFarm Cottage, a half-timbered 16th century farmhouse. In50yds, you reach a wider expanse of open space and rejoin thelonger walk at point 9.

Continue walking to the left on WalthamRoad for 50yds, to a footpath sign. Cross

the stile and continue straight ahead with ahedge on your left. Pass through a hedge into asecond field, keeping in the same direction.There are often white circus ponies in thesefields. In the far left hand corner, cross a stileand wooden bridge. The path then skirtswoodland and leads to a metal bridge and thenout onto a ploughed field. Cross the field andemerge onto ancient Hogmoor Lane.

Turn right along this Byway and follow itround to Hurst Road.

Here, turn right along the pavement, for50yds, over the Broadwater stream and

then turn rightalong Broad Hinton.In 100yds, as theroad curves to theleft, take thefootpath to the rightof the houses.

This pleasant path,with woodland andhedging on yourright, follows theedge of the BroadHinton housingestate, past achildren’s play area.

The path turnsquite sharply

left uphill past twolarge veteran trees.Cross Broad Hintonroad and continueon the uphill path,and turning rightpast a second playarea, with a copse of

old trees on your right. The path emerges onto Verey Close,then back onto Broad Hinton. Turn left to the roundabout.

Cross the main road via the refuge and then use theunofficial path over a grassy bank. Turn to the left for

20 yds where a pedestrian gate takes you past the Pavilioninto Stanlake Meadow. There are no formal paths here, sokeep near the right-hand hedge. At the far end, there is anopening and stile onto Stanlake Lane.

Cross the lane and turn tothe left. After 100yds,

cross the railway bridge (onyour right is Penn’s Garden.William Penn, founder ofPennsylvannia, lived nearby from1710-1718) and in another100yds, turn right at the sliproad at Ruscombe cross-roadsand then rightagain towardsRuscombeChurch.

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If you enjoyed thiswalk in Twyford,why not try anotherin this series?

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