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UK: South East: Berkshire

Berkshire

  Bracknell Forest  Reading, Slough, Wokingham 
 
Ilsley Downs, Knowl Hill, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead


Promoted Routes

RouteLocationLength
The RidgewayHerts, Bucks, Oxon, Berks, Wilts85 miles
137km
The Three Downs Link
Opens 26 Sep 03
Berks, Oxon, Wilts, Hants

Other riding access opportunities

RouteLocation
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Ridgeway Downs on Horseback

This book contains a guide to 15 interesting circular trails and one linear trail in Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

Copies are available from British Horse Society, Stoneleigh Deer Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2XZ.


Where to stay
People wishing to try out the riding away from home may wish to know where they can keep their horses overnight. A useful book entitled Bed and Breakfast for Horses which lists places to keep a horse overnight can be purchased from the British Horse Society. Entries include:

  • Mrs Stella Cowan, Lockinge Kiln Farm, The Ridgeway, Chain Hill, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 8PA. Tel/Fax: 01235 763308 Email  
  • Marie-Pauline Mackinnon East End Farm, East End nr Newbury, Berkshire RG20 0AB               Tel: 01635 254 895  email website

  • Mandy Dickinson, Eastbury Grange, Eastbury, Hungerford, Berkshire RG17 7JS Tel: 01488 71765 email


Maps
Anyone riding in the area or wishing to plan a long distance or circular bridleroute may wish to use these 1:50,000 Landranger Ordnance Survey maps.