 | RG19 8BD SU 558623 About eight miles from Newbury. Take the A339 towards Basingstoke, and turn L at Headley for Ashford Hill. At the end of this road, turn L at the T junction for half a mile. The pub has now closed, and is being converted into an Arts and Crafts centre. If there is no parking available, you will find a car park opposite the school in Ashford Hill Road. Nearest places for lunch are the Crown at Kingsclere, or the Badgers Wood in Baughurst. |
Walk back from The Ship towards Ashford Hill and take the lane on the R,
turning L at the T junction in 100yds. Follow the lane, which deteriorates
to a footpath that eventually arrives at a metalled lane. Turn L for 400yds to
the main road, then R and shortly L up a track. In 600yds, take the stile on
the L into a field, and follow the footpath until it turns L through a metal gate,
then go forward with a slight R and L jink, and in 200yds more turn R
across the field to a stile leading into a rather overgrown path by a newish
property. When you reach farm buildings on the L, keep straight on to a field
path that crosses an orchard to meet a main road. Turn L, and first R up the lane for 500yds, then
turn L onto a track that enters woods after 500yds. Keep SO downhill through
woods until you come out into the meadow valley (the Ashford Hill SSSI) where turn L
for The Ship.
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