Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods

The broad-beam crossing of southern England — river, canal and river again from Bristol's Avon to the Thames at Reading, over the chalk by the Caen Hill flight.

0.3 km NE · spans 5 counties

Rolling chalk downland above the Vale of the White Horse, threaded by one of Britain's oldest roads

3.9 km NE

Market town on the Kennet & Avon, its restored canal wharf and old cloth-hall museum set beside a racecourse and the Downs.

4.1 km NW · Berkshire

Ancient wooded common of oak and heath crossed by an avenue of old trees, one of the largest commons in the county.

5.8 km NE

Twin-towered medieval gatehouse on a hill.

6.1 km NW

A country park in Berkshire.

7.1 km NW