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We are the West London Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

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Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Overview

In the morning a walk from Mortimer Station along the Foundry Brook and through quiet countryside to the site of the Roman Town of Silchester visiting the amphitheatre and the 12th century parish church. We then walk across the site of the Roman town to Silchester Village for lunch. After lunch we walk across commons and through woodlands to the Kennet and Avon Canal at Aldermaston.

Please bring a picnic lunch, but we will stop for drinks and toilets at the Calleva Arms in Silchester at lunch time.

There is a tea room at Aldermaston Wharf at the end of the walk

Saturday, 10 May 2025
Start time:
11:00 am
Estimated finish time:
5:00 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
16.1km / 10.0mi
Ascent:
120m / 394ft
Type:
linear

Suggested train is the Elizabeth Line departing Paddington at 9.17am, Ealing Broadway at 9.26am and arriving at Reading at 10.12am. Change of train to take the GWR service departing Reading at 10.37am arriving at Mortimer at 10.51am. It is suggested we meet on the overbridge at Reading Station at the top of the stairways leading from platforms 8/9.

Return journey is from Aldermaston: hourly trains to Reading at 25 minutes past each hour.

Freedom pass holders need only book a single from Reading to Mortimer and a single from Aldermaston to Reading. Otherwise, a day return to ALdermaston is suggested plus a single from Reading to Mortimer.

The toilets at Mortimer Station are unlikely to be open. Toilets available at Reading Station.

Features

  • Refreshments available (Pub/cafe)
  • Toilets available
  • Accessible by public transport
  • Car parking available
  • No Stiles

Starting point

Grid reference:
SU 67225 64106
Nearest postcode:
RG7 3NY
what3words:
sizzled.roof.encourage
Start time:
11:00 am

Mortimer Railway Station

Finishing point

Grid reference:
SU 60168 67381
Nearest postcode:
RG7 4JR
what3words:
gently.convinced.showcases
Estimated finish time:
5:00 pm

Aldermaston Railway Station

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking