 | About five miles from Newbury. Take the A4 towards Thatcham, then the northern relief
road to the Cold Ash turn off, where go about a mile up the hill to a sharp turning back to the R. The Castle Inn is
adjacent to The Spotted Dog. A popular pub that serves good beer, while the food is generally good and inexpensive (especially the Senior Citizens meals)!. |
Take the lane between The Spotted Dog and The Castle, and
follow it up to the road. Turn L for 250yds and take the track downhill on the R. At the T junction at the bottom
, go L and immediately R down a FP through fields. It bears L and enters a wood at a stile. After 250yds, bear half R
and pass buildings in a clearing. Keep SO for 400yds till you come out on a rough track, then go L. The track bears to
the L and then sharply R. At this point leave it for a FP to the L, and keep SO as it becomes a track on entering a
wood. Keep going forward up hill, when it becomes metalled (Bucklebury Alley, with des. res. on either side).
Take a FP to the L near the top, which in 600yds meets the road from Cold Ash to Upper Bucklebury. 400yds along the road
you will meet the FP down to the pub.
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