Pete's Walks- Goring, Hartslock, Cray's Pond (page 4 of 4)
If you are considering walking this route yourself, please see my disclaimer. You may also like to see these notes about the maps and GPX files.
When I reached a path crossroads in Wroxhills Wood, I turned left (oddly there did not seem to be a waymark pointing this way). On reaching the western edge of the wood, the path turned left and ran for several hundred yards between the wood and a fence or hedge, with occasional views on the right towards Goring. On eventually reaching Battle Road, I crossed over and took a path on the other side. This was a rather unattractive path, hemmed in between hedges or trees and, later on, by garden fences on my right.
The path after I turned left in Wroxhills Wood
The path after I turned left in Wroxhills Wood
The path continuing south along the edge of Wroxhills Wood
The path continuing south along the edge of Wroxhills Wood
The path continuing south along the edge of Wroxhills Wood
The start of the path from Battle Road
The path from Battle Road
The path from Battle Road
Eventually the path emerged in a large paddock, sloping uphill to my left. On the other side, the path went through a gate, crossed a track and continued down a short alley. It then crossed another track and went through a hedgerow, beyond which I turned left along a paved path and then continued down a residential street. Where this turned slightly right, where another street came in on the left, I went straight on down a short alley. At its end I turned right along a private drive, which brought me to a road junction. Here I went straight on, over a railway bridge and into the centre of Goring. When I reached some shops, I turned left along an alley that took me to a car park (and toilets). On the other side of the car park, I turned right down a street for a short distance, then turned left into Manor Road. I then just had to follow this road back to where I'd parked.
The path from Battle Road, running through the steep paddock
The first road through Goring
The private drive in Goring
Approaching the centre of Goring (from near the railway bridge)
Manor Road, Goring
This is the third year in a row I've done this walk when I've wanted to see the orchids at Hartslock, and I've really enjoyed it each time. This year I would have liked to have done a longer walk (Goring is a long way for me to go, for such a relatively short walk), but things had conspired against me and I just didn't have the time - maybe next year. It's certainly a very nice route, well worth doing even without looking for the orchids at the nature reserve (which are obviously only there for a few weeks each year).