Walks you can reach from Ascot by train
Berkshire · South East England
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Sunningdale to Windsor (Surrey)
3 minutes direct from Ascot.
Parkland, lake shores, ornamental gardens, light woodland, deer park, tree-lined avenue and historic town streets.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Windsor Great Park (3h30 in)
Windsor (3h30 in)
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
1 lunch spot: Savill Garden Visitor Centre Cafe (1h45 in)
4 end-of-walk rewards: the Prince Harry, the Carpenters Arms, the Royal Windsor, or the Boatman
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Blackwater to Wokingham (Hampshire)
15 minutes direct from Ascot.
River meadows, gravel-pit lakes, nature reserves, country lanes, mixed and pine woodland, heathland, golf course, soft fruit farms and historic market town.
Time: 7h30 (6h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Flood risk in places.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Egham Circular via the Windsor Great Park (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Ascot.
Loop from Egham through Windsor Great Park and the Long Walk to the Magna Carta memorials at Runnymede.
Runnymede and Ankerwycke (National Trust; 1h in)
The Windsor Great Park: A vast royal deer park south of Windsor Castle, crossed by the Long Walk.
Runnymede: The Thames-side meadow where King John sealed the Magna Carta in 1215.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Ash Circular via Ash Ranges (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Ascot.
Lowland heathland, conifer and broad-leaved woodland, stony paths, boggy sections, canal towpath, gorse and bracken and with many short sharp climbs and wide views.
Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: MOD range closures apply.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Twickenham Circular via Marble Hill Park (Middlesex)
30 minutes direct from Ascot.
Flat urban riverside paths, small river corridors, local parks, Thames towpath, luxury riverside houses and Palladian parkland.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Richmond Circular (Surrey)
45 minutes direct from Ascot.
River Thames path, open parkland, woodland, deer park, grassy slopes and hilltop views.
Richmond Park: A vast royal park home to herds of red and fallow deer.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Longcross to Woking (Surrey)
6 minutes direct from Ascot.
Heathland, Horsell Common and a Peace Garden; Chobham Common, Rhododendron Walkway, Basingstoke Canal into Woking.
Woodland: half under tree cover.
Chobham Common: The largest National Nature Reserve in the South East, a fine example of lowland heath.
Horsell Common: Sandy common made famous as the Martian landing site in H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Longcross has no facilities and trains roughly twice an hour; buy single tickets as the stations are on different lines.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Wokingham to Crowthorne (Berkshire)
15 minutes direct from Ascot.
Meadows, plantation woodland and heath, through buttercup meadows and Gorrick Plantation to the Heath Lake viewing platform. Rich in birds and wildflowers.
Heath Lake: A Site of Special Scientific Interest lake with a viewing platform, surrounded by woodland.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Paths can be muddy after rain.
Walk details: Blackwater Valley Nature Walks (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ash to Brookwood (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Ascot.
Lowland heathland, firing range ridgeline, open grassland, conifer and broad-leaved woods, farmland fields and historic cemetery grounds.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Army range closures apply.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ash to Worplesdon (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Ascot.
Basingstoke Canal towpath, hilly MOD heathland (Ash Ranges), pine-covered heath, farmland tracks, mixed woodland, open common and mature woodland on Whitmoor Common.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: MOD closures apply.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Slough to Egham (Buckinghamshire)
15 minutes direct from Ascot.
Flat urban start, parkland, deer park, historic royal landscape, ornamental gardens and lake.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Richmond to Kingston (Surrey)
45 minutes direct from Ascot.
Recommended: A wildly joyful route; so lovely; superb in summer. A wildly enjoyable, mostly flat and largely traffic-free route following the riverside at Richmond and Kingston and crossing leafy Ham via quiet residential streets and green common land and including Petersham meadows. Generally smooth surfaces with a couple of gates and a few narrow paths; the Richmond riverside path can flood at high tide (a road detour exists). You may pass the herd of cows grazing at Petersham meadows. Toilets just inside Petersham Gate at Richmond Park; a short detour reaches Ham House (National Trust).
Ham House and Garden (National Trust)
Ham House: A grand 17th-century house and gardens beside the Thames at Ham.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: Refreshments at Petersham and along the river at both Richmond and Kingston.
1 end-of-walk reward: Canbury Secret Cafe
Warnings: The riverside footpath at Richmond can flood at high tide — detour via the A307 Petersham Road, with several escape points up to the road. The diversion behind St Peter's church is narrow, poorly lit and can be muddy.
Walk details: Slow Ways.