Walks from Crowthorne

Pine woods, heathland, lakes and flooded gravel pits, riverside meadows and green belt nature reserves.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Flood risk in places.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Easy circular: lakes, heaths, woodland, the Heath Lake SSSI, Bucklers Forest, the Three Castles Path and a memorial lime avenue.

Heath Lake: A Site of Special Scientific Interest lake with a viewing platform, surrounded by woodland.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Lunch: A café at Crowthorne station.

Warnings: One path can be wet after prolonged rain. Do not cross the railway bridge; keep to the right-hand path back to the station.

Walk details: Blackwater Valley Nature Walks (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

The valley's signature route along the waymarked Blackwater Valley Path, mainly flat beside the River Blackwater through parks, meadows and the edge of Yateley Common, with a hillier final stretch to Crowthorne.

Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Lunch: Cafés and shops at Crowthorne, at the end of the longest option.

Warnings: Farnborough North requires crossing the A331 concrete bridge; the final Sandhurst-to-Crowthorne section is unsigned. Do not cross the railway by any bridge.

Walk details: Blackwater Valley Nature Walks (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

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).

River meadows, gravel-pit lakes, nature reserves, country lanes, mixed woodland, heathland and pine woods alongside the railway.

Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Flood risk in places.

Source: A shorter variant of Blackwater to Wokingham (Saturday Walkers Club).

Pine woods, heathland, lakes and flooded gravel pits, riverside meadows and small nature reserves.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Flood risk in places.

Source: An alternative variant of Crowthorne to Blackwater via Eversley Cross (Saturday Walkers Club).

Pine woods, heathland, lakes and flooded gravel pits, riverside meadows and town roads.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Flood risk in places.

Source: A shorter variant of Crowthorne to Blackwater via Eversley Cross (Saturday Walkers Club).

Roads from station, gravel-pit lakes, nature reserves, country lanes, mixed woodland, heathland and pine woods.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Source: A variant of Blackwater to Wokingham (Saturday Walkers Club).