Walks from Mortimer
Berkshire · South East England
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Mortimer to Bramley
Highly recommended: Little known but quietly wonderful. Beautiful rather than spectacular, in a humble English village pathways sort of manner. Mostly secluded.
Remnants of Calleva Atrebatum: includes ruins ofthe original walls, and a large amphitheatre where gladiatorial combats entertained up to 7,000 people at a time.
St Mary the Virgin Church: on the site of a Roman temple.
Time: 3h30–6h30
1 lunch spot: the Calleva Arms (1h30–3h30 in; excellent)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Bramley Inn
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Similar walk: Reading to Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership.
Mortimer Circular via Remnants of Calleva Atrebatum
Long, mostly flat circular: the Calleva Atrebatum Roman amphitheatre and walls, Pamber Forest Reserve and farmland around Mortimer, Silchester and Bramley.
Remnants of Calleva Atrebatum: includes ruins ofthe original walls, and a large amphitheatre where gladiatorial combats entertained up to 7,000 people at a time.
Calleva Atrebatum: The remains of the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum, with substantial surviving flint walls and an amphitheatre.
Time: 5h30
Walk details: Reading to Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership (turn-by-turn directions).
Mortimer Circular via Remnants of Calleva Atrebatum
Undulating woodland through the Englefield Estate's Hundred Acre Piece and Holden Firs, with a holly tunnel, farmland and views to the Silchester Roman amphitheatre.
Remnants of Calleva Atrebatum: includes ruins ofthe original walls, and a large amphitheatre where gladiatorial combats entertained up to 7,000 people at a time.
Time: 4h
Walk details: Reading to Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership (turn-by-turn directions).
Mortimer Circular via Beech Hill
Very flat open farmland and tree-lined tracks crossing repeatedly between Berkshire and Hampshire, along the Roman Devil's Highway to a midway pub at Beech Hill.
Time: 3h30
Walk details: Reading to Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership (turn-by-turn directions).
Mortimer Circular via Wokefield Common
Woodland and common land towards Wokefield Common, with bracken, firs and broadleaf trees, clearings, streams and ponds; gentle slopes, at its best in autumn.
Time: 3h
Walk details: Reading to Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership (turn-by-turn directions).
Mortimer Circular via Nine Acre Copse
Flat-to-undulating field and woodland paths through Nine Acre Copse around Mortimer village, past an old mill house and pond and the Hampshire-Berkshire boundary stones.
Time: 2h30
Walk details: Reading to Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership (turn-by-turn directions).
Mortimer to Aldermaston
Gentle farmland, clear stream, Roman earthworks and walls, Scots pine woods, gorse and birch commons and river weirs.
Time: 4h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Mortimer to Midgham
Gentle farmland, Roman earthworks, pine woods, commons, river weirs and short canalside towpath.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A shorter variant of Mortimer to Aldermaston – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Mortimer to Theale
Gentle farmland, Roman earthworks, pine woods, commons, river weirs and canalside towpath.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A longer variant of Mortimer to Aldermaston – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).