The Queens Head, Bradfield

Start: The Queens Head, Bradfield (RG7 6EY) Grid ref. SU 597 708

(S/E) Go a little past the pub and take the left turn.

(1) About 300yds down the lane, take a track on the right for another 300yds, and turn right onto a crossing footpath.

(2) This crosses a metalled lane, and in a further 750yds meets a drive.

(3) Go left and right in 100yds onto another footpath. On meeting the Bradfield College sports fields, bear left and cross them down to the River Pang.

(4) Go right for about 400yds to visit the church, and then return the same way, at first by the river, and then ahead for 800yds as the path leaves the river.

(5) Turn right then immediately left, going right again by Bradfield Hall.

(6) Then round a right angle bend to the left and up a very steep hill.

(7) At the top of this, take a footpath on the left that leads under a bridge, and go forward 250yds to a metalled lane.

(8) Go half right along a track which is that on which you first left the lane on leaving the pub to walk back to it. (S/E)

Start: The Queens Head, Bradfield (RG7 6EY) Grid ref. SU 597 708

Driving to start: About 11 miles from Newbury. Take the A4 to Thatcham, then the road to Upper Bucklebury. Go forward through Chapel Row to Bradfield, where the pub is on the left.

Refreshments: The Queens Head is a very welcoming pub that has provided good beer and food, though closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Find more walks at Newbury Pub Walks here.