Lambourn in West Berkshire was once an important market town. It is thought to date from the reign of King Alfred. Lambourn's mixed prosperity over the years has left it as the quintessential English village: a church, market square and former coaching inn, serving the occupants of the small cottages along its streets. The village is nestled in the Lambourn Downs, the escarpment to the north of which is the traditional border with Oxfordshire. These rolling grassy downs are our final point for our selection of Beautiful Berkshire.

The walk takes us up the High Street to the church and joins the Lambourn Valley Way in a south-easterly direction leaving the village, then heading up hill to Beachdown Farm and Eastbury Down. We will then walk past the gallops and head south towards the village of Eastbury where we will stop for a pint at the pub. After which we will head up toward Cleeve Wood and back to Lambourn via White Shute and Hungerford Gap.

We will have a picnic stop somewhere between the gallops and Eastbury village
before getting to the pub. The walk includes 247 metres of ascent but the pace will be sensible so that we can enjoy the views.