Midgham to Mortimer, 10.5 miles, moderate

Today’s walk takes us from Midgham and Mortimer via AWE’s Aldermaston site and the Roman Silchester/Calleva Atrebatum site. Starting at Midgham station, we’ll start off by heading towards the AWE site in Tadley via Paices Wood. After briefly passing AWE’s entrance, we’ll walk through Tadley village centre towards the common before heading towards Pamber Heath and Silchester Common to take us towards Silchester village. After this, we’ll continue to head towards Silchester Roman ruins where we’ll walk around the northern walls towards the Amphitheatre and Foundry Brook. We’ll walk parallel to this after to head towards our finishing point at Mortimer station.

As there’s no pubs close to Mortimer station, there’ll be no pub stop at the end of the walk. However, we plan to have an optional pub stop at The Calleva Arms in Silchester, of which we’ll have the opportunity to go to during our lunch stop.

Ascent: 71m / 233ft
Type: linear

TRAINS:
If coming from Reading, the recommended train to get is the 09:43 GWR departure that arrives in Midgham at 09:59. If coming from Newbury, the recommended train to get is the 09:47 GWR departure that arrives in Midgham at 09:59.

DRIVING:
Please note, that because this is a linear walk on separate railway lines, you'll either need to park in Midgham and get the train back afterwards, or park in Mortimer and get the train to the walk's start point. Both stations have reasonable size parking, where parking fees apply at both.

DOGS:
Dog are welcome on this walk as long as they're well behaved. Please refer to our dog policy.