# 🥾 Walk 8 - Tyle Mill Lock and Ufton Nervet

We had fifteen people on this joint walk with the Windsor and District group. There was just a hint of Autumn in the air for our first walk of September and there was a drizzle of rain through the first half of the walk.

From Tylemill Bridge we followed the tow path along the Kennet and Avon canal to Sulhamstead Lock where we headed off into the countryside around Sulhamstead.

On our way we came across the ruined St Michael's church at Meales Farm. Only the front porch and a crumbling piece of wall still remain. It's quite an odd site as the porch and its door are both in very good condition.

![The ruined St Michael's Church at Meales Farm](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume1/images/st_michaels_church.jpg)

We continued to Ufton Nervet and on to Ufton Court before stopping for our picnic lunch outside the church as Padworth College. After lunch we headed off to Padworth Mill where we crossed the weirs and carried on to Aldermaston Wharf where we stopped for a drink at a local pub.

Refreshed from our drink we followed the tow path on the canal as far as Froude's Swing-bridge, where we diverted to Padworth Bridge. From there we took a route that ran more-or-less parallel to the canal through Uftongreen Farm and back to where we started as Tyle Mill Lock. See our route on Google Maps.

![A view of the river from between Padworth Bridge and Lodge Farm](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume1/images/padworth.jpg)

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