{"id":"69847975533dbb4b73118c27","title":"Walk 14 Henley Shiplake And Harpsden","path":"walks/scrapbook/by-year/2012/volume-2-oct-to-dec-2012/walk-14-henley-shiplake-and-harpsden","contentMarkdown":"# 🥾 Walk 14 - Henley, Shiplake and Harpsden\n\nOn Sunday 14th October, the fourteenth walk was a joint walk led by Roy of the East Berkshire Ramblers group. Thirteen people attended, including four from our group and a few from other groups in the area.\n\nThe walk started from Henley town centre and joined the Thames path going south. We followed the path over the long wooden bridges to Marsh Lock and back down to Shiplake.\n\nAt Shiplake railway station we met up with Dave Ramm, a campaigner for the Ramblers who was instrumental in re-establishing access to parts of the Thames path in this area. He led us along a recently restored public right of way through Lashbrook, along the tow path to Shiplake Lock, explaining along the way, what work had been done.\n\n![Marsh Lock at Henley-on-Thames](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume2/images/marsh_lock.jpg)\n\nAt one point the route took us through the back gardens of some large houses that had been built over the original public footpath. We stopped for lunch by Shiplake Lock after which Dave left us and Roy continued to lead us along the tow path to Shiplake College where we diverted inland.\n\nAfter passing through Shiplake we headed north through a mixture of woodland and fields to the tiny village of Harpsden. Roy showed us the little wooden chapel to St Birinus, behind the Parish Church of St Margaret, with barely enough room for half-a-dozen worshippers.\n\nAlso in Harpsden was a 17th century weatherboarded barn, which at some point had been tiled with large carved wooden squares. These apparently used to be wooden printing blocks for making patterned wallpaper! They certainly made an interesting feature.\n\n![Chapel to St Birinus, behind St Margaret's Church, Harpsden](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume2/images/harpsden_chapel.jpg)\n\nWe then headed back toward the Thames path via Mill Lane, but before reaching it we took a footpath that followed the railway back into Henley. All in all it was a very pleasant walk with good weather, an interesting route and with many snippets of information provided by both Roy and Dave.\n\n![Tiled Barn at Harpsden](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume2/images/harpsden_barn.jpg)\n\n## 📸 Back to Volume 2\n\nReturn to volume index","contentHtml":"<h1>🥾 Walk 14 - Henley, Shiplake and Harpsden</h1>\n<p>On Sunday 14th October, the fourteenth walk was a joint walk led by Roy of the East Berkshire Ramblers group. Thirteen people attended, including four from our group and a few from other groups in the area.</p>\n<p>The walk started from Henley town centre and joined the Thames path going south. We followed the path over the long wooden bridges to Marsh Lock and back down to Shiplake.</p>\n<p>At Shiplake railway station we met up with Dave Ramm, a campaigner for the Ramblers who was instrumental in re-establishing access to parts of the Thames path in this area. He led us along a recently restored public right of way through Lashbrook, along the tow path to Shiplake Lock, explaining along the way, what work had been done.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume2/images/marsh_lock.jpg\" alt=\"Marsh Lock at Henley-on-Thames\"></p>\n<p>At one point the route took us through the back gardens of some large houses that had been built over the original public footpath. We stopped for lunch by Shiplake Lock after which Dave left us and Roy continued to lead us along the tow path to Shiplake College where we diverted inland.</p>\n<p>After passing through Shiplake we headed north through a mixture of woodland and fields to the tiny village of Harpsden. Roy showed us the little wooden chapel to St Birinus, behind the Parish Church of St Margaret, with barely enough room for half-a-dozen worshippers.</p>\n<p>Also in Harpsden was a 17th century weatherboarded barn, which at some point had been tiled with large carved wooden squares. These apparently used to be wooden printing blocks for making patterned wallpaper! They certainly made an interesting feature.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume2/images/harpsden_chapel.jpg\" alt=\"Chapel to St Birinus, behind St Margaret&#39;s Church, Harpsden\"></p>\n<p>We then headed back toward the Thames path via Mill Lane, but before reaching it we took a footpath that followed the railway back into Henley. All in all it was a very pleasant walk with good weather, an interesting route and with many snippets of information provided by both Roy and Dave.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume2/images/harpsden_barn.jpg\" alt=\"Tiled Barn at Harpsden\"></p>\n<h2>📸 Back to Volume 2</h2>\n<p>Return to volume index</p>\n"}