{"id":"6984795f533dbb4b73118a4e","title":"Walk 172 Long Hill And Swinley Park","path":"walks/scrapbook/by-year/2015/volume-13-jul-to-sep-2015/walk-172-long-hill-and-swinley-park","contentMarkdown":"# 🥾 Walk 172 - Long Hill and Swinley Park\n\nSix of us turned up at Longhill Park recreation ground, near Bracknell, on a wet Tuesday evening (despite the forecast predicting dry but overcast weather) for a five mile walk.\n\nUnperturbed by the rain, we set off across the recreation ground and then cut through a housing estate to the grounds of Lily Hill House. Crossing the busy A329, we followed a lane down the the railway line, which we then followed past Martin's Heron station and out into Swinley Forest. Along the way we met a group of Ramblers going the other way. They chatted about having done the same walk as us and thought it to be a very pleasant route.\n\nWe joined up with the Three Castles Path in Swinley Park and followed it for a while before leaving to walk alongside Swinley Road up to the railway bridge. Here we re-joined the Three Castles Path and followed it as far as Englemere Pond, which was barely visible through the summer undergrowth.\n\nLeaving the forest we followed the A329, past what would have been our pub-stop had it not closed down, before heading through some more woodland back to the Longhill Park car park. See our route on Bing Maps.\n\n![Singing in the Rain, in Bracknell Forest near Englemere Pond.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume13/images/bracknell_forest.jpg)\n\n## 📸 Back to Volume 13\n\nReturn to volume index","contentHtml":"<h1>🥾 Walk 172 - Long Hill and Swinley Park</h1>\n<p>Six of us turned up at Longhill Park recreation ground, near Bracknell, on a wet Tuesday evening (despite the forecast predicting dry but overcast weather) for a five mile walk.</p>\n<p>Unperturbed by the rain, we set off across the recreation ground and then cut through a housing estate to the grounds of Lily Hill House. Crossing the busy A329, we followed a lane down the the railway line, which we then followed past Martin&#39;s Heron station and out into Swinley Forest. Along the way we met a group of Ramblers going the other way. They chatted about having done the same walk as us and thought it to be a very pleasant route.</p>\n<p>We joined up with the Three Castles Path in Swinley Park and followed it for a while before leaving to walk alongside Swinley Road up to the railway bridge. Here we re-joined the Three Castles Path and followed it as far as Englemere Pond, which was barely visible through the summer undergrowth.</p>\n<p>Leaving the forest we followed the A329, past what would have been our pub-stop had it not closed down, before heading through some more woodland back to the Longhill Park car park. See our route on Bing Maps.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume13/images/bracknell_forest.jpg\" alt=\"Singing in the Rain, in Bracknell Forest near Englemere Pond.\"></p>\n<h2>📸 Back to Volume 13</h2>\n<p>Return to volume index</p>\n"}