Virginia Water walking guide

Leave the station by Platform 1. Turning left before the parade of shops and follow the public footpath sign. Continue on for about a quarter of a mile, until you reach a tarmac road. Turn right, and continue walking uphill, passing shops. Turn right again at the junction of Trumps Green Road into Crown Road. Continue to Wellington Avenue. After three-quarters of a mile, carefully cross this busy road to the public footpath opposite.

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Continue uphill along this track. At a junction of paths on Wentworth Golf Course, follow the public footpath sign right, turning downhill, to reach another sign in about 100 metres. Turn right. After about 30 metres, follow the sign into woods, downhill, to emerge by a large house, Fox Meadows. Continue to the tarmac road and along West Drive.

The path is lined with mansions that are homes to the likes of Sir Cliff Richard and golfer Ernie Els. Follow this drive for over a mile as it meanders through the Wentworth Estate and crosses the fairways to emerge by the A30 (London Road). Turn left on the pavement by the A30 and, after about 300 metres, cross the road opposite the Bluebells Restaurant. Follow the bridleway sign, to the right, into Coworth Park. Initially a track, it meets a tarmac lane.

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Continue walking for half a mile, keeping the polo grounds on your left. At the junction with the A329, turn left along the hard shoulder to the Blacknest car park, about 200 metres. Cross carefully into the car park, and walk through the pedestrian gap in the fence to enter Windsor Great Park. To the right of the information boards, you will see the 150-metre path that leads to the lake. Turn right and follow the lakeside path, passing Perch Bay viewpoint and on to the Roman ruins, which were brought in the 19th century from near Tripoli. After one-and-a-quarter miles, you will reach the stunning Cascade Bridge by the waterfall. It’s a short walk off the trail just beyond to the Wheatsheaf Hotel for a range of sandwiches, pies or a restaurant meal.

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Continue half a mile, where you will see the delightful Totem Pole, a gift to the Queen from Canada in 1958, which stands 100 feet high. Just before reaching the pole, take the earthen track on your right uphill for a quarter of a mile until you reach a signpost. Turn right following the Englefield Green and the A3 sign. Pass several houses and continue walking, along the track to reach the A30, initially going downhill. Leave the park by a metal gate, and turn right on the pavement along the A30 for about 300 metres.

Carefully cross to the public footpath opposite and follow along the playing fields to Callow Hill where you turn right, uphill, for about half a mile by the busy road, to reach Hollow Lane. Continue on the lane, which becomes a potentially muddy bridleway.

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Follow the “bridleway to Stroude Road” signs, downhill, for three-quarters of a mile. Take care and check for trains while crossing the railway line. At Stroude Road, turn right and continue half a mile to the pedestrian lights. Turn right, and the station will be on your left in about 300 metres.

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