ソニングコモンでの周辺の簡単なハイキングとウォーキング

A picturesque pub along quite a busy road. Roads via kidmore end & sonning common and kiln road recommended to avoid peppard road

There is an ancient Iron Age hill fort hidden within the New Copse's beech woodland. As you walk past, you can see the ditches in the ground. There are many places like this in the Chilterns, which completely abounds in hill forts such as this. Alas, little is known about them.

This is a natural spring on the side of the Shiplake Hill here. This structure features a stone carving of an elephant. It was built by the Knollys family, who bought the Blount's Court estate in 1841. Why an elephant? - I've not been able to find out, apparently, it's a bit of a mystery!

This church can trace its origins to the Norman period: it was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086. The church in its current form is a matter of its restoration in 1875, but some aspects of it (e.g., chancel) date back to the Normans and the Rectors of Rotherfield Peppard to the 13th century.

The Bird in Hand in Sonning Common is a 16th century coaching inn. Inside is a cozy feel with an inglenook fireplace set back in a large recess. Once, seats would have been nestled in the nook around the fire providing a very warm place for people to sit and natter. If your visit coincides with the summer, there is an enclosed beer garden for soaking up the rays.

Crowsley Park is owned by the BBC as a receiving station. There are satellite dishes dotted around the estate. The mansion house dates from the 18th century and some say it has a link to Arthur Conan Doyle's Hounds of the Baskervilles. The owner of the House, Henry Baskerville, was known to Conan Doyle, as well as his menacing reputation.

technically a footpath across afield, but don't worry easy access and no complaints from walkers. Goes on to private woodland with permissible path.