Playhatch Climb – Stoke Row Wooded Road loop from Reading

Playhatch Climb – Stoke Row Wooded Road loop from Reading

Moderate

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Playhatch Climb – Stoke Row Wooded Road loop from Reading

01:37

35.9km

320m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 26, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 13.8 km for 214 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

3.61 km

Playhatch Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Nice climb from Playhatch to Dunsden Green and plenty time to catch your breath back whilst enjoying the scenery on relatively traffic free roads

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8.20 km

Picturesque Thatched Cottage

Highlight • Structure

16.3 km

St Paul's Church, Highmoor Cross

Highlight • Religious Site

'Parish church, built as chapel of ease 1859. Designed by Joseph Morris of Reading; built by Robert Owthwaite of Henley-on-Thames. Nave, chancel, single-storey vestry to south.

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17.9 km

Stoke Row Wooded Road

Highlight • Forest

Uphill into Stoke Row through a 'spooky' covered wood.... make sure your bring your lights, even in daytime!

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18.5 km

Sheep Sculptures at Stoke Row

Highlight • Monument

19.2 km

St John the Evangelist Church, Stoke Row

Highlight • Historical Site

The Church of St John the Evangelist, Stoke Row, was consecrated on the 19th October 1848.

The building is a beautiful example of simple Victorian architecture. The rectangular floor space …

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21.3 km

Checkendon Village Sign

Highlight • Monument

Standing on a small green near the church of St Peter and St Paul, the double-sided sign depicts a delightful scene of the church and a path through the bluebell woods for which the village is noted.

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22.8 km

Three Cornered Wood

Forest

24.1 km