Walking The Silchester Trail
Walking the old Roman walls
Start & Finish: Bramley Inn, The Street, Bramley, Tadley, RG26 5BT
Distance: 10.7 km (6.6 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 71m
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): St. James Way, Brenda Parker Way
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 23, Calleva Trail
Pubs / Cafes on route: Bramley Inn at the start and finish
Maps:
- Reading, Wokingham & Pangbourne Map | Thames Path | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 159
- Basingstoke, Alton & Whitchurch Map | Odiham, Overton & Hook | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 144
Links: Bramley, Silchester, Silchester, Roman City Walls and Amphitheatre
The Sichester Trail is a ~11 km walk taking in the remains of the old Roman town of Calleva. The Hampshire County Council’s guide to the walk describes it very well so I won’t repeat those details here. I also recommend Paul Whitewick’s 20 minute video about the Roman town to learn about the history of the site before you visit.
There’s a few different options for starting the walk and we chose to start at Bramley where there’s free on-street parking near the Bramley Inn. Starting here means that the Roman Town is in the middle of the walk and you have a pub at the end.
Having completed a couple of the Camino de Santiago routes we were pleased to discover that the English section of the Camino Ingles runs through the Roman town on its path from Reading to Southampton. We’ll likely be back one day to walk that whole Camino Trail.
