Checkendon Village Sign – Caversham Bridge loop from Woodcote
Checkendon Village Sign – Caversham Bridge loop from Woodcote
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Checkendon Village Sign – Caversham Bridge loop from Woodcote
01:25
32.7km
280m
Road cycling
Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 19, 2026
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After 3.29 km for 82 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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1.84 km
Three Cornered Wood
Forest
2.31 km
The Nuba Survival Sculpture
Highlight • Monument
Adapted from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buckley_(sculptor)
Also see: atlasobscura.com/places/nuba-survival-sculpture
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If you are cycling along you'll have to make an effort and consciously look for this sculpture, which sits a few hundred yards from the road and is not immediately noticeable from afar.
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3.34 km
St Peter and St Paul Church, Cleeckendon
Highlight • Religious Site
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3.40 km
Checkendon Village Sign
Highlight • Monument
Like a painting in appearance it reflects its surroundings admirably. The format is a tribute to two local artists, one, Peggy Beeton, a distant relative of Mrs Beeton of cookery book fame, and Robert Lobley.
The tiny dated golden crown that tops the sign marks the Golden Jubilee.
Cit. oxfordmail.co.uk/news/3742783.rural-pride-display
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5.71 km
Maharajah's Well and the Golden Elephant Statue
Highlight • Monument
The 368-foot deep well, under its domed canopy (made by a foundry in Wallingford), was paid for by the Maharajah of Benares (now Varanasi). He had met the young Edward Reade, the local squire, who spent many years in India where among other work he helped to sink a well for a village in Benares. He told the Maharajah that drought conditions also occurred on parts of the Chilterns.
Moved by Reade's stories of water shortage in Ipsden (the parish which then included the settlement of Stoke Row) – the water had to be fetched by hand from miles away – the Maharajah paid for a well to be dug in Stoke Row, at a cost of around £400, as well as a small well-keeper's cottage and a cherry orchard. The cherries from the orchard provided an income to help pay for the well’s upkeep.
The well is 4 feet in diameter, dug by hand mostly through chalk, and is deeper that the height of two Nelson's columns. It took a year to complete and was opened on the Queen’s birthday in 1864. The well was in use for over 70 years and was a huge benefit to Stoke Row as a community.
Prince Philip's visit to mark the well's centenary in 1964 is still remembered in the hand-coloured red helicopter on every copy of the village newsletter, the Stoke Row News.
In 2008 the canopy was re-painted to restore it to its original Victorian glory.
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6.21 km
Sheep Sculptures at Stoke Row
Highlight • Monument
6.21 km
The Unicorn Pub, Sonning Common
Highlight (Segment) • Pub
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21.9 km
Caversham Bridge
Highlight • Historical Site
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32.7 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
25.0 km
5.91 km
1.38 km
349 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
31.9 km
727 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (180 m)
Lowest point (30 m)
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