Barrington, Cambridgeshire

February 2024

This circular walk of about 5 miles starts and finishes at the excellent Royal Oak pub in Barrington, which makes this a worthwhile stroll.

Described as a Riverside Walk and signposted as such just outside the village, we must have arrived at the worst time of year as the path led through thick mud, dug up by cattle, and several streams that spread across the track. Eventually plodging through that, the next stretch was a narrow corridor of overgrown trees where the track often ran parallel to the river but was constantly crossed by fallen trees. Some of these needed crossing over, some crawling under, so an uninterrupted stroll this was not.

After that the route was on easier tracks and some minor roads through Shepreth (listen out for animal noises as you pass Shepreth Wildlife Park) and eventually back to Barrington. For more detail view Stapleford Strollers walk description.

This is interesting and varied countryside so I recommend it as a summer walk in dry conditions

- but only if a man with a chain saw has been out to clear the fallen trees!