Four delightful walks - some with a chance to see wild ponies!
Domesday Book records Maidencombe as having 1 villager,2 smallholders & 1 slave (!). Today due to its locality it still consists of only a few houses.
Any walk to or from Maidenhead includes hills, some quite steep almost halving your walking speed.
![](../images/300/ponies.jpg) | ![walk 1 Maidencombe](../images/mps/maidencombemp1.jpg) Tap map for larger version |
![Point of Interest](../images/bits/info-POI.jpg) | Coast Line, wild poniesHistoric area, Thatched Inn |
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![parking](../images/bits/parking.gif) | Labrador Bay Cark (free on Sunday else £1 only) |
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Caution: This walk includes some very steep descents and is as much a challenge as an ordeal depending on your knees and stamina - try walk 1b instead. However, it is most rewarding with magnificent views of the coast and very dramatic countryside grazed by ponies.
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![](../images/mps/maidencombemp1b.jpg) Tap map for larger version | | Walk 1b avoids the steep hills but you will still see the ponies!
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![parking](../images/bits/parking.gif) | see main parking area |
![walk 1 Maidencombe](../images/mps/maidencombemp2.jpg) Tap map for larger version | | A fine walk North of Maidencombe Parking: Maidencombe Car Park see below
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![parking](../images/bits/parking.gif) | see main parking area |
![](../images/mps/maidencombemp3.jpg) Tap map for larger version | | A delighful walk South of Maidencombe. Parking: Maidencombe Car Park see below
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![parking](../images/bits/parking.gif) | see main parking area |
![thatched tavern](../images/300/maidencombepub.jpg) Thatched Tavern | | Tap map for larger version |
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The walk takes you through the Valley of Rocks via the John Musgrave Heritage Trail into Maidencombe then follows a magnificent coastline - there is an option to descend to Watcombe Beach (during the summer a cafe might be open). This walk can be combined with walk 2. Pay & Display car park in the village (1 hour £1.30 during summer season else £1 a day) |