Railway Links
The Berkshire Downs can be accessed from the Great Western Main Line and First Great Western run the local stopping trains as well as the high-speed trains that race along the Vale of the White Horse between Swindon and Didcot Parkway. From Reading to Newbury there is the Berks and Hants Line in the River Kennet Valley. From Reading there are the scenic Thames Valley stations of Pangbourne, Goring & Streatley and Cholsey (linked to the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway).
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