Getting There
Sat Nav: SL3 9PA
Leave the M4 at Junction 5 to take the A4, Eastbound 3rd exit, Westbound 1st exit, signed Colnbrook.
At the traffic lights, stay on the A4.
Then turn left, signed Colnbrook.
Pass a BP petrol station, and follow the road round to the right, signed Horsley (Horsley Road ).
Enter Horsley. Turn left, signed Stanwell, Staines.
Park in the car park of the Five Bells, on the right hand side.
Return to M4 Junction 5
Turn left out of the car park.
Turn right, signed Colnbrook. Enter Colnbrook and follow the road around a tight left bend. Pass the BP petrol station and the A4 leads directly back to the motorway.
The Five Bells, Horton
Leave the car park and cross the road, bearing to the right, to walk down a track, Foundry Lane , opposite Bells Lane. The track is signed Colne Valley Way.
Pass Rose Cottage on your left, and continue along Foundry Lane. Look up to admire the flying pigs above the farm buildings on the left! Pass a mini-scrap yard on the right, and go through the open section of the large metal gate. This is signed with a blue Public Footpath sign.
The track now passes through open fields.
We walked as far as the white cottages ahead, and then turned round, which is a 30 minute walk.
The high bank over on the left is a retaining wall to the Queen Mother Reservoir, not part of the runway system (as someone thought).
If your dog is sensitive to aircraft noise, then this is not the ideal walk as the planes go over every 30 seconds or so.
Facilities
At the Five Bells. This is, so far, the one walk in which the pub is vastly superior to the walk. It's hard to believe that this small village pub so close to Heathrow possesses all the qualities so beloved by dog owners. The food is home made and tasty, service is efficient, and the prices reasonable. Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome in the bar area, and dog water is provided. The atmosphere in the pub is genuinely welcoming, from the staff and other patrons alike. All the facilities were spotlessly clean.