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4. BERKSHIRE - GENERAL
A: Bracknell (another ex-site) - "The best place was on the A325 to Bracknell near Ascot. Unfortunately it was closed two years ago. As many as a hundred people went there on any evening and during the day. They must be going somewhere else nearby but I don't know where. I could tell you some wonderful stories of that place."
B: Guildford / Farnham - A31 (the Hog's Back on the Surrey Hills) from Guildford to Farnham. "There is a lay-by (large) with access to bushes and fields."
C: Maidenhead - "There is a place (car-park) near Maidenhead Thicket car-park which can be good occasionally..." "...this is basically a gay/bi cruising ground and I have never seen any male/female couples there. It's very easy to find - and there are actually three places close by each other. The first one is very gay and very well known and that is next to the Bisham Abbey roundabout on the A404 between the M4 and the M40. The area is on the M4 side and can only be accessed by driving towards the M4 and taking the first left into the car-park. The Police know this area well and it has regular patrols..." "Try Pinkneys Green in Maidenhead..." "Off to Maidenhead tonite, Pinkneys Green etc... ...just maybe some couple will be there!"
D: Marlow - "This area is further on towards the M4. Continue down the A404 and take the exit off for the A4 (Maidenhead/Reading). Turn left at the roundabout, towards Maidenhead and then left at the next roundabout. Two hundred yards down the road there is a car-park with a height restriction and at the end of this car-park there is a bridge that goes over the A404 and into the thicket. This area is less regularly patrolled by Police, but more frequently used by 'legits'."
And: "Take the A404(M) from Maidenhead towards Marlow. After passing the Henley-on-Thames turnoff (about four miles) you will see a lay-by on the left, with a 'P' sign. Park and walk away from the road into a clearing with Picnic tables. This area is where you meet up. Or you can continue walking away from the road, through a gap in the hedge, across a lane and into the woods where more action takes place. Mainly bi and gay and TV, but the occasional couple displaying."
Also: "If you keep on the A404(M), when you come to the first roundabout, loop right round and go back along the other side of the dual carriageway. Almost immediately take the left filter up a slope and into a car-park. Walk into the woods and head right. After five minutes, head into the trees on the left. Mainly gay and bi, occasional couples..." "...another area, where I believe 'something' must go on, can be found as follows. Exit the second area above and turn right, away from the roundabout. Half a mile down the road there is a turn to the right (first right basically) and this has a car-park and woodland on the left hand side - I've often seen people hanging around there..."
E: Slough, Lanley Park - "Leave Black Park (Slough / Uxbridge Road) and join dual carriageway and Lanley Park is next right..." and "...saw several couples just hanging around on Wednesday afternoon".
F: Slough, Black Park - "Black Park on Slough / Uxbridge Road is a good site for couples..." "Once invited to join in but usually just watching..." and "...check out Strawberry Wood in Black Park. Both car-parks popular with 'two-car jobs'."
But: "Both of these are locked during the night - I think that they close at 6.30pm during the winter and 8.00pm during the summer. They are both Pay and Display which means that there must be some kind of supervisor (Black Park is £2.00 to park and there is an on-site shed). I've visited a number of times during the days and both are very popular with walkers and families so if anything goes on then it must be during the night and in the lanes around the parks."
G: Virginia Water, near Ascot - "Well-known beauty spot very popular with straight couples in summer. Check out the walks along the banks. One beach popular with nude bathers. Also check Valley Gardens on the North Bank of the main lake." Site has a 'Pay as you Leave' car-park (£1.00 in 1999).
H:
Windsor Great Park - "Large car-park on left from Windsor, last car-park
on right, both good during the day."