One of our favourite winter walks of 2014/2015, this 6 mile circuit provide a wide variety of terrains including forests, fields, hills, gullies and more. The footpaths and tracks are also varied and interesting. Highly recommended.
Parking available in Turville as well as a very nice local pub, The Bull & Butcher.
A fantastic 5.2 mile walk with some good climbs and some great views. Parking can be found in the public car park at Porlock Weir and the trail followed from just past it. Beware of taking the trail out behind the pub as it doesn't lead anywhere.
A 14 mile circular walk that takes in a variety of terrain with great views over Sixpenny Handley and Cranbourne. For those interested, this route follows the Cranbourne Chase Circular 100 cache power trail.
We parked on the road through Cranbourne and walked a few hundred metres to start this route. Almost immediately, you pass Cranborne Church, built between the 12th and 15th centuries, followed by Cranborne Manor, originally a medieval hunting lodge founded by Henry VIII and extended by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury between 1607 and 1611.
A short easy walk from Hook to Rotherwick in Hampshire. Follows the route of the Doyster Black series of geocaches. Good pubs at either end, with The Crooked Billet on the A30 in Hook and The Falcon in Rotherwick. There are numerous other pubs in Hook.
A 7 mile out and back climb to the well known Corbett, Beinn Damh (or Ben Damph). The footpath runs from the Torridon Inn, on the shores of Loch Torridon and passes through pine forest, with a stalkers path following the gorge before heading across a moraine and steepening to climb up to the col. At this point, a detour (not on GPX route) can be made to Meall Gorm, with spectacular view over Loch Damh and Loch Torridon
Once on the col, the path follows a ridge along Glac nam bac adn Spidean toll nam Biast to the summit of Beinn Damh at 903m.
A 6.8 Miles route around Penshurst and Chiddinstone Hoath. A mixture of terrain from sweeping hills and fields to woodland with a couple of steep areas and 2 roads to cross.
A pub is on the route.
A 7.8 mile circular walk around Ashford Hill. Free parking is available along Little Knowle Hill road but don't park in the passing places.
A pleasant walk with a variety of terrain. Can get muddy in the winter.
A steep and rewarding 6.2 mile out and back route form the campsite at Cwmdu to Pen Cerrig Calch, a 701m Hewitt or Nuttall (hill).
The route leaves the campsite and climbs, through and interesting farm with a resident stone mason, and up onto the open land of the hill itself. A steep climb up the escarpment brings you to Pen Gloch-y-pibwr and a large stone cairn. From here the ridge can be followed all the way to the summit.
Looking northwards, you can see Pen Allt-mawr, a touch higher at 719m.
A short but steep 4.3 mile circular walk with some fantastic views towards the coast.
On the summit of Leith Hill is Leith Hil Tower, built in 1765 and renovated in 1864 and again in 1984. The tower is 19.5 metres high and takes the total heightof the hill to 294 metres (a marilyn).
The walk starts from the campsite at Etherley Farm and follows a number of trails through Leith Hill Copse and Orchard Copse, passing Leith Hill PLace before crossing the road and winding through Slittens Copse.
A 6.7 mile walk from Whitchurch Hill, across the hills to Goring and back along the Thames. The path along the Thames isn't flat though but rises slowly back up the hillside through Hartstock Woods, with some quiet spots perfect for a brew and lunch overlooking the river.
Free parking beside the village green in Whitchurch Hill.
