🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Best for
10 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
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Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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3 signed routes nearby · 28 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Avon Valley PathWalking route55 km▾
Named routeRef AVPLength 55 kmRegional walking route
Hale Purley Figure of Eight Walk, SW HantsWalking route4.8 km▾
Walk through Hale Purley, crossing streams with views of the common's valleys & mires. Look out for butterflies, dragonflies, stonechats and Dartford warblers in the gorse. Gravel paths with wet patches & a fairly steep descent & climb at the start & end
Named routeLength 4.8 kmDuration 01:00-01:30Round tripLocal walking route
A Walk to the Huff Duff, SW HantsWalking route6.9 km▾
Descend to the wooded valley at Dockens Water & cross the stream to Rockford Common. See carnivourous sundews & mosses in wet heath & bog. Enjoy views at Ibsley Common (an area full of military history) & visit the Huff Duff (an old directional station).
Named routeLength 6.9 kmDuration 01:30-02:00Round tripLocal walking route
Avon Viewpublic footpath · 255 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 255 mPath type: service
Blissford Crosspublic footpath · 109 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 109 mPath type: unclassified
Bartletts Commonpublic footpath · 134 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 134 mPath type: unclassified
🚴
Cycling
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4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
New Forest On Road Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Fordingbridge to SalisburyCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
🚵
Mountain biking
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3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named route
Fritham Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named route
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle Trail (Shortcut)Mountain bike route▾
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
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7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Broadhill Lanebyway open to all traffic · 448 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 448 mSurface groundPath type: track
