🌞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
Best for
7 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Test WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route
River Anton WayWalking route3.2 km▾
Named routeLength 3.2 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Stockbridge Down Wildlife and History Walk, SW HantsWalking route2.4 km▾
Explore characteristic chalk downland & discover a wealth of history (burial mounds, ancient field systems & an Iron Age hillfort). Find fascinating flora & fauna & views of the Test Valley towards Salisbury Plain. Steep inclines & avoidable rough ground
Named routeLength 2.4 kmDuration 00:30-01:00Round tripLocal walking route
🚴
Cycling
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11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Whitchurch Jubilee 2012Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.6 km▾
Named routeRef 246Length 3.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route23 m▾
Named routeRef 246Length 23 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route163 m▾
Named routeRef 246Length 163 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
🚵
Mountain biking
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5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Farley Mount Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Farley Mount Off Road Cycle Trail (Shortcut)Mountain bike route▾
Named route
Winchester Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
King Alfred's WayMountain bike route▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named routeRegional cycle route
Sparsholt Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
🐴
Horse riding
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18 public paths nearby
Public paths
Drift Roadrestricted byway · 1.8 km▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 1.8 kmSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Ox Drove(Drift Road)restricted byway · 1.6 km▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 1.6 kmSurface dirtPath type: track
