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HALE PARK

✦ Ancient woodland62 ha

📷 John M · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

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Public accessDogs welcome62 ha

Getting here

50.96817, -1.74365

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5 activities

Heritage

Free86%

Historic site with public access

Wildlife

Free75%

Ancient woodland

Dog walks

Free72%

Dogs allowed with public access

Cycling

Varies65%

Named cycling route nearby: National Byway

Hiking

Free65%

Named hiking route nearby: Avon Valley Path

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

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3 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Avon Valley PathWalking route55 km▾
Named routeRef AVPLength 55 kmRegional walking route
Old Sarum WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional 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
Lower Densome Woodpublic footpath · 315 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 315 mPath type: track
Charford Drovepublic footpath · 491 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 491 mPath type: footway
Charford Drovepublic footpath · 38 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 38 mPath type: footway
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Cycling

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6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Wiltshire Cycleway New Forest LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Downton spurCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
New Forest On Road Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Fordingbridge to SalisburyCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Mountain biking

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2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named route
Fritham Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named route
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Horse riding

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15 public paths nearby

Public paths
Folly Drovebyway open to all traffic · 223 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 223 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Folly Drovebyway open to all traffic · 427 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 427 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Folly Drovebyway open to all traffic · 21 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 21 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Folly Drovebyway open to all traffic · 5 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 5 mSurface unpavedPath type: track

About this historic site

Grade II* registered historic park and garden

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Driveway through Hale Park

📷 John M · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Driveway through Hale Park

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
✦ Ancient✓ Public access🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Downton Millennium GreenUrban park1.9 km→✦The Moot: a ringwork and bailey, earlier Roman settlement remains and later garden earthworks immediately east of the River AvonHistoric site2.5 km→🌱Longclose ParkUrban park2.8 km→🌱The Bonvalot Memorial GardensUrban park2.9 km→✦BREAMOREHistoric site3.1 km→🌱Downton Millennium GreenUrban park1.9 km→