🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free
Best for
9 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
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Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: FARNHAM CASTLE (COMPRISING CASTLE BUILDINGS TO THE SOUTH ONLY); Historic site with public access
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Purple Hairstreak +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
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Foraging
Strong match
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🐶
Dog walks
Good match
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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12 signed routes nearby · 123 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
St Swithun's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wellesley Green RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Alice Holt Forest: Lodge Pond TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Shipwrights WayWalking route▾
A long distance route which links villages and towns in east Hampshire. The name reflects the use of oak grown at Alice Holt Forest for Tudor shipbuilding.
Named routeRegional walking route
Heath Closepublic footpath · 38 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 38 mSurface gravelPath type: residential
Wings Roadpublic footpath · 22 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mSurface fine_gravelPath type: residential
Lion and Lamb Waypublic footpath · 6 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 6 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: pedestrian
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Cycling
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43 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Odiham circular (Cycling Discoveries in and Around North Hampshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2: Odiham circularRegional cycle route
Rushmoor cycle network (Aldershot)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Scholars GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weyside GreenwayCycling route▾
Final NCN 22 route through the centre of Farnham
Named routeRef 22 (Proposed)National Cycle Network
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
Route 224Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 224National Cycle Network
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Mountain biking
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7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
Named route
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
Christmas Pie TrailMountain bike route13.7 km▾
leisure route from East Farnham to northwest Guildford
Named routeLength 13.7 km
Alice Holt Forest: Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Family Cycle RouteLocal cycle route
Cycle Surrey Hills - Elstead LoopMountain bike route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route▾
Named route
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Horse riding
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17 public paths nearby
Public paths
Bethel Lanebridleway · 37 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 37 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Bethel Lanebridleway · 163 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 163 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Bethel Lanebridleway · 97 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 97 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Fernhill Lanebridleway · 48 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 48 mSurface compactedPath type: residential
Fernhill Lanebridleway · 21 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 21 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
