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hill settlement

📷 Mr Ignavy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeHeritageBirds
Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.12183, -1.16681

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • ✦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

4 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wayfarers WalkWalking route

Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire

Named routeRegional walking route
Allan King WayWalking route
Named routeListed length 44 milesRegional walking route
Itchen WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
St Swithun's WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Three Castles PathWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
🚴

Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route8.1 km
Named routeRef 23Length 8.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route466 m
Named routeRef 23Length 466 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route599 m
Named routeRef 23Length 599 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route24 m
Named routeRef 23Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Candovers Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Winchester Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Micheldever Station Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
The Ox Drove mountain bike routeMountain bike route
Named route
Abbotstone Down Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
🐴

Horse riding

5 public paths nearby

Public paths
Spybush Lanebridleway · 68 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 68 mSurface grassPath type: track
Spybush Lanebridleway · 393 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 393 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Spybush Lanebridleway · 463 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 463 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Oliver's Battery (Old settlement)

📷 Mr Ignavy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Oliver's Battery (Old settlement)

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦THE GRANGE, NORTHINGTONHistoric site2.4 km→✦Oliver's Battery: a hillfort on Abbotstone Down near AlresfordHistoric site0 m→🌱The GreenUrban park2.2 km→✦Deserted village of AbbotstoneHistoric site2.3 km→✦Abbotstone medieval villageHistoric site2.4 km→✦OLD ALRESFORD HOUSEHistoric site2.6 km→

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