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Quarry Bottom

6 ha

📷 Wikipedia · Horton Quarry · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

Getting here

51.17619, -0.91550

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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
  • 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
  • 🅿️Parking on site — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat

Free

Waterside walks

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
St Swithun's WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Hangers WayWalking 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
Yarnhams FarmWalking route
Named routeMaff conservation walks
Food and Farming TrailsWalking route
Named routeRef Mill Farm Trail
Colthouse Lanepublic footpath · 37 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 37 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Colthouse Lanepublic footpath · 239 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 239 mPath type: unclassified
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Cycling

26 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Odiham circular (Cycling Discoveries in and Around North Hampshire)Cycling route
Named routeRef 2: Odiham circularRegional cycle route
Route 22Cycling route
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
AltonCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 224Cycling route
Named routeRef 224National Cycle Network
Chawton, Selborne LCNCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route502 m
Named routeRef 224Length 502 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Alton Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Alice Holt Forest: Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Family Cycle RouteLocal cycle route
Bordon Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Shipwright's WayMountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

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Horton Quarry

📷 Wikipedia · Horton Quarry · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Alice Holt ArboretumUrban park4 km→🌱Froyle ParkUrban park300 m→🌱Barley FieldsUrban park3.5 km→🌱Barley FieldsUrban park3.5 km→✦Cuckoo's Corner Roman site, NeathamHistoric site2.3 km→⚽Anstey ParkPlaying field3.8 km→

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