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Robin Hood's Barrow

📷 Bill Boaden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.06125, -1.41232

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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

6 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Robin +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Robin +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Brimstone, Gatekeeper +33 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Hogweed +4 more foraging species

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Hogweed +12 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Hogweed +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Clarendon WayWalking route

Winchester to Salisbury

Named routeRegional walking route
Keble WayWalking route
Named route
🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Winchester Local Cycle NetworkCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Mountain biking

6 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
WestwoodMountain bike route
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
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Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths
Heath Close Lanerestricted byway · 2.1 km
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 2.1 kmSurface dirtIncline 5%Path type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

The Clarendon Way

📷 Bill Boaden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Clarendon Way

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🏞️FARLEY MOUNTCountry park1.6 km→✦Hursley Deer ParkHistoric site4.2 km→✦LAINSTON HOUSEHistoric site4 km→🦉CRAB WOODNature reserve2.6 km→✦Ashley Wood campHistoric site2.1 km→✦Park pale to the north, west and south west of Hursley ParkHistoric site4.6 km→

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