An overview of walking the Wayfarer's Walk in Berkshire and hampshire, England including links to walking information, walking equipment, walking holidays, walking maps and travel related to walking

Wayfarer's Walk 114km / 71 miles part of the Walking on the Web guide to walking in England

Start Emsworth, Hampshire SU753055 Finish Inkpen Beacon, Berkshire SU365622

Maps Ordnance Survey Explorer 119, 120, 132, 144 and 158

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	gradual ascents or descents along well defined paths or tracks. Suitable for novice walkers
	considerable ascents and descents over moderate fell type terrain
	strenuous sometimes exposed routes requiring map reading and navigational skills

Depart Emsworth Arrive Denmead Total time 4 hrs Distance 18 km / 9 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes Solent Way Staunton Way Map Ordnance Survey Explorer 120 Chichester, South Harting & Selsey and 119 Meon Valley, Portsmouth, Gosport & Fareham

Along the B2177 over the A3 (M) motorway

Past Fort Purbrook and just beyond the traffic island with the A3 (T) and close to a mast the walk turns north along the back edge of a housing estate before performing a zig zag into open country towards Purbrook Heath.

Denmead

Depart Denmead Arrive Cheriton Total time 6 hrs Distance 28 km / 17 miles Altitude change Descent m Ascent m Difficulty Intersecting Routes South Downs Way King's Way Monarch's Way Itchen Way Map Ordnance Survey Explorer 119 Meon Valley, Portsmouth, Gosport & Fareham and 132 Winchester, New Alresford & East Meon

Hambledon

Meets and follows the King's Way to Soberton before departing company and heading north again along the Meon Valley to Droxford where it performs another west north zig zag through the village.

Circumnavigate the Bottom Copse clockwise around its south and western edges to join a minor road to pass through St Clair's Farm and into the King's Copse followed by an investigation of Betty Mundy's Bottom.

At Lomar Farm the walk joins the South Downs Way and the Monarch's Way for approx 2km in a westerlyish direction before turning north yet again.

Kilmeston

Hinton Ampner and Hinton Ampner House and Gardens

A wide track leaves Hinton Ampner for Tichborne Park and the walk joins the B3046 along its eastern edge before heading through a wood and over the golf coarse on Tichborne Down to the south east corner of New Alresford.

The Watercress Line

From New Alresford you could if you wished utilise the Itchen Way to take you into Winchester and maybe the Three Castles Path back out again.

The Wayfarer's Way departs New Alresford from the south western end of Arlebury Park via another wide track onto Icthen Stoke Down where it crosses the Three Castles Path.

Brown Candover to Lone Barn and join the Abbotstone Down Cycle Trail across Becket's Down to Drummer Grange Farm and on to Drummer Grange and Drummer (PH).

Go out of Drummer towards the M3 motorway leaving the road to the right just before the motorway junction and follow the lane parrelel to the motorway to a bridge. Go over the bridge and follow the side of the motorway again but in the opposite direction for a short while before truning right along the edge of Peak Copse.

At the road junction take the minor road diagonally across and after a few hundred metres head across a field to the south west edge of South Wood. The walk runs along the edge of the wood to the north west corner before doing a dog leg out across fields to Bull's Bushes Farm and Copse.

Coming out of the copse the way joins the Basingstoke Cycle Trail for the first time along a bridleway to a minor road at Cheesedown Farm. The Wayfarer's Walk follows the road into Deane before striking a diagonal path over to Deane Down Farm, Little Deane Wood and joining the Basingstoke Cycle Trail for the last time and going along the side of Great Deane Wood and Patchbourne Wood.

At the western end of the White Lane the Basingstoke Cycle Trail goes left and right and the Wayfarer's Walk goes straight on at the side of one and through a wood towards Freemantle Farm, Manor Farm and North Oakley.

Out of North Oakley along a track heading west the route then turns north again over the North Downs to Walkridge Farm and White Hill.

Beyond White Hill you cross a series of downs, Cannon Heath Down, the famous Watership Down, Nuthanger Down and turning south after Ladle Hill Great Litchfield Down before crossing the A34 (T) road onto Lower and Upper Woodcott Down and past Rabbit Warren.

You may have noticed that from Nuthanger Down you're sharing the route with another cycle route, the Whitchurch Cycle Trail. This trail departs from the Wayfarer's Walk at Keepers Cottage on the A343.

The walk along wide tracks (The Ox Drove) and a short section of minor road keeps to the edge now all the way to Walbury Hill and the finish at the Inkpen Beacon and the start of the Test Way if you want a walk that will take you back to close to where you came from.

The Ham Hill or Inkpen White Horse is also here to see.

A short walk north through Inkpen to Kintbury will bring you to the Kennet and Avon Walk or the nearest railway station if you prefer.

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