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The Wayfarer's Walk is a 71 mile long distance
Hampshire County Council information on the Wayfarer's Walk
(Walking on the Web)
Wayfarer's Walk
(Long Distance Walkers’ Association)
Overton Harriers & AC
(Combe Gibbet to Overton 16 Route) {{coord , 51.095, -1.167, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Footpaths in Hampshire Footpaths in Berkshire Long-distance footpaths in England
The Wayfarer's Walk is a 71 mile long distance footpath
A footpath (also pedestrian way, walking trail, nature trail) is a type of thoroughfare that is intended for use only by pedestrians and not other forms of traffic such as motorized vehicles, bicycles and horses. They can be found in a wide ...
in England from Walbury Hill, Berkshire
Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...
to Emsworth, Hampshire.
The north-west end is at the car park on top of Walbury Hill, near to the landmark Combe Gibbet, and the south-east end is Emsworth town square.
The footpath approximates an ancient route that might have been used by drovers taking cattle for export. It passes through the towns of New Alresford, Droxford, Hambledon, Havant and Emsworth and the villages of North Oakley
North Oakley is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hannington in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Tadley, which lies approximately north-east from the village.
Governance
The hamlet of North Oakley is p ...
, Deane, Dummer, Brown Candover
Brown Candover is a village in Hampshire, England. The village belongs to the parish of the Candovers and its nearest town is New Alresford, away from the village.
Governance
The village of Brown Candover is part of the civil parish of Candover ...
, Abbotstone
Abbotstone is a hamlet in the United Kingdom in English county of Hampshire. It is located 2 miles from the nearest town, New Arelesford, 6 miles from Winchester and 54 miles from London. It lies at an elevation of 67 metres within the district of ...
, Cheriton, Hinton Ampner, Kilmeston
Kilmeston is a small village and civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county ...
, Soberton, and Denmead.
By the path is a memorial to the first flight of Geoffrey de Havilland. The footpath also passes close to Watership Down, Hampshire.
The footpath is waymarked
Trail blazing or way marking is the practice of marking paths in outdoor recreational areas with signs or markings that follow each other at certain, though not necessarily exactly defined, distances and mark the direction of the trail.
A blaz ...
by metal and plastic disks found attached to wooden and metal posts, trees and street furniture, and where this isn't possible stickers on lampposts etc. It has also spawned several circular routes that use sections of the main footpath. These are also waymarked.
This route is shown as a series of green diamonds on Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps and as a series of red diamonds on Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps.
Walbury Hill is also the start of the Test Way and is the start of the Combe Gibbet to Overton 16 Mile Trail Race, the first 11 miles of its route being on Wayfarer's Walk.
Places of interest
The following places of interest, hillfort sites and hills can be found along the length of the Walk (listed from southeast to northwest): * Fort Purbrook * The source of the River Itchen * Tidley Hill * Watership Down *Ladle Hill
Ladle Hill is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Kingsclere in Hampshire. It is also a Scheduled Monument.
Archaeology
The hillfort on the top of the hill has never been excavated, but the land and ditch are sharply ...
and Iron Age hillfort and SSSI
* Pilot Hill and Dean Hill
* Walbury Hill and the Iron Age hillfort of Walbury Camp
* The start of the Test Way
Map
These maps show the footpath in relation to nearby major roads. Maps are not on the same scale.See also
* Long-distance footpaths in the UK * North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural BeautyExternal links
Hampshire County Council information on the Wayfarer's Walk
(Walking on the Web)
Wayfarer's Walk
(Long Distance Walkers’ Association)
Overton Harriers & AC
(Combe Gibbet to Overton 16 Route) {{coord , 51.095, -1.167, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Footpaths in Hampshire Footpaths in Berkshire Long-distance footpaths in England