A West Meon Valley ramble
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"Track the rise and fall of an ambitious new railway that didn't deliver the goods."
Walk directions
Walk back down the car park entrance road, cross Station Road and take the signposted footpath opposite running between two low brick walls. Keep left. Cross two footbridges, then turn left along the village road for 60yds (55m) before turning right up Doctors Lane. Walk between the gateposts at The Cedars, keep ahead to a field and, just before reaching it, fork right at the signpost, follow the overgrown path to a kissing gate and bear right across a paddock to a second kissing gate.
Walk up steps to cross the old railway and walk diagonally across the field to a gap in the far left-hand corner. Bear right, continue under power lines and cross the next field to reach a tarmac lane by farm buildings. Turn left and continue over the hill, drop down across the old railway bridge, then bear left and up to the A32.
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Terrain
- Country tracks, minor roads and field paths
Landscape
- Rolling arable farmland with a few trees
Dog friendliness
- Keep under close control; lead required for crossing the A32
Parking
- Meon Valley Trail car park
Toilets en route
- None on route
About the walk
More than half a century after the last public trains steamed along the Meon Valley Railway, begin your walk just off Station Road in West Meon’s former goods yard. It’s now a car park for the popular 10-mile (16.1km) railway walk south to Wickham but there’s still plenty to see here. The overgrown...
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About the area
Hampshire’s varied landscape of hills and heaths, downlands and forests, valleys and coast are without rival in southern England. Hike across the chalk downland of the north Hampshire ‘highlands’, meander along peaceful paths through unspoilt river valleys of the Test, Itchen, Avon and Meon, or explore the lonely salt marshes and the beautiful medieval forest and heathland of the New Forest.
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Tower Farm Garden Holiday Lets
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The White Lion
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The Woolpack Inn
An attractive country inn, tucked away in Hampshire's Candover Valley, offers a traditional atmosphere and bags of character. The flint and brick building dates back to 1880 and many or...
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The Swan Hotel
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