Dog-friendly walks in Hampshire

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Bramshott, Grayshott and Ludshott

Bramshott

Difficulty - Medium

Wild heathland contrasts with a wooded beauty spot in an area loved by Tennyson and the writer Flora Thompson.

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Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton and Buriton

Chalton

Difficulty - Medium

Follow shady woodland and glorious downland trails to a unique archaeological farmstead.

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Hawkley to Steep

Hawkley

Difficulty - Hard

Explore the beech-clad hills and vales that so inspired Hampshire's great poet.

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Around Emsworth Harbour

Emsworth

Difficulty - Easy

Explore changing tides and fortunes on this breezy walk along Chichester Harbour's foreshore between Emsworth and Langstone.

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Jane Austen's Chawton

Chawton

Difficulty - Easy

A gentle ramble through the pastoral countryside that surounds Chawton, where Jane Austen sought inspiration for her great novels.

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Selborne - in Gilbert White's footsteps

Selborne

Difficulty - Medium

Through the glorious beech hangers and tranquil meadows that so inspired the eminent naturalist Gilbert White.

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Odiham and the Basingstoke Canal

Odiham

Difficulty - Easy

Combine the elegant little town of Odiham with the leafy Basingstoke Canal.

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Wickham and the Forest of Bere

Wickham

Difficulty - Easy

A rural ramble around the royal hunting ground of the Forest of Bere.

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Hambledon – the cradle of cricket

Hambledon

Difficulty - Medium

Explore Hambledon, the village that nurtured the English summer game more than two centuries ago.

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Around the Alresfords – a watercress walk

New Alresford

Difficulty - Medium

Exploring the 'new' market town at the heart of Hampshire's watercress industry.

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Roman Calleva at Silchester

Silchester

Difficulty - Easy

Revealing the history of this once-extensive Roman town and its impressive surviving walls.

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The Meon Valley's nature reserve

Corhampton

Difficulty - Hard

Rising dramatically above the Meon Valley, Old Winchester Hill is a favoured haunt of historians and naturalists.

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Tichborne and the Wayfarer's Walk

Tichborne

Difficulty - Easy

A gentle walk across a Civil War battlefield and through the Itchen Valley.

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Winchester – England's ancient capital

Winchester

Difficulty - Easy

Winchester's historic streets, Cathedral Close and the beautiful Itchen Valley.

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Titchfield's historic canal

Titchfield

Difficulty - Easy

Explore a disused canal, a superb wetland nature reserve and a scenic clifftop path along an unspoilt stretch of Hampshire's coast.

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Bursledon and the River Hamble

Bursledon

Difficulty - Easy

Exploring both sides of the yacht-filled Hamble estuary.

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Romsey and its abbey

Romsey

Difficulty - Easy

Explore Hampshire's best-preserved market town and the Test Valley.

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King's Somborne and Horsebridge

Horsebridge

Difficulty - Medium

Enjoy the Test Valley and the fine downland scenery around King's Somborne, once the haunt of Norman kings.

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Meandering around Mottisfont

Mottisfont

Difficulty - Easy

Combine glorious woodland and riverside walking along the River Dun with a visit to a 12th-century Augustinian priory.

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To Danebury Hill from Stockbridge

Stockbridge

Difficulty - Medium

Tales of fish, fillies and forts accompany you on this downland walk to Danebury Ring from the River Test's fishing capital

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Exploring Harewood Forest

Longparish

Difficulty - Easy

In search of Deadman's Plack Monument and grim legends of murder.

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Downlands around Ashmansworth

Ashmansworth

Difficulty - Medium

The panoramas are breathtaking on this invigorating walk through the hidden combes and heady heights of the North Hampshire Downs.

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Whitchurch and the River Test

Whitchurch

Difficulty - Easy

Combine a stroll through the infant Test Valley, famous for its specialised paper-making mills, with a visit to a working silk mill.

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High above Highclere Castle

Beacon Hill

Difficulty - Medium

From a hilltop on Beacon Hill to a uniquely decorated chapel.

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Exbury Gardens and Lepe Country Park

Exbury

Difficulty - Easy

Combine a delightful walk walk along the Solent foreshore with a visit to a magnificent woodland garden on the banks of the Beaulieu River.

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Discovering New Forest trails

Lyndhurst

Difficulty - Medium

Ancient oaks, historic enclosures and exotic towering conifers in the New Forest

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Beaulieu to Bucklers Hard

Beaulieu

Difficulty - Easy

Step back in time on this riverside stroll through the Beaulieu Estate.

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Minstead - church treasures in the New Forest

Minstead

Difficulty - Easy

Combine a varied walk through New Forest inclosures with a visit to Minstead's church, burial place of Sir Arhtur Conan Doyle

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Around Roman Rockbourne

Rockbourne

Difficulty - Medium

Roman discoveries link Rockbourne and Whitsbury, close to the Wiltshire border.

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Breamore and the Miz Maze

Breamore

Difficulty - Easy

Explore a classic Avon Valley estate and its ancient and mysterious maze.

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Keyhaven and the Solent

Keyhaven

Difficulty - Easy

A walk on the Solent Way and the wildlife-rich salt marsh west of Lymington.

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A New Forest walk from Fritham

Fritham

Difficulty - Easy

A peaceful New Forest hamlet reveals its explosive history.

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Wasing Park and Brimpton

Brimpton

Difficulty - Medium

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A loop around Alice Holt Forest

Alice Holt

Difficulty - Medium

Follow the beautiful Lodge Pond Trail around this popular and historic woodland.

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Hartley Wintney and Elvetham

Hartley Wintney

Difficulty - Medium

A walk through time and social class on the outskirts of a thriving Hampshire village.

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Turbulent times at Basing House

Old Basing

Difficulty - Easy

Relive scenes from the English Civil War as you circle these impressive Tudor ruins.

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Farlington Marshes

Difficulty - Easy

Birds and bombs make a colourful backdrop to this bracing walk in Langstone Harbour.

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East Meon – a South Downs village history

East Meon

Difficulty - Easy

Step back in time as you explore the secrets of this East Hampshire village.

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Adventures in the Candovers

Brown Candover

Difficulty - Easy

This trail of amateur archaeologists and powerful bankers unravels the history of a Victorian church.

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Exploring Ecchinswell

Ecchinswell

Difficulty - Medium

Explore the scenery that inspired Richard Adams' best-selling novel Watership Down.Explore the scenery that inspired Richard Adams' best-selling novel Watership Down.

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Rocks and royals at Sarisbury

Sarisbury

Difficulty - Easy

Explore the extensive landscaped gardens and grounds of Holly Hill.

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A loop from Hurstbourne Tarrant

Hurstbourne Tarrant

Difficulty - Hard

See the village loved by the classic author and influential political activist.

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The Allies’ giant Lepe

Lepe

Difficulty - Easy

Explore one of Hampshire’s most important wartime sites at Lepe Country Park.

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Stockbridge Down

Difficulty - Medium

Spectacular scenery, ancient earthworks and glorious wildlife characterise the downs overlooking Stockbridge.

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Facts and fancies at Shatterford

Beaulieu Road

Difficulty - Easy

Abundant wildlife and amazing legends await you along this delightfully easy route.

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War and peace at Danebury

Danebury Hill

Difficulty - Medium

A stroll around one of Hampshire’s most fascinating prehistoric sites.

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Violent death at Canterton

Rufus Stone

Difficulty - Medium

Take a walk in the tranquil woodlands with a troubled past on the edge of the New Forest.

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Flying low at Stoney Cross

Fritham

Difficulty - Medium

A classic New Forest pub is the highlight of this walk, exploring a wartime airfield.

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Holmsley and Castleman’s Corkscrew

Holmsley

Difficulty - Easy

Discover how the railways changed the New Forest.

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Deathly drama at Moyles Court

Rockford

Difficulty - Hard

Events that changed the course of British history were played out in this peaceful countryside.