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Through Marshes

BLUE ROUTE BLUE Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Walk #6

FOR THE MORE ADVENTUROUS WHO DON’T MIND A BIT OF A CHALLENGE

START/FINISH: Quay Lane, Brading, PO36 0AT TIME: 3 - 4 Hours DISTANCE: 7 miles or 1.5 mile shorter route D A 36

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Passenger Portsmouth - Fishbourne 30 Vehicle/Passenger Ferry Portsmouth - Ryde Passenger Ferry MV ER I END AI HEAD HERITAGE COAST RYDE

Vehicle/PassengerLymington Ferry - Yarmouth Northwood ESPLANADE NEWTOWN A 1203 BAY POINT Marks WOOTTON CREEKFishbourne 0 2 0 3 A Corner DODNOR A 3 0 5 4 CREEK & Ryde DICKSONS Quarr Hill RYDE COPSE Wootton ST JOHN’S ROAD Spring Vale Bridge C L A M E R K I N HERSEY RESERVE, Seaview L A K E WOOTTON SEAVIEW DUVER HERITAGE COAST Porcheld FIRESTONE Wootton COPSE Hamstead PARKHURST Common FOREST Newtown Parkhurst P SMALLBROOK 0 4 3 3 B P R I O R Y B AY JUNCTION SCONCE BRIDDLESFORD COMMON P COPSES POINT SWANPOND NODE’S POINT Cranmore Newtown deserted HAVENSTREET COPSE P COPSE Medieval village P P A 3 0 5 4 Norton Bouldnor P A 3 0 5 5 St Helens Cli End Yarmouth Shaleet Ningwood Newport POINT

ASHEY B 3 3 3 0 A 3 0 5 4Norton MILL COPSE Thorley SHIDE

Green CHALK PIT TRAIL B 3 3 9 0 WAY FRESHWATER Bembridge B 3 4 0 1 R I V E R YA R EAGLEHEAD AND BRADING GOLDEN P P A S H E Y BLOODSTONE COPSE HILL Wellow Shide 126 MARSHES B 3 4 0 1 131 P COUNTRY Downend D O W N R I V E R YA R PARK Five Houses P M E R S L E Y D O W N Brading Newbridge BRADING FORELAND S T G E O R G E ’ S Michael Morey’s The Devil’s Hump KNIGHTON DOWN B 3 3 9 5 A 3 0 5 5 138 D O W N Punchbowl BAY DOWN BRADING Freshwater 105 DOWN P HAMSTEAD TRAIL 109 BEMBRIDGE TRAIL Field System 39 Totland AFTON TENNYSON TRAIL Arreton MARSHES Blackwater Morton Bembridge HATHERWOOD P P Fort 105 B 3 3 9 9 B E M B R I D G E Culver Middleton B 3 4 0 1 POINT Battery D O W N 100 Headon Afton 79 East Afton N E W B A R N 160 Langbridge Warren Down Barrows 151 Neolithic D O W N B 3 3 2 2 Mortuary Freshwater Bay 164 P Tennyson P E A S T A F T O N B R O O K 3 2 3 3 B Harborough Enclosure Newchurch Monument Memorial 147 D O W N MARTIN’S P D O W N 165 P A L U M B AY FOREST WOOD THE P W E S T H I G H D O W N C O M P T O N CULVER ‘Five Barrows’ , NEEDLES TENNYSON TRAIL D O W N 213 CLIFF FRESHWATER BAY Brook Down Harboro’ Barrow YOUNGWOODS COPSE B 3 3 9 5 P Down AND MEADOWS P B R I G H S T O N E 65 152 SANDOWN D O W N W E S T O V E R D O W N A 3 0 5 6 Winford 175 SCRATCHELL’S The Longstone 165 R O W B O R O U G H BAY 167 D O W N Hill Fort Sandown P 106 HERITAGE COAST Brook LAKE HANOVER POINT P Mottistone C H I L L E R T O N Chillerton R I V E R YA R Lake D O W N P WORSLEY TRAIL

B R O O K B AY Moortown P A 302 AMERICA SANDOWN WOOD BAY Brighstone P P P B 3 3 9 9 Sandford P Ya†ord STENBURY TRAIL 94 Shanklin

85 Upper Hyde SHEPHERDS TRAIL SIBDEN HILL & H E R IT A G E C O A S T Worsley Monument BATTS COPSE

A 3 0 5 5 70 S T M A R T I N ’ S

Roud D O W N 209 235 154 S T E N B U R Y Luccombe BRIGHSTONE S H A N K L I N P D O W N Wroxall BAY Green D O W N P P 145 Ather eld Green 210 P

Hoy’s 7 2 3 3 B Luccombe Down 93B B L E A K 199 Monument Southford 233 Barrow ATHERFIELD POINT D O W N 240 NANSEN S T B O N I FA C E HILL W E E K D O W N S T C AT H E R I N E ’ S D O W N P D O W N P Whitwell St. Catherine’s Kingates Chale Oratory P M O N K S B AY C H A L E B AY ST LAWRENCE 237 UNDERCLIFF P PELHAM WOODS VENTNOR BAY St Lawrence P A 3 0 5 5

P R O C K E N E N D BINNEL ENGLISH BAY REETH BAY ST CATHERINE’S POINT DIRECTIONS: CHANNEL HERITAGE COAST

A START: Venture along Quay Lane until you meet a gate leading F Take Foot Path 15 until you meet the Coastal Path (Foot Path 10). onto Brading Marshes or sometimes called the Fatting Marshes. Take Walk south (sea on you left hand side) and make your way up Culver Foot Path 3 and cross the Sluice Gate to the East Yar River. Down on Foot Path 30. B For the Shorter Walk turn right and take Foot Path 36, which will lead G Foot Path 30 crosses the road near the Culver Haven Pub. Follow the you towards the railway line. As you reach the railway line turn right path along the cliff top until you reach Red Cliff and a junction with Foot again taking Foot Path 1 and this will take you to Quay Lane. Path 95. C For the Longer Walk , cross the river and look for Foot Path 57 and then H Follow the base of the Down until you reach the B3395 Longlands 20 in fairly quick succession towards Centurions Copse and Bembridge. Shute. Cross Longlands Shute on to Foot Path 31 which will bring you back D Continue on this route for two miles until you reach Bembridge to the cross roads leading to the East Yar Sluice Gate. Windmill. Then take Bridleway 36 to Steyne Copse I On reaching the sluice take Foot Path 3 back to Quay Lane and your E In the depths of Steyne Copse look for a left turn taking you onto starting point. FINISH Foot Path 22 which will take you onto Road. A short walk up hill will bring you to Foot Path 15.

Where possible, public footpath and bridleway reference numbers have been included in the directions.