Where the countryside meets coast: Chilton Chine &

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BRIGHSTONE 3

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Not far from the start of this spectacular walk is the National Trust's 2 Manor Garden where you might like to pause and enjoy a little light refreshment before crossing a 5 glorious rolling landscape to reach the 1 sprawling village of Brighstone. Puzzled by the name of the local pub? It's so called because three rectors from this parish later became bishops Start of Bath and Wells, Oxford and Winchester and Salisbury. On a more sinister note, Brighstone was once a haunt of smugglers, with brandy from Cherbourg brought ashore near 6 here at dead of night. Look out for the fascinating little museum dedicated to the history of this picturesque Island village.

For Red Funnel ferry information and places to stay, visit www.redfunnel.co.uk or phone the Travel Centre on 0844 844 9988 3 As you approach the stone, 5 Take the path, cross over the two stiles and Where the countryside meets turn right and cross a drive, continue to the next stile in the field corner. coast: Chilton Chine & Brighstone keeping a house over on the Cross Military Road and take the path marked left. Follow the straight path BS57 (coast path and shore). Walk through the 1 Leave the car park along the field edge, with a grounds of Grange Farm and keep right at the by following the line of trees and bushes on sign for Chilton Chine. path towards the the right. Make for a gate 6 Follow the Island coast sea. At the clifftop, and stay on the enclosed path along to the next with the sea in path to the next road. Turn holiday camp and look front of you, turn right, then first left at for the waymarks. Due right and take the footpath BS42. Walk up the to problems over coast path towards field slope to a gate and stile and veer erosion, the path here Freshwater. Look right, passing through trees. Drop down steeply to has been diverted, but for a National Trust sign for Sudmoor and the a way marked path on the right and follow it to a is not difficult to follow. Rejoin the main clifftop Mottistone Estate, and continue to a sign for BS75 stile. Turn left as you approach it and climb to a path and turn right when it heads inland, and Mottistone. Turn right here, skirt the field to path junction. Keep right to a stile and walk ahead keeping Pearl on your left. Make for reach two stiles, then cross the next field to a third across the field, keeping a fence on the left. the road, turn left and return to the car park at stile before arriving at the road. 4 Cross a stile and descend a flight of steps to a Chilton Chine. 2 Cross over and follow the bridleway marked track. Turn right here, then swing left to join BS100 towards Mottistone. Pass some houses and path BS64 which runs to Moor Lane. Turn right at USEFUL INFORMATION the road and then left at keep left at Mottistone church. Head for the • Distance: 6 miles the T junction. Head stone lychgate and cross the B3399 road. Follow 3 • Time: About 2 /4 hours the path signposted to the Long Stone and pass through the village of Brighstone, passing • Map: Explorer OL29 - 1:25 000 scale through a barrier. Stay on the sunken path as it 1 climbs between trees the Three Bishops pub 4cm to 1 km or 2 /2" to 1 mile. and bushes and keep and Brighstone Tearooms. • Start/Finish: Chilton Chine car park off right at the fork. Turn right beyond them the A3055 between Freshwater and Ignore a path on the into New Road, pass right and head up the alongside the primary school and then swing right into Wilberforce • Refreshments: Mottistone Manor Garden bank to a kissing offers tea in the garden; gate. Cross over a Road. Take the path on the left for Galley Lane track and remain on and follow it to the road. Cross over and remain • The Three Bishops provides snacks and meals; the sunken path on the path until you come to a stile on the left. • The Brighstone Tearooms and the Isle towards the Long of Wight Pearl coffee shop serve light Stone - a relic of the refreshments distant past. • Suitable for: Experienced walkers and dogs, fit children. There is some climbing.

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For Red Funnel ferry information and places to stay, visit www.redfunnel.co.uk or phone the Travel Centre on 0844 844 9988