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Walking the 3 Castles Path FAQs The Three Castles Path is a long distance Is it just for men? route from Windsor to Winchester, Mainly, but women and children are providing 60 miles of easy walking through welcome too (though no under-16s are peaceful historic and beautiful allowed on the night walks). countryside. The idea for this route was What if I can’t manage 12 miles? inspired by the well documented 13th We’ll have a support car on call for anyone Walking the who needs to quit. century journeys of King John between I’d prefer to walk in the light! Windsor Castle and Winchester, via the Three of the walks are from 8.00pm until castle he built at Odiham, the half-way 3 Castles Path about 1.00am but we’ll be doing a daytime point. recce prior to each night walk and you’re from Windsor… welcome to join us on that. While many aspects of the countryside I’m worried I might not keep up – how fast have altered dramatically in the 800 years will you be walking? since John's time, the contours are We’ll aim to go at the pace of the slowest walker (within reason) but hope to maintain unchanged and the route uses some of 3mph so the walking time for each section the old ways that he would have known. will be around four hours. If there’s a group of people who’d prefer to The Three Castles Path still passes through walk more slowly, we might arrange to split a variety of attractive scenery; parkland with a slower group walking a shorter and forest, over heaths and downland, distance. beside the quiet canal and gently flowing Will we stop en route? Sometimes there’s a mid-point pub where streams and through picturesque villages we’ll make a short stop. On sections where – including Hartley Wintney! …to Winchester there isn’t a pub, we’ll stop for halfway hot drinks provided from a support vehicle. The walk follows a continuous chain of Do I have to book in advance? rights of way on public footpaths, Yes please. We need to know how many permitted paths through Crown Estate are coming in order to arrange adequate woodland and a few miles of towpath transport and refreshments. alongside the Basingstoke Canal with less How do I book? Book online at stjohnshw.org.uk/events. For than five miles on minor roads. There are any queries, email [email protected]. few steep hills to climb, not too many stiles Can I help lead one of the walks? and rarely much mud, making the route Please do! Ring 01252 843803 to offer. ideal for a first long distance path. in five 12-mile sections! Five monthly walks, each approximately 12 miles 1. 7.30pm, Friday 10th March: night walk from Windsor Castle to Bracknell (Coral Reef) via Windsor Great Park and Ascot. 2. 5.30pm, Good Friday 14th April: evening walk from Bracknell to Hartley Wintney via Broadmoor and Eversley. 3. 8.00pm, Friday 12th May: night walk from St John’s to Tunworth via Odiham Castle and Greywell. 4. 8.00pm, Friday 9th June: night walk from Tunworth to Abbotstone Down via Ellisfield and Bradley. 5. 2.00pm, Saturday 8th July: afternoon walk from Abbotstone Down to Winchester via Itchen Abbas and Easton. We expect each section to take between four and five hours with a short mid-point break for refreshment. Essential equipment – walking boots, water bottle, torch plus a sense of humour and, if you have them, a red rear light, hi-viz vest & OS Explorer map (160/159/144/132). Odiham Castle Night walking Itchen Valley Book online at stjohnshw.org.uk/events. For any queries, email [email protected] or text 07931 511849. .
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