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BLUE ROUTE BLUE Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Walk #9

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

START/FINISH: Whitcombe Road, Carisbrooke, PO30 1YS TIME: 3 - 4 Hours DISTANCE: 6 miles or 2 miles shorter alternative

96 88 A 89

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B 104

110 C

144 G H

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Portsmouth To Southampton

Southsea 10 E

on - East Cowes

assenger Ferry

Southampton - Cowes Vehicle

Southampt THE EGYPT POINT OLD CASTLE POINT SOLENT GURNARD F BAY Cowes Gurnard East Cowes Lymington B 3 3 2 5 OSBORNE BAY Portsmouth - Ryde

Passenger Hovercraft Portsmouth - Fishbourne Vehicle/Passenger Ferry Portsmouth - Ryde Rew Street Passenger Ferry THORNESS BAY MV ER I END AI RYDE PIER HEAD Whippingham HERITAGE COAST RYDE

Vehicle/PassengerLymington Ferry - Yarmouth Northwood ESPLANADE NEWTOWN A 1203 PUCKPOOL BAY POINT WOOTTON CREEKFishbourne Marks 0 2 0 3 A Corner DODNOR A 3 0 5 4 CREEK & Ryde DICKSONS Quarr Hill Binstead 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 Porcheld FIRESTONE HERITAGE COAST Wootton SEAGROVE BAY Hamstead COPSE D PARKHURST Common FOREST NEWTOWN RIVER Newtown Parkhurst Nettlestone P SMALLBROOK 0 4 3 3 B P R I O R Y B AY NINGWOOD JUNCTION SCONCE BRIDDLESFORD Havenstreet COMMON P COPSES POINT SWANPOND NODE’S POINT BOULDNOR Cranmore Newtown deserted HAVENSTREET COPSE P COPSE Medieval village P P A 3 0 5 4 Norton Bouldnor Ashey P A 3 0 5 5 St Helens Cli End Yarmouth Shaleet BEMBRIDGE Ningwood Newport POINT

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

Green CHALK PIT NUNWELL TRAIL B 3 3 9 0 COLWELL BAY 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 Brading FORELAND Newbridge 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 TOTLAND BAY ARRETON DOWN BRADING Freshwater 105 DOWN P Brading Down HAMSTEAD TRAIL 109 BEMBRIDGE TRAIL Bowcombe Field System Calbourne 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 WHITECLIFF BAY Middleton B 3 4 0 1 Adgestone 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 Alverstone B 3 3 2 2 Mortuary Freshwater Bay 164 Yaverland 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 Chessell Horringford MARTIN’S P D O W N 165 BRIGHSTONE 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’ Gatcombe Merstone ALVERSTONE MEAD, NEEDLES TENNYSON TRAIL D O W N 213 CLIFF FRESHWATER BAY Brook Down Harboro’ Barrow YOUNGWOODS COPSE B 3 3 9 5 P Mottistone Down AND SANDOWN 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 COMPTON BAY A 3 0 5 6 Winford 175 Rookley SCRATCHELL’S The Longstone 165 R O W B O R O U G H Chillerton BAY 167 Hulverstone 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 Apse Heath P WORSLEY TRAIL

B R O O K B AY Moortown P A 302 Shorwell AMERICA SANDOWN WOOD BAY Brighstone P P P Limerstone B 3 3 9 9 Sandford P SHANKLIN Whiteley Bank Yaord RIVER MEDINA Godshill STENBURY TRAIL 94 Thorncross 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 Chale Green D O W N P P 145 Ather eld Green 210 P LUCCOMBE BAY

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 Bonchurch 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 REW DOWN St. Catherine’s Kingates Chale Oratory Ventnor P M O N K S B AY C H A L E B AY ST LAWRENCE 237 UNDERCLIFF Niton Blackgang 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 CHANNEL HERITAGE COAST

DIRECTIONS:

A START: Start at the Carisbrooke Priory Car Park on Whitcombe D Turn left at the end of the Bridleway on to Byway 7 and then shortly Road. Walk west to Froglands Road. Taking care on the road, follow after this turn look for Bridleway 10 which will take you to Hill farm. Froglands Road onto Bridleway 101. E At Hill farm take a sharp left then a sharp right and find Foot Path 5 on B For the shorter walk turn right onto Foot Path 104 and amble next to your left hand side leading to Whitecroft and will ultimately join Sandy Lane. the Lukely Brook back towards Carisbrooke. This path will bring you out F Turn left onto Sandy Lane and continue until you reach Foot Path 110 on onto Clatterford Shute. Turn right and head onto Foot Path 88 towards your right. the Car Park. Cross the Car Park and on to Foot Path 96 and quickly onto G Follow Foot Path 110 until you reach Marvel Lane and turn left, Foot Path 89 which will bring you back to the Whitcombe Road. continuing for a short distance until you reach Nunnery Lane. C For the Longer route, Continue on Bridleway 101, which gently H Take Nunnery Lane and continue until you pass Carisbrooke Priory. You meanders through the countryside until it reaches a T junction with will be back where you started. FINISH Byway 144. Turn Left onto Byway 144 which will join Bridleway 202 towards Garston.

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