Horndean Fritham Hayling Billy 300m 300m 15m 200m 200m 10m 100m 100m 5m 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 0 1 2 3 4 5 Miles Miles Miles Mitcheldever West Wood 300m Staunton 300m 200m 200m 75m 100m 100m 50m 0 2 4 Miles 25m 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Miles Alice Holt 0 1 2 Miles 300m Meon Valley Trail Refreshments There are plenty of pubs and cafés in Andover and there are200m Vernham Dean 300m also a few along the route. Off Road Cycle Trails STRENUOUS 100m 200m Places of interest Charlton Lakes 01264 338759 0 2 4 6 100m Boating and canoeing on theMiles outskirts of Andover. Andover Museum, 6 Church Close 01264 366283 New displays in an old grammar school show many stories of 0 2 4 6 8 10 HawksHill Encl Miles the town and its countryside. Includes The Museum of the Iron Age with a display of ancient life at nearby Danebury Hill-Fort.300m Railways 200m Railway Enquiries 08457 484950 Watership Down www.nationalrail.co.uk 100m Maps Discover Hampshire’s Countryside by Bike 300m 0If you wish to2 plan your own4 route in 6this area, you8 may find the following Ordnance SurveyMiles maps useful: 200m Explorer 133 Vernhall Dean 100m Clockwise route cross section 300m 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Distance: 23 miles. Miles 200m Short cut trail 16 miles. 100m Start: Andover Railway Station. (Grid ref. 355460). Grade: Strenuous 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 Miles Not to scale Description: A hilly route, mainly on hard flint and gravel tracks in the northwest of the county, passing through several picturesque villages. North of Ibthorpe, there are spectacular views across Faccombe Down. About the passport The Culture-all Passport gives up to 2 adults and 2 children 12 months’ unlimited, access & parking to a world of fun, at one price. To find out more go to www.hants.gov.uk/passport Acanthus | www.acanthus-colour.co.uk Design by Vernham Dean Off Road Cycle Trails 1 From the railway station, Turn Left along Station Littledown Linkenholt Approach, Left at the small junction and Left again onto 13 12 Charlton Road. PH 11 14 Vernham 2 Turn Left at mini roundabout through Charlton. 15 Street 10 Box Power lines 3 Turn Right onto track signposted Right of Way just before Farm PH house. 9 Te Vernham 16 st 4 At T-junction with track, Turn Left to road, then Turn Right. W Dean ay 5 Take Second Left signposted Wildhern Upton PH R . 6 Turn Right at road signposted Locks Drove. Take care on S 17 w if Newbury 18 t 8 this one-mile descent – it is fast and can be muddy. 19 7 At T-junction, Turn Right into Ibthorpe, then Turn First Left. 7 Ibthorpe 20 Radio After 200 metres Turn Left at T-junction, through farm and Mast onto track. Downlands Hurstbourne 21 Farm 6 PH Tarrant 8 Turn Sharp Left onto Test Way. Keep following signs for PH Tumulus Test Way. Roman Road 9 After 1½ miles, Turn Right at track Crossroads by pylons. Tangley 11 In Linkenholt, Turn Left signposted Vernham Street/Test Wildhern KEY Way. 22 ) Farm 12 At staggered Crossroads, Turn Left then Right. Continue ) PH Public House through Littledown village. After 1/3 mile, road turns into Hatherden 5 P Car Park Enham Trainline & Station a track. Go Straight Across Crossroads. Power lines 4 Alamein Church 15 Road turns into a track at Box Farm. Turn Right off gravel Tumulus track onto grass track. Turn Right into Vernham Dean. ) Telephone 18 After 1/4 mile Turn Right onto track. Power lines Up hill 3 19 After 1/2 mile, Turn Right onto grass track. Continue Down hill climbing through the woods and follow the track. Charlton PH R . A n 21 Turn Left, and, after 200 metres Bear Left onto muddy 2 t 343 o A Hospital n track. A3093 Salisbury 22 Continue to point 5 and retrace your route to the start. B 3402 1 Additions to ‘standard’ key: A 3 Short-cut 0 3 ( Andover T ) M3, Basingstoke North Cycle Trails Pack 2010_v11.indd 23-24 0 1 2 24/6/10 09:45:503 Kms 0 1 2 miles.