HAMPSHIRE HAMPSHIRE 05 WHITEFIELD MOOR 06 CHAWTON A A W N SOUTH EAST SOUTH EAST uDistance: 8 miles/12.8kmuTime: 4 hours uGrade: Moderate B uDistance: 11 miles/17.7km uTime: 6 hours uGrade: Moderate B S E PLAN YOUR WALK Selborne from the top PLAN YOUR WALK of the Zig-Zag path. PHOTO: PHOTO: DOROTHY HAMILTON DOROTHY FIONABARLTROP ROUTE ROUTE Start/parking Start/parking Free car The beautiful Whitefield Moor car park, park in Chawton (next to Tall Trees Trail. grid ref SU274026 Greyfriar car park), GU34 Is it for me? Forest and 1SE, grid ref SU709375 heath tracks and paths. Is it for me? Field/ CHOSEN BY… across Ober Water to another Could be wet or CHOSEN BY… Chawton House (the ‘Great woodland paths through DOROTHY car park then bear R on path muddy in places FIONA BARLTROP House’ where Jane Austen’s rolling countryside HAMILTON and pass a footbridge on R. Stiles None This walk through brother lived) and the church, Stiles 20 This walk includes Pass another footbridge the attractive rolling where the graves of Jane some of the most interesting (where red markers go R) PLANNING countryside of East Hampshire Austen’s mother and sister are. PLANNING features of the New Forest. and take the second of two Nearest town links the villages of two Retrace steps and continue Nearest town Alton Refreshments Choice in The route takes in part of paths close together on L. Brockenhurst famous authors: Jane Austen, along road to its end, and Refreshments Chawton and Selborne Ober Water and all of the Join a track, turn R and, after None on route who lived at Chawton from thence along permissive path Public toilets Tall Trees Trail lining the passing Aldridgehill Cottage, Public toilets 1809–1817, and Gilbert White, parallel to main road. Cross Selborne and Alton Rhinefield Drive with its bear L on track. At the car park at the start the 18th-century naturalist, stile into field and bear L away Public transport Trains amazing redwoods and and Blackwater car park who lived at Selborne. If you’d from road, cutting diagonally from London to Alton; bus firs planted in 1859. As you 1¼ miles/2km Public transport like to spend time visiting their across field to Noar Copse. 38/38, Alton-Petersfield via Chawton and Selborne return to the start, you may Soon after the end of None to start respective houses, you could Continue along footpath/track, 2 Maps OS Explorer OL22; Maps OS Explorer OL33; spot shaggy Highland cattle the cottage, go R over heath Landranger 195 just do the first half of the descending to Upper Landranger 186 around the pools and streams. to pass a ‘Do not Disturb Birds’ walk between the two villages, Farringdon. Turn L at junction notice and trees on R. Cross using the bus one way. and then bear round to R Start a level bridge over stream and keep ahead to forest track. towards huge Victorian brick but has now been sold for 1At the car park, with your and keep ahead to cross a Turn R, ignore track L, to reach Start building, ‘Massey’s Folly’. This development. Gilbert White back to the road, go L on footbridge. Go ahead between crosstracks. Turn L then 1Turn L out of car park and L was constructed over 30 years was the curate of nearby All gravel path signed Ober Water the trees and bracken of immediately take path R of the again following direction for St under the supervision of the Saints – worth a look. Trail. It runs parallel to the road Fletchers Thorns and cross broader track. This undulating Nicholas Church and Chawton eccentric Revd Thomas Massey. and crosses heathland to enter a footbridge to a clearing. path takes you to Blackwater House. Soon turn L along drive In the past, it served as the 1⅔ miles/2.6km woodland. Cross a footbridge Slant L to bridlegate at gate Parking and picnic area. ➥ which leads to Elizabethan local school and village hall, 2Turn L out of churchyard ➥ GRADIENT PROFILE GRADIENT PROFILE 600 600 400 400 200 200 metres metres 0 0 km 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 km 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 ✁ SOUTH EAST SOUTH EAST HAMPSHIRE HAMPSHIRE 06 CHAWTON 05 WHITEFIELD MOOR uOS Explorer map OL33 uBuy maps at: ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop uOS Explorer map OL22 uBuy maps at: ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop and follow road east, taking DON’T MISS... next R turn and R again (after 6 closed, as of April 2017, pub). Blackwater START Soon turn L along bridleway. Arboretum Take first footpath on L (up 1 with its bank and over stile), and follow sensory trail and direction of waymark across collection of trees field to another stile (no fence, from all over the April 2017), maintaining world is a short direction at four-way junction. diversion off this 5 3 At next signpost bear L round MEDIA001/17 ORDNANCESURVEY. 2017 COPYRIGHT ©CROWN route at point 3. top edge of field, then down www.forestry.gov.uk track to road. Turn R and take next footpath signed on L up 2 through grassy parkland; cross 3¾ miles/6km a drive and at T-junction go L 3Just before the road, to Newton Valence church. Go take the path R to follow 4 round L of church and follow the markers of the awe- footpath across fields to enter inspiring Tall Trees Trail. Selborne Common woodland, 4 It eventually veers L to enter where you’ll come to a gate Brock Hill car park on the with info panel and NT 3 opposite side of the road. MEDIA001/17 ORDNANCESURVEY. 2017 COPYRIGHT ©CROWN signpost just beyond. The trail now turns L, passing 2 more magnificent trees and, 4⅛ miles/6.6km after a footbridge, emerges on 3Keep ahead along footpath a broad track (arboretum R). at four-way signpost (wooden also contains the Oates at West Worldham. Cross and Turn L to the road then go R arm of direction you need to Collection. Turn R past church follow footpath opposite which along the verge of Rhinefield follow was found sawn off, (worth a look) to follow leads towards Selborne Road, Drive, passing Rhinefield April 2017. NB Another 4-way Hangers Way. Beyond then bears away NNW. Cottage. signpost nearby on R, indicates churchyard, continue through 1 START a different footpath ahead.) NT land (Church Meadow & the 9½ miles/15.3km 5¾ miles/9km Follow path ENE across Lythes) and woodland to road. 6Turn L along private road, 4At the sharp L bend, Selborne Common. Having then R along footpath which go R on the path and follow gone through a gate, you 7 miles/11.3km leads back to Chawton, taking it around a corner, with descend to a bench and superb 5Turn L uphill for short care crossing busy B3006. buildings L. At fork go L viewpoint overlooking distance to two footpath downhill to gate, and continue Selborne. Bear L down Zig-Zag signposts on R. Take second GET THIS WALK downhill to enter Clumber path crossroads just before GET THIS WALK path, cut by Gilbert White and which takes you along top of Inclosure. At path junction, the top of Holm Hill. From here ON YOUR PHONE: July2017 Walking © Country ON YOUR PHONE: July2017 Walking © Country his brother in 1773. At bottom bank above road below, then lfto.com/cwroutes go ahead through tall trees go L on the narrow path with lfto.com/cwroutes keep ahead to road. bear R along field edge. Ignore downhill to gate onto heath. trees to L. Veer L then R to path that turns off R and IN ASSOCIATION WITH Ignore path L and keep ahead cross stream and at path IN ASSOCIATION WITH 5⅛ miles/8.2km maintain direction, then go downhill to footbridge. Follow junction go L. Ignore paths R 4Turn L along road passing through gap in hedge to join track ahead, uphill through until, after L bend, then go R Gilbert White’s House, which access road bearing L to road OS MAPS heathland, to arrive at the and L to car park at start. OS MAPS ✁.