Printed and published by Bursledon Rights of Way and Amenities Preservation Group Preservation Amenities and Way of Rights Bursledon by published and Printed between Warsash and Hamble. and Warsash between on the left to Station Hill. Return to the station. the to Return Hill. Station to left the on FP507 spur a via may be crossed at Bursledon Bridge and by the Pink Ferry, that plies plies that Ferry, Pink the by and Bridge Bursledon at crossed be may , which leads leads which , FP1 to down steps are Church the Behind Churchyard. either direction from Bursledon Station car park. The River Hamble Hamble River The park. car Station Bursledon from direction either after the War Memorial, pass through the Lynch Gate into St Leonard’s Leonard’s St into Gate Lynch the through pass Memorial, War the after Local photographs Local The trail is waymarked by strawberry signs and can be followed in in followed be can and signs strawberry by waymarked is trail The on the left, where many well-known Bursledonians are buried. Soon Soon buried. are Bursledonians well-known many where left, the on Short history of Bursledon - 5 short walks & 1 long one long 1 & walks short 5 - Bursledon of history Short Netley goes via Bursledon through Mallards Moor ancient woodland. woodland. ancient Moor Mallards through Bursledon via goes Netley Church Lane. Take the first right turn, and enter the New Churchyard Churchyard New the enter and turn, right first the Take Lane. Church List of Bursledon footpaths - List of Bursledon Landmarks Bursledon of List - footpaths Bursledon of List The 15 mile long-distance walking route from Botley to Hamble/ to Botley from route walking long-distance mile 15 The the permissive path over a wooden bridge and through the gate to to gate the through and bridge wooden a over path permissive the CONTENTS and sit on the commemorative seat to view Greyladyes Park. Take Take Park. Greyladyes view to seat commemorative the on sit and THE STRAWBERRY TRAIL STRAWBERRY THE cross Church Lane. Enter the Mausoleum site; admire the architecture architecture the admire site; Mausoleum the Enter Lane. Church cross then then and path zigzag the to FP501 then and FP5010 along Walk Lane carefully to enter the Cemetery. the enter to carefully Lane L E S D School Road, turn left and walk to Greyladyes Lodge, crossing Church Church crossing Lodge, Greyladyes to walk and left turn Road, School R O U N , which leads to Ladymead. At the junction with with junction the At Ladymead. to leads which , FP6 into right Turn 6 B and the White House. You are now in Kew Lane, a sunken drove road. road. drove sunken a Lane, Kew in now are You House. White the and noticing The Dolphin (formerly a public house), Walnut Tree Cottage Cottage Tree Walnut house), public a (formerly Dolphin The noticing E X G down to the Isle of Wight. Pass the Old Cottage and the Vine Inn, Inn, Vine the and Cottage Old the Pass Wight. of Isle the to down P L N E I L O R S D the Triangle, sit on the seats and admire the view of the River Hamble Hamble River the of view the admire and seats the on sit Triangle, the R the red, listed telephone box on on box telephone listed red, the near or left the on Viewpoint the At O . Proceed to the Fox and Hounds on the left. the on Hounds and Fox the to Proceed . FP7 near view Old Bursledon Conservation Area. Conservation Bursledon Old U walking until the Parish Council’s Ecology Park with pond come into into come pond with Park Ecology Council’s Parish the until walking the largest, Greyladyes, which give the area its designation of of designation its area the give which Greyladyes, largest, the N Bottom via the tarmac road. Pass the electricity sub-station and keep keep and sub-station electricity the Pass road. tarmac the via Bottom in the houses, walls and chimneys, and the listed houses, including including houses, listed the and chimneys, and walls houses, the in B the stream at the entrance to Mallards Moor. Return to Hungerford Hungerford to Return Moor. Mallards to entrance the at stream the hill to the High Street and admire many examples of Bursledon brick brick Bursledon of examples many admire and Street High the to hill waymarked as the Strawberry Trail, to the Pooh Sticks Bridge over over Bridge Sticks Pooh the to Trail, Strawberry the as waymarked hard with seating area and a good view of boats. Walk back up the the up back Walk boats. of view good a and area seating with hard , , FP5 the and right the on Allotments Council Parish the Pass public public recently-refurbished the is Road End Land’s of bottom the At at Hungerford Bottom. Bottom. Hungerford at Jolly Sailor. Jolly , which becomes a tarmac road road tarmac a becomes which , FP4 take Arne, and Cottage Thatched Land’s End Road, or, if you prefer, take the paths FP9 through the the through FP9 paths the take prefer, you if or, Road, End Land’s your steps to the top of Salterns Lane and turn left. Between Between left. turn and Lane Salterns of top the to steps your to to FP2 steep the up right turn Ewers, After Ewers. and Boathouse E mounds to where Badnam Creek joins the River Hamble. Retrace Retrace Hamble. River the joins Creek Badnam where to mounds and pass two fine houses: houses: fine two pass and FP2 along right bear Boatyard, Elephant Lane. Follow the footpath under the railway bridge along the the along bridge railway the under footpath the Follow Lane. G X . When you get to the the to get you When . FP2 down left sharp turn and bridge railway at the bottom of Salterns Salterns of bottom the at FP17 to proceed or bend, the on Lane) which used to be a public house on a village green. Turn left to the the to left Turn green. village a on house public a be to used which P N (Dirty (Dirty FP3 cul-de-sac the investigating right, Turn Lane. Salterns of I L ship-builders. At the top of Station Hill, on the right, is Greywell, Greywell, is right, the on Hill, Station of top the At ship-builders. R O at the bottom bottom the at FP17 to proceed or bend, the on Lane) (Dirty FP3 park, noticing on the right, Upcott, the home of many of Bursledon’s Bursledon’s of many of home the Upcott, right, the on noticing park, Allotments, to Salterns Lane. Turn right, investigating the cul-de-sac cul-de-sac the investigating right, Turn Lane. Salterns to Allotments, alongside the car car the alongside FP505 up Walk park. car Station Bursledon at Start Council’s Pocket Park. Continue along Kew Lane, passing the the passing Lane, Kew along Continue Park. Pocket Council’s right turn into Kew Lane and have a rest on the seat in the Parish Parish the in seat the on rest a have and Lane Kew into turn right HERITAGE WALK WALK HERITAGE Walk uphill from the Fox and Hounds at Hungerford. Take a sharp sharp a Take Hungerford. at Hounds and Fox the from uphill Walk WALK WILDLIFE L E S D R O U N 4 B L E S D R O U by walking its footpaths. its walking by N E B 5 X G P N I L O R rich and varied history history varied and rich E X G P N Discover Bursledon’s Bursledon’s Discover I L O R P L O R I N X G P L O R I N E X G E INTRODUCTION 1& 2 B B U N U N R D O O S L E R S L E D WENDY’S WALKS The River Hamble has made Bursledon famous. The Romans and the Saxons passed through with their raiding parties. 1. Start at the Lowford Centre car park in Lowford. Cross Portsmouth The Danes fought a battle with King Alfred’s ships in the Road by the zebra crossing. Turn left then right into School Road. Solent in 897 Walk down to the old ford and turn up into The Grove FP11 between hedges. There is a seat at the top for a rest. Turn right and walk past St. Leonard’s Church was constructed in 1230 the Schools. Opposite the Infant School is Great Down Park. Cross the and was used by French monks from Hamble road here and take FP504 to the left along the edge of the Park and P L O R I N X G arriving by river. Shipbuilding has continued Cemetery, then turn right along the path FP501 to the “T” junction of E since prehistoric times, the most famous Church Lane and School Road. Take care here. 3 vessel being HMS Elephant, Nelson’s flagship B N at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. Go along School Road with the brick wall of Greyladyes Lodge on the U R D O Bursledon provided the Boom Defence at left. Look out for the next footpath sign on the right, at the house S L E Badnam’s Creek in WW1 and in WW2, and named Ladymead. Follow FP6 and come out at Kew Lane. Turn right it was the home of the Royal Marines’ HMS and, almost immediately, take a steep gravel path FP7 a down to Cricket (now Manor Farm Country Park) for the D Day Landings.