Follow advice and local signs local and advice Follow • Plan ahead and be prepared be and ahead Plan • Enjoy the outdoors the Enjoy Keep dogs under effective control effective under dogs Keep • Take your litter home litter your Take • Protect the natural environment natural the Protect Keep to the paths unless on Access Land Access on unless paths the to Keep • Leave gates and property as you find them find you as property and gates Leave • Respect other people other Respect RESPECT. PROTECT. ENJOY. PROTECT. RESPECT. YOUR COUNTRYSIDE CODE: CODE: COUNTRYSIDE YOUR Downs National Park. Park. National Downs rich heathlands of the South South the of heathlands rich hills this Trail showcases the the showcases Trail this hills landscape of the greensand greensand the of landscape highlight the outstanding outstanding the highlight southdowns.gov.uk/discovery-map Nyewood. Designated to to Designated Nyewood. visit Park National the in do and see Midhurst, Stedham and and Stedham Midhurst, to is there everything to guide your For Duncton, Heyshott, Heyshott, Duncton, FERNHURST Petworth, Fittleworth, Fittleworth, Petworth, people and place in harmony. in place and people Liphook, Milland, Fernhurst, Fernhurst, Milland, Liphook, visitor attractions, weave together a story of of story a together weave attractions, visitor Hampshire passing by by passing Hampshire tapestry of wildlife, landscapes, tranquillity and and tranquillity landscapes, wildlife, of tapestry AND AND in Surrey to Petersfield in in Petersfield to Surrey in and quintessentially English scenery. A rich rich A scenery. English quintessentially and snakes from Haslemere Haslemere from snakes 1,600km² of breathtaking views, hidden gems gems hidden views, breathtaking of 1,600km² This 64-mile long trail trail long 64-mile This South Downs National Park’s landscapes cover cover landscapes Park’s National Downs South From rolling hills to bustling market towns, the the towns, market bustling to hills rolling From TRAIL HASLEMERE HASLEMERE NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL SERPENT SERPENT SOUTH DOWNS DOWNS SOUTH THE THE SOUTH DOWNS WALKS DOWNS SOUTH © Peter Robinson © Peter A model of Fernhurst Furnace Belted-Galloway cattle GODALMING ©SDNPA/Bruce Middleton ©Mark Monk-Terry Sussex Wildlife Trust National Park Area HASLEMERE Railway Station WINCHESTER PETERSFIELD MIDHURST SOUTHAMPTON LEWES BRIGHTON & HOVE PORTSMOUTH BOGNOR REGIS FIND YOUR WAY Follow the arrows on waymarkers. Footpath Bridleway Restricted byway Byway POINTS OF INTEREST Open access land National Trail Acorn FERNHURST beginning of the Industrial slopes are grazed by a and built Aldworth in TAKE THE LEAD Revolution and even herd of friendly 1869. With magnificent For a safe and fun visit with your dog please remember FURNACE though there are many belted-Galloway cattle. views over the Weald, the to keep them on a lead around livestock and wildlife. The remains of Fernhurst ‘hammer/furnace’ ponds French-style Gothic house Always bag and bin your dog poo – any public bin will do! Furnace, also known as throughout East and West Looming over much of the was designed by Sir James Moore © SDNPA/Sam North Park Furnace, are Sussex, many people know Low Weald of West Sussex Knowles and built using some of the best preserved little about the great and south-west Surrey, local sandstone. Lord GETTING HERE CONTACT in the Sussex Weald. It is historical and social Black Down is geologically Tennyson used Aldworth as By bus: There are regular South Downs National believed the site was in use importance of this part of the greensand his summer residence and services to Liphook and Park Authority: between 1614 until 1777 bygone industry. ridge and is situated about died in the house on 6 Haslemere, visit 01730 814810 when the iron industry 1.2 miles (1.9 km) south of October 1892. Black traveline.info/se @SDNPA /SDNPA flourished here in the Haslemere. Flint artefacts Down was then passed BLACK DOWN By rail: The nearest 17th and 18th centuries show there has been between various This is the highest hill in railway stations are using local ore, charcoal settlement on Black Down landowners until W.E. Sussex standing at 280 Liphook and Haslemere. and water power. since the mesolithic period, Hunter donated it to the metres (918 feet) and is Visit nationalrail.co.uk around 6000BC National Trust in the 1940s The untouched nature of second only to Leith Hill as a memorial to his wife. the site and the rural (295 metres, 968 feet) in Aside from its height and The National Trust still own SOUTHDOWNS.GOV.UK surrounding make it hard the south-east of England. its wild beauty, Black Down the site and the Hunter Printed on FSC certified paper. Details correct at time of going to print. Please to imagine the production It is also the highest point is best known as the site of be aware that routes are shared with other users (vehicles, pedestrians, dogs, family are remembered of cast iron, tools and in the South Downs Tennyson’s house, horses etc.) and users of this route do so at their own risk. We do not accept by an inscribed stone any responsibility for loss, damage or injury, however caused, arising directly Please cannon once happened National Park and its pine Aldworth. Tennyson or indirectly from use of this leaflet. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown recycle me seat at the Temple of the copyright and database right 2013. here. It was effectively the and heather covered purchased Black Down after use Winds viewpoint. SDNPA/The Way Design/January ‘16. © SDNPA Crown copyright Follow advice and local signs local and advice Follow • Plan ahead and be prepared be and ahead Plan • Enjoy the outdoors the Enjoy Keep dogs under effective control effective under dogs Keep • Take your litter home litter your Take • Protect the natural environment natural the Protect Keep to the paths unless on Access Land Access on unless paths the to Keep • Leave gates and property as you find them find you as property and gates Leave • Respect other people other Respect RESPECT. PROTECT. ENJOY. PROTECT. RESPECT. YOUR COUNTRYSIDE CODE: CODE: COUNTRYSIDE YOUR Downs National Park. Park. National Downs South the of heathlands rich hills this Trail showcases the the showcases Trail this hills landscape of the greensand greensand the of landscape highlight the outstanding outstanding the highlight southdowns.gov.uk/discovery-map Nyewood. Designated to to Designated Nyewood. visit Park National the in do and see Midhurst, Stedham and and Stedham Midhurst, to is there everything to guide your For Duncton, Heyshott, Heyshott, Duncton, FERNHURST Petworth, Fittleworth, Fittleworth, Petworth, people and place in harmony. in place and people Liphook, Milland, Fernhurst, Fernhurst, Milland, Liphook, visitor attractions, weave together a story of of story a together weave attractions, visitor Hampshire passing by by passing Hampshire tapestry of wildlife, landscapes, tranquillity and and tranquillity landscapes, wildlife, of tapestry AND AND in Surrey to Petersfield in in Petersfield to Surrey in and quintessentially English scenery. A rich rich A scenery. English quintessentially and snakes from Haslemere Haslemere from snakes 1,600km² of breathtaking views, hidden gems gems hidden views, breathtaking of 1,600km² This 64-mile long trail trail long 64-mile This South Downs National Park’s landscapes cover cover landscapes Park’s National Downs South From rolling hills to bustling market towns, the the towns, market bustling to hills rolling From TRAIL HASLEMERE HASLEMERE NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL SERPENT SERPENT SOUTH DOWNS DOWNS SOUTH THE THE SOUTH DOWNS WALKS DOWNS SOUTH © Peter Robinson © Peter A model of Fernhurst Furnace Belted-Galloway cattle GODALMING ©SDNPA/Bruce Middleton ©Mark Monk-Terry Sussex Wildlife Trust National Park Area HASLEMERE Railway Station WINCHESTER PETERSFIELD MIDHURST SOUTHAMPTON LEWES BRIGHTON & HOVE PORTSMOUTH BOGNOR REGIS FIND YOUR WAY Follow the arrows on waymarkers. Footpath Bridleway Restricted byway Byway POINTS OF INTEREST Open access land National Trail Acorn FERNHURST beginning of the Industrial slopes are grazed by a and built Aldworth in TAKE THE LEAD Revolution and even herd of friendly 1869. With magnificent For a safe and fun visit with your dog please remember FURNACE though there are many belted-Galloway cattle. views over the Weald, the to keep them on a lead around livestock and wildlife. The remains of Fernhurst ‘hammer/furnace’ ponds French-style Gothic house Always bag and bin your dog poo – any public bin will do! Furnace, also known as throughout East and West Looming over much of the was designed by Sir James Moore © SDNPA/Sam North Park Furnace, are Sussex, many people know Low Weald of West Sussex Knowles and built using some of the best preserved little about the great and south-west Surrey, local sandstone. Lord GETTING HERE CONTACT in the Sussex Weald. It is historical and social Black Down is geologically Tennyson used Aldworth as By bus: There are regular South Downs National believed the site was in use importance of this part of the greensand his summer residence and services to Liphook and Park Authority: between 1614 until 1777 bygone industry. ridge and is situated about died in the house on 6 Haslemere, visit 01730 814810 when the iron industry 1.2 miles (1.9 km) south of October 1892. Black traveline.info/se @SDNPA /SDNPA flourished here in the Haslemere. Flint artefacts Down was then passed BLACK DOWN By rail: The nearest 17th and 18th centuries show there has been between various This is the highest hill in railway stations are using local ore, charcoal settlement on Black Down landowners until W.E. Sussex standing at 280 Liphook and Haslemere. and water power. since the mesolithic period, Hunter donated it to the metres (918 feet) and is Visit nationalrail.co.uk around 6000BC National Trust in the 1940s The untouched nature of second only to Leith Hill as a memorial to his wife.