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2.7 miles, TOUGHNESS: 4 out of 10
START AND FINISH: at The Merry Harriers, GU8 4DR
DIRECTIONS:
Cross the road to the footpath immediately opposite the pub. The path climbs steeply up to Church Lane. On your left as you reach Church Lane is Court Farm and next to that St Peter’s Church. In the churchyard are two ancient yew trees, one of which has a hollow trunk large enough to hide a whole family in.
From the Church head back down Church Lane and on your left is a gate into a field.
Follow the path across the field, then through two more gates until you reach the road.
At the road turn left and then take the path on your left after about 25 metres, just after the house.
Take the gravel lane to your right and cross Woodlands Road onto another gravel lane.
About 100 metres on your left take the bridleway down the hill until you reach the road. Turn right and follow the road to the bridleway on your left.
Follow the bridleway for 250 metres and then turn right onto a path that emerges at the bottom of the cricket green. Head to the cricket green and follow the track on your left around the bottom of
the Green, passing the pavilion on your left. Ahead of you, over the road, you will see Hambledon Village Shop.
To the left of the Shop is a paved footpath (on which cycling is “strictly” prohibited). Follow this foot path a short distance until it emerges on a gravel track, take the track to your right until you get to the road, on the opposite side of the road is a bridleway.
Head left on this bridleway into the woods. Follow the path up the hill. After a few hundred metres you will see a bench on your right and next to it a viewpoint. From this point you are rewarded by a panoramic view across the Weald to the South Downs, from Chichester to the west to the Shoreham Gap to the east.
Continue along the Greensand Way, down the hill until on your right you will see an isolated house, Moor Cottage. Go straight ahead across the track and take the right fork in the path onto the bridleway. Keep following this bridleway, after a few hundred metres you will reach an intersection of many paths. Take the path straight ahead into the woods and when this path divides, take the left-hand fork into the clearing.
Follow the path across the open common, until you reach the fir trees, then take the path on your right following the electricity supply lines. The path bends slightly to the right and then after crossing a small wooden bridge joins a bridleway, turn left on this bridleway and immediately across a small stream.
Keep going on this bridleway (which can get very muddy) until you reach the road. Finish at The Merry Harriers which you will find on your right.
Pepper&Chip
28/05/2022 at 7:09 pmThis is walk 2 in the guide p.9 (see website on listing). We did this walk in August, however it was still pretty muddy in parts due to recent rain so recommend wearing boots/ wellies if it has been wet recently! The guide was fairly easy to follow although at times we did have to double back as we had taken a wrong turn. Walk is fairly rural, and the village shop is not open for very long so recommend to bring your own water & snacks if you need refreshment on route. There are some great views of the south downs to be had, however with views often comes a hill to be climbed so be warned. Some of the walk is through fields that may contain sheep so recommend to keep dog on lead at all times.