This is the remainder of the walks.

 

24) QUARLEY - PALESTINE.

 

Start Quarley Manor Farm, 275427.  Limited roadside parking.

Go through the farm south of Quarley Wood and round the top to the left.  Follow the marked footpath WSW past Quarley Hill on the right .  At the ‘reservoir’ (just a small hut 400m above Quarley Manor Dairy) pumping station, keep straight on to the B3084.  Take the track that goes SSW not the main road.  Follow this on to the road that goes over the railway and 200m after the bridge take the track on the right.  Follow this round to the left (Zion Road) and on until you reach Mount Carmel Road.  Turn left and follow this road to the end and straight on down the track ahead.  In wet weather this may be very muddy.  Turn left on the road back under the railway to Grateley.  In Grateley turn right and almost immediately left, there is a footpath on the right as you leave the village. This leads over the field to the road outside Quarley Manor Farm.

Distance 8km - 5 miles.

 

(25)  PALESTINE - OVER WALLOP.

 

Start: Mount Carmel Road,  263401.  Roadside parking.

Go down the track virtually due south for 1.5km, and turn left  about 1.5km to the Over Wallop road, B3084.  Turn right on the road and then left after 300m into the first left turn.  Follow this road round through the wiggles until it reaches the Wallop Grateley road.

Turn left and follow this road 500m to a footpath virtually straight ahead where the road turns off to the left..  After 400m turn left on the farm track back onto the road.  Turn right and follow this road back to 278404. Take the muddy lane straight ahead that turns left shortly and leads past the farm and onto the end of Mount Carmel Road and back to the start.

Distance: 7km. 4.4 miles.

About a mile more can be added to this walk by exploring the footpaths through Palestine.

 

(26) THE WALLOPS.

 

Start on the B3048 at the end of the track, 278387.  Restricted parking , only 2 cars.

Proceed westwards along the track 1.1km and turn left onto the N/S footpath. Follow this over the A303 at Jacks Bush and on 700m to the second footpath on the left at the bottom of the dip, at  265385 - if the weather has been very wet then take the first  footpath and not the second as goes along the top and is not so liable to flooding, it also has a useful barn as a halfway stop. Follow either footpath through to the B3084. Go along the road and turn off ENE at 293364 onto a small side road to Nether Wallop.  At the large house straight ahead turn left up a footpath, - next to ‘Chalk Well’ entrance - NNW,  to Goddards Farm.

Turn right along the road 100m and then left up the road and go straight on through the farmyard (can be very muddy indeed) which becomes a footpath to Middle Wallop.  This path leads through some farm buildings before you go down the bank to cross the A343 and take the footpath on the other side.  Follow this path until it goes no further at a small road.  Turn right and then left on the main road and back to the start.

Distance:  9km - 5.6 miles.

(27) BROUGHTON - NETHER WALLOP.

 

Start: School Lane, Broughton. Plenty of parking.

Go down school Lane and just after the school take the footpath on the left which leads straight up over the A30 to Nether Wallop.  After the A30 go along the edge of the field, down into the dip and up to Berry Court Farm.  At the farm turn left on the lane and immediately right before the last barn.   Follow the direction of this path right across the middle of the field where you should find a small gap in the hedge that leads onto Nether Wallop recreation ground.  There are seats here for a pause. Coming out of the recreation ground follow Aylwards Way to the road, a quick right and left takes you to a small lane.  Follow this lane to the next road on the left. Take this road down to the B3084.  Turn left 100m on the B3084 and right down the footpath.  Turn left off this after 500m and go down to the side road.  Turn right and follow the road down to the A30. Go 200m left, E, along the A30 and right down the little road at Newton.  This little road leads direct on to a track to Broughton Down.  Just before the track climbs the Down there is a path going sharp left back to Broughton Down Farm.  Walk round the farm to the right and follow the track back to the B3048 .  School Lane is about 300m along on the left.

Distance: 8.5 km  - 5.25 miles.

 

(28) BROUGHTON - CLARENDON WAY - BROUGHTON DOWN.

Start: at School Lane, Broughton.  Plenty of parking.

Go down into the village and turn left, over the bridge and turn right to Manor Farm.  Just after the farm there is a footpath on the right.  Follow this down to the “Rooks” monument on the Clarendon Way.  Turn right and cross; the little lane, the footbridge and the road. The small road opposite becomes a track and path and leads to the Roman road at 312314.  Turn right and follow the road for 2km crossing two roads. Be careful at Avenue Cottages just after the belt of trees, you have to dodge over to the right to continue on the old roman road. Turn right onto a footpath at 286316.  You can enter the Downover a stile and walk parallel to the track if you wish.  Follow this track right over Broughton Down till you reach Broughton Down Farm.  At the farm go round it to the right and up the track to the Broughton Road and then left down School Lane.

Distance 9km - 5.6 miles

 

(29) BROUGHTON - HOUGHTON.

Start: School Lane, Broughton. Plenty of parking.

Go down into Broughton and turn left by the pub, over the bridge and right up to Manor Farm. Just after the farm there is a footpath leading to “The Rooks” at 318325. Go right and immediately left through the hedge.  Follow this for 2 km to Houghton.  Approx. 200 m before the valley road there is a footpath on the left, take this and cross the next little access road and go up to the footpath at 343325 and turn left.  Follow this path up zigzagging onto the side of the field and then on past Everley Farm and turn left on the far side of the hedge down over a stile onto the track on the other side of the field. Turn right, WNW, here and go 500 m before turning left SSW on the track back to “The Rooks”.  Here turn right along the footpath past Rookery Farm to Manor Farm..  Turn left at the farm and follow the road back to School Lane.

Distance: 8km - 5 miles.

 

(30) KINGS SOMBORNE - HORSEBRIDGE - HOUGHTON.

 

Start at Kings Somborne village centre car park.  Plenty of parking.

Go to the top, SE, corner of the recreation ground and take the track that leaves to the right.  This leads to a small close, go down the hill towards the main road 20m and there is a narrow footpath between two hedges that leads out onto the main road at the end of the village. More or less straight over the road in the direction of the path there is a field gate with a small gate beside.   Go through this and across the field  keeping towards the right. At the far side of the field about 30m from the bottom of the slope there is a gate leading through a series of private gardens.  Pass carefully through these gardens taking care to close all the gates. Finally this path leads to a field and in the far corner there is a stile onto the road at Horsebridge.  Turn right and go over the river bridge to the footpath, the Test Way, that crosses the road.  Take the left path down through the trees onto the old railway bridge over the river.

After about 300m there is a right turn over a stile, across a field to another stile and bridges over the river.  Stop and admire the river scene for a few minutes.  This track leads direct to the Bossington road.   Turn right on the road and follow this to the “T” junction at Houghton.  Turn left into the village and after 150m turn left up a small road.  50m up this road on the right there is a footpath leading along the side of the field.  This can be followed past various houses and access roads/drives to a “T” at 343325, turn right and you come out on the road about 50m from the War Memorial.  Continue southwards along the road about 700m and where there is an unofficial layby,  the Clarendon Way goes off to the left (labeled “Private Road”) and the track leads over the rivers, up the hill and onto an access road to the Tarmac site.  50m  up on the right there is a footpath between two fields that leads down to Kings Somborne.   This comes out on the main road about 50m south of the shops and offices - Barker & Geary.  Almost opposite is a footpath into the recreation ground.

Distance:  6.25 km - 4 miles.

A very pleasant and varied walk taking in rivers, fields and a bit of woodland path.

 

(31) STOCKBRIDGE - DANEBURY - LONGSTOCK.

 

Start: Stockbridge High St.   Plenty of parking.

Go due W. up the hill and straight on past the school and follow the footpath over Meon Hill.  Just after the brow, 50m before the barn,  there is a stile and a footpath on the right that crosses the A30 and leads to Shepherd’s Bush (White Thorn).  At White Thorn turn due W. for 500m and then over the stile and right,  NNE, up a track to Danebury road junction.  Go over the road and through the unofficial car park and along the track to Longstock. Turn left on the Longstock road and right by The Peat Spade Inn along the road and over the river to just before the old railway. There is a small footpath on the right leading down to the railway. Go S. down the railway back to Stockbridge.

Distance: 9.25 km - 5.8 miles.

 

(32) DANEBURY - FULLERTON - LONGSTOCK.

 

Start: At the lay-by beside the Danebury junction, 335376. Parking for 5 or six cars.

Walk down the hill, due N. to Waters Down Farm and turn right along the track beside the farm.  Follow this for 4km over the Longstock road, below Hazel Down on your right until you reach the Fullerton road at 375389.  Here turn right and follow the road past  Longstok Park and the Water Gardens to 365383, the end of the Park.  Here a footpath goes off to the left just where the road bears to the right.  This path takes you to the beginning of  Longstock. Go 500m through Longstock and just 50m after the Peat Spade Inn there is a turning on the right leading to a track direct to the starting point.

Distance: 10km. -  6.25 miles.

 

(33) STOCKBRIDGE - KINGS SOMBORNE.

 

Start: Stockbridge High Street.  Plenty of parking space.

Go S. down the river beside the bakery. This path crosses a common beside the river and then turns left to join the Test Way - the old railway from Andover to Stockbridge.  As you approach the Kings Somborne area*{there is a track on the left going up a hill-} there are also two gates on this left side at the entrances to fields-.Opposite, on the right hand side is a track---  go right,*{the track may say Private Road-}go  along the track which leads across the rivers to Houghton. 

Turn right on the Houghton road and 50m before the war memorial there is a very narrow footpath going up between two hedges.  Follow this, WNW, straight on until you are obliged  to take a right-left zigzag to the grassy track at the edge of the field.  This grassy track becomes a twin concrete track access road to Everley Farm on the right.  Carry straight on past the farm until the track peters out about 100m further on. Turn left along the far side of the hedge  and this leads to a stile in the corner of the field.  Go over the stile and turn right, WNW, along the track to the end and then turn right, N, up another track. This leads up to the Broughton Stockbridge road.  Take the next track immediately on the right which leads to the A 30.

Unfortunately you have to walk along the edge of the busy A30 for about 100m and then a layby on the right becomes a track which becomes a path down to Stockbridge.

Distance: 11.25km. - 7.1 miles

 

 

(34) KINGS SOMBORNE - LITTLE SOMBORNE.

 

Start:  Kings Somborne Recreation Ground. Plenty of parking.

Facing the field, go over to the left side, N side, of the field and through the kissgate and over the next field, bear to the left to a narrow path leading to the road.  Go over the road and down the side road past the shop to the Up Somborne road.  This is part of the Test Way. Follow this road out of K.S. past the ford on the left, past New Farm, round the left bend and turn off right at 371317. This path leads up along the edge of the fields to a narrow path past some cattle sheds and slurry pits to 384321. Here you turn off left down the right side of the fence down to Little Somborne.  Go virtually straight over the crossroads and up the small road, NW, past Home Farm.  At the top of the hill, at approximately 377336, there is a covered reservoir suitable for a coffee stop with a nice view.  Continue on along the road down to North Park Farm where there is a signed footpath off on the left between the farm buildings. This leads along a pleasant walk beside a coppiced wood and along the fields back to the Kings Somborne/Stockbridge main road.  Go 100m along this road ( it may be possible to walk along the edge of the field on the left if the newly planted hedge has not yet grown) and turn left down the side road towards the ford.  About 100m from the bottom there is a footpath over a stile on the right. This leads over a field and behind the houses back to the Test Way and the start.

Distance:- 8km. - 5 miles.