Easy walks for the whole family

Hampshire Surrey West Sussex

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Chichester Canal

Straight, flat, easy to follow and rich in wildlife; The Chichester Ship Canal ticks all the boxes when it comes to a family walk. If you have never walked here before, you will be shocked to discover the secret of this beautiful waterway that quietly passes right beneath the A27.

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Winchfield

The restored Basingstoke Canal is a beautiful place to walk or navigate. It is a haven for wildlife and rich in history. This walk takes you around one of the most attractive sections between Dogmersfield and Winchfield.

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Pyrford Lock

This walk along The River Wey Navigation packs in an awful lot. The romantic remains of Newark Priory, an Elizabethan summer house, a riverside pub and plenty of locks, weirs and bridges.

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Wey and Arun Canal

An easy walk along the pretty canal side passing locks, bridges and plenty of wildlife. The perfectly located Onslow Arms was voted best pub for families in the British Pub Awards.

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Otter Trail

This has been one of our most popular walks to date, and it is easy to see why. Follow beautiful River Itchen past an alpaca farm and over bridges before returning through ancient woodland.

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Every Ambling Path walk has a stand out feature that children will love including magnificent play areas, shallow rivers for paddling, epic country parks and ancient ruins to explore.

Covering two national parks and two national landscapes, our detailed guides have all the information you need to get the whole family out walking right away.

Browse over 200 walks! Use the map to find a walk near you, hit the main menu to find walks by feature, look inside our themed collections or just tap the search bar.

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Our Collections

What’s new?

  • We have made our walk around Holybourne, Alton even better by adding in the footpaths that pass the animals of Mill Farm.

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  • Kingsley Pond, near Bordon was looking as beautiful as ever when we updated this walk. It now covers more of the common and we’ve added in details of how to find the local play area too.

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  • We couldn’t resist heading over for our annual autumn walk along this avenue of maples. We have added them to a circular route that includes Waggoners Wells.

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  • This paddling spot at Houghton is now part of a circular walk that includes a pub and play area at King’s Somborne.

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  • A new boardwalk has improved this wet area on Shortheath Common near Bordon. And we also have a great discount on the nearby Hanger Free House for our members!

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  • In the summer holidays, we took a stroll around Eastleigh Lakeside Park. The play area was looking a bit worse for where, but we a re thrilled to hear new equipment will be completed this month!

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