Clanfield
Waterlooville
On this walk, children will enjoy a stop at Peel Park where there is plenty of play equipment.
Views across the fields towards Clanfield
The Basics
Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Distance: 5 km / 3.1 miles
Terrain: Field tracks, pavements, quiet lanes with no pavements and woodland paths.
Pushchair: This route is not suitable for pushchairs.
Dogs: Dogs are welcome on this walk, but they are not allowed in Peel Park.
Refreshments: The Rising Sun, Clanfield
Toilets: There are no public toilets.
Public Transport: Stagecoach routes 37 between Petersfield and Havant, and 638 between Alton and Cowplain stop on Green Lane where you can join this walk.
Parking: Free car park at Peel Park on Chalton Lane (Postcode: PO8 0PR - W3W: ///stockpile.tides.out)
One of the amazing beech trees in the woodland of this walk
Nestled on the edge of The South Downs, Clanfield has woodland splashed with bluebells in spring and a park where children will want to stay all afternoon. This route starts at the park and loops through bridleways, woodland and lanes passing the pub and duck pond on the way back.
The Route
1. Leave the car park and turn left down Chalton Lane. As you reach the bottom of the hill, take the first footpath on the left immediately after the bus shelter.
2. Follow the path with fields and hedges on either side until you come out onto Petersfield Lane. Cross the lane and take Thieve’s Lane directly opposite, passing a couple of houses on your left. Continue ahead and the path will eventually curve up to the left and enter woodland beside a gate that says ‘private’.
3. Proceed along the woodland path as it gently rises and then, after levelling out, bends to the left, drops down and gradually leaves the woodland behind. Follow the track downhill to meet with North Lane. Turn left and walk down the tarmac lane.
4. As you walk down the lane, after a few metres, look for the bridleway on your right into Lowton Copse/Little Hyden Woods. The woodland will be carpeted with bluebells in the spring. Follow the bridleway as it cuts straight across the woods. Ignore all paths to the left and right and continue directly across the woodland until you hit the edge of the trees and you cannot walk ahead any further.
5. Turn left at the track and follow it until you meet some houses and it merges into the surfaced Little Hyden Lane. Follow the lane into the village. Keep left by the school. As you come to the main route through the village, you will find The Rising Sun at the junction.
6. Cross the road and turn left to join Chalton Lane again. Walk along the pavement, soon passing the duck pond on your right. Continue up the hill and cross the road to enter Peel Park. The park has play equipment for all ages, as well as a skate ramp.
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Did you know?
Officially named Lowton Copse, but known to locals as Little Hyden Wood and Bluebell Woods, the area is privately owned by a local family who purchased the woodland in an attempt to conserve it and return it to its original state through a careful system of woodland management.
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