Bordon

On this walk, children will enjoy the amazing play area with equipment for all ages.

The incredible adventure play area at Hogmoor Inclosure

The Basics

Time: Various walking routes averaging around 30 mins.

Distance: Various, up to 3 kilometres.

Terrain: Sandy soil and mostly level

Pushchair: The tracks are pushchair friendly, but if the weather has been very dry the sandy soil can be tough to push through.

Dogs: Dogs are welcome under good control.

Refreshments: Café Hogmoor beside the play area and plenty of picnic tables.

Toilets: There are public toilets beside the car park/café which include Changing Places facilities.

Public Transport: Bordon town service busses stop on Hogmoor Road.

Parking: Free car park off Hogmoor Road (Postcode: GU35 9HN - W3W: ///gives.lamppost.gossiped)

The sandy heath is home to one of Hampshire’s best play areas

If you have never spent an afternoon at this amazing park in Bordon, then you really should. It has to have one of the very best play areas in Hampshire as well as easy sandy trails to explore through woodland and heathland. A café, toilets and a free car park top this off as a brilliant family day out.

The Route

There are three marked trails to follow and there are maps available on boards or as paper copies on site. The yellow ‘Gilbert White Trail’ will take about 22 minutes, the blue ‘Reme Trail’ will take 25 minutes and the red ‘Legion Trail’ will take about 35 minutes. All three trails cover virtually the same terrain and are easy to follow using the coloured posts.
All the routes will start and finish at the play area where the café and toilets are also located.
Most of these routes are also brilliant for off road biking - avoid the sandiest ones though.
There are sculptures to look out for around the park.

Did you know?

Hogmoor was formally an off-road tracked vehicle training area for the army, which has now been transformed into a large recreational space as part of the Whitehill and Bordon regeneration project.

If you enjoyed this walk…

…try this one at Alver Valley Country Park where there is an equally good play area.

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Hogmoor Inclosure

Bordon

On this walk, children will enjoy the amazing play area with equipment for all ages.

If you enjoyed this walk…

…try this one at Alver Valley Country Park where there is an equally good play area.

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