Easy walks for the whole family

Hampshire Surrey West Sussex

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Knowle Park

Knowle Park is a small, but brand new community space in Cranleigh where you will find an adventure playground, ponds, snack kiosks, an amphitheatre, picnic areas and meadow.

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Moors Valley Country Park

The play trail may only be a mile long, but expect it to take you a couple of hours to walk, for along the way are nine incredible wooden play structures that will enchant children of all ages. Moors Valley Country Park is right on the Hampshire/Dorset border and is host to an exceptional amount of forest attractions, most of which are free.

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Farnham Park

Farnham park is so much more than just a park. Despite being a moments walk from the town centre, you have have a real feeling of being in the countryside as you walk around this 600 year old deer park. Find streams, ponds, woodland, grassland, avenues, adventure play and even a free-to-enter castle keep.

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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.

What’s new?

  • 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!

  • 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!

  • The heather is looking incredible right now on our revamped walk on Weaver’s Down near Liphook

  • We were pleased to discover all the paths were open again on the Otter Trail beside the Itchen Navigation. We even discovered a miniature steam train kids can ride at weekends just off the route!

  • We have added an extension to this walk at Chichester Marina to include Birdham Pool and a stop at the Scuttlebutt Cafe (see members area for a 10% discount)

  • We have added a longer alternative to this route at Chilworth Gunpowder Mills that starts from the hill top church, St. Martha’s. We have also added a special discount for our members at the riverside pub, The Percy Arms.

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