Easy walks for the whole family

Hampshire Surrey West Sussex

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Banstead Wood

A walk at Banstead Woods is literally like stepping into Narnia. Children will find four sculptures themed around The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe inside the woodland as well as some home made swings, dens and an enchanting bench.

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Alice Holt Forest

Alice Holt Forest is an extremely popular location for a variety of outdoor pursuits from high ropes courses to mountain biking. For the littlest explorers, there are multiple woodland play areas and Forestry England regularly host trails here based around Julia Donaldson stories. New for 2023 is a Zog trail which is detailed in this guide.

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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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What’s new?

  • We went back to Southwick, with its village tea room and ruin, and revised the route ready for the new PDF.

  • A rare bit of blue sky called for a walk with a view, so we headed back to Danebury Hill Fort, near Stockbridge. We also secured a new discount for our members from Amerley’s.

  • It was a misty day, but the kids still enjoyed the swing when we went to update the directions on this walk at Avington, near Winchester.

  • We popped back to Radford Park in Liphook for a lovely walk by the River Wey and to give this new scooter track a try.

  • We have totally revamped our walk around Arundel just in time for Christmas. This is the perfect walk to do if you want to get that festive feeling.

  • Now is the time to go for a walk at East Head, West Wittering. The parking is cheaper, the crowds are thinner and the winter sun makes the sand dunes glow.

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