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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Broomy Inclosure

This walk encompasses everything we love about the New Forest; an epic family pub, tracks suitable for walkers and cyclists, huge ancient oaks and magical conifer plantations, free-roaming ponies, heather clad open plains and bridges over gentle streams.

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Riverside Park & Dapdune Wharf

The route follows the River Wey Navigation from Riverside Park Nature Reserve. You will pass Stoke Lock where you can watch the boats be lifted and lowered. At Dapdune Wharf, there is plenty of opportunity to recharge the batteries before the walk back with a tea room, boat rides, play area, exhibits and a second-hand bookshop.

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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?

  • A brand new walk around Bishop’s Waltham! The same starting point at the palace ruins, but a new circuit that crosses the river and goes through a peaceful nature reserve.

  • Our walk from Titchfield Abbey still includes the abbey and the play area, but it now starts from lovely Titchfield and includes a little stretch of the canal and five pubs.

  • I have made this walk starting from The Grange, near Alresford, shorter so that it is better suited to young walkers.

  • This Chichester Harbour walk now has the option to start from Southbourne Farm Shop with friendly Highland cows and ponies and a coffee trailer.

  • 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.

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