Easy walks for the whole family

Hampshire Surrey West Sussex

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Ferring

This short and simple walk begins at Ferring Beach, with a pebbled shore lined with pastel beach huts and The Bluebird Cafe. After following the coast, the route turns inland past farms and long Ferring Rife, a small river that runs down to the sea.

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Sutton Scotney

There are quite a few parks on our website, but this one is really special. It has ample parking, a brilliant play area, a little section of riverside boardwalk and best of all, a place where children can safely access the shallow water of the River Dever via steps and a small pontoon.

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Wootton Bridge

Wootton Bridge car park is situated beside a wide, shallow section of Avon Water where children can play in the river and picnic on the banks. Our suggested walk then loops you through the woodland of Wootton Coppice Inclosure and Brownhill Inclosure where you will almost certainly spot ponies grazing in the shade of the trees.

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Walderton

The cosy Barley Mow sits in the quiet South Downs village of Walderton with the River Ems running through its garden. It is the perfect starting point for a number of excellent walks including this one that passes Watergate House and has views as far as Chichester Harbour.

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Midhurst

Midhurst is a historic market town at the heart of the South Downs National Park. It is surrounded by some great estates and this walk connects two - Cowdray and Woolbeding - via paths along the River Rother.

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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.

Walk of the week.

If you are fans of Ghosts, and are planning on seeing the new movie this month, you might be interested in taking this walk at Button House, AKA West Horsley Place in Surrey.

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Our Collections

What’s new?

  • This route at Yateley Common now has a PDF version ready to download. Children will love looking for the brass rubbing plates.

  • We have completely re-vamped our walk at Chantry Wood on the edge of Guildford and it now includes Golden Fords cafe, which you can only reach on foot.

  • We have completely re-written this walk at Compton Down near Winchester after Hampshire Pantry closed its doors. It still starts at the same brilliant play area, but will now take you to Hiltonbury Jerseys where you can buy fresh milkshakes and ice creams made form the Jersey milk.

  • It is hard to believe that Winnal Moors Nature Reserve is just minutes from the centre of Winchester. We have been back to update this walk. Our guide will show you where to find a park and a pub as well.

  • The River Hamble was glowing in the autumn sunshine when we went down to refresh this route. This walk near Southampton includes a cafe, two play areas and woodland too.

  • With a freshly updated route description, now is a great time to give this easy coastal and woodland walk near Southampton a try. It even includes the magnificent ruins of Netley Abbey.