Easy walks for the whole family

Hampshire Surrey West Sussex

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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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Horsell Common

Horsell Common has a mixture of landscapes, all of which can be explored on this walk. You will find yourself crossing rivers, wetlands, meadows, woodland and sandy heath. The walk starts and finishes at Heather Farm Cafe which overlooks the wetlands. Children will love playing at the huge natural sandpit half-way around.

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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.

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What’s new?

  • 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.

  • The directions for this walk at Witley Common have been improved and they are now available as a PDF download.

  • We caught the autumn mist rising over the Surrey Hills as we set out to improve the directions for our Newlands Corner & Silent Pool walk.

  • The autumn leaves are falling and that made it the perfect time to head to Queen Elizabeth Country Park and add a longer version to our forest walk.

  • Perfect for young children and pushchairs, we recently updated this easy walk around Eling on the edge of the New Forest.

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