The Chantries or Chantry Wood, is a well known place to enjoy bluebells in Surrey and it isn’t hard to see why. The display here is breath-taking. Added to this, the elevated position of the wood means there is an option to take in viewpoints giving vistas across the Surrey Hills.

The Hayling Billy Trail is a former railway track that used to bring tourists down to holiday by the sea. Nowadays the route provides a brilliantly flat multi-use path for walkers and cyclists along the entire western shore of the island.

What better way to climb the hill up to Selborne Common than via the zig-zag path that naturalist Gilbert White cut into the hillside over 200 years ago? Once you have enjoyed the views from above, make your way back down the beech hanger and enjoy refreshments from the pub at the bottom.

Standing high above the surrounding countryside, Danebury Iron Age Hill Fort is a site of national importance in terms of archaeology and nature conservation. The spectacular downland setting and the ancient ring of ramparts makes this a very special place to walk around.

On the downs above Winchester, the quirkily named Cheesefoot Head is an area of far reaching views with a network of paths including the South Downs Way. In the summer there are meadows of wildflowers and often fields of blue linseed.

Easily accessible from the centre of Winchester, St Catherine’s Hill not only has great views but it also is home to an intriguing mizmaze; a turf labyrinth that children will love to solve.

Nore Wood is part of the wider Slindon Estate, managed by The National Trust. It features a Grade II listed folly and thousands of bluebells in season.

This short and easy walk allows families to explore the ancient monument that is the Iron Age hillfort of The Trundle. At the same time you can enjoy fantastic views across the landscape as far as The English Channel and directly over Goodwood Race Course.

Photographers come from far and wide to see the famous tree tunnel at Halnaker, near Chichester, in its Autumn glory. But this is a walk for all seasons with an atmospheric ruin, vineyards and a hilltop windmill to see along the way.