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Winchester Group

We are the Winchester Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

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Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Overview

River, tracks, field paths, woods

Thursday, 26 June 2025
Start time:
10:00 am
Estimated finish time:
3:45 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
18.5km / 11.5mi
Ascent:
243.8m / 800ft
Type:
circular

We touch on Yew Hill nature reserve where we may have a morning byo coffee stop, if we haven’t had one already.  Lunch stop in Hursley cemetery with lots of wild flowers,  bring picnic.  Afternoon walk through Cranbury Park’s well marked and varied paths then through Otterbourne Wood back to start.

Please tell the leader beforehand if you would like to come and we may leave before 10 if all those expected are ready.

Features

  • Car parking available

Starting point

Grid reference:
SU 46420 23359
Nearest postcode:
SO21 2HE
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Start time:
10:00 am

Turn into Oakwood Avenue which is nearly opposite Nisa Local and just south of mini roundabout (with road to Hursley). The recreation ground is signed right at the T junction, then very soon left along an inconspicuous turning.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking