Easy walks for the whole family

Hampshire Surrey West Sussex

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Fittleworth

Fittleworth is between Petworth and Pulborough in the heart of the South Downs and it has an award winning, community run village stores and cafe. Directly beside this is an enclosed children’s play area. Fittleworth is surrounded by pockets of woodland, common land and South Downs views - all of which our walk makes the most of.

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Street Croft Farm

Street Croft Farm, south of Basingstoke, is a working farm with farm shop, café, animals and children’s games. If you want to make your day in the countryside even better, you can follow our linear walk to Herriard Green, a beautiful park with paths mown through wildflower meadows and a very good play area

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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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Ackender Wood

Ackender Wood is just on the edge of Alton and in April and May, it comes alive with carpets and carpets of bluebells. Our walk actually starts from neighbouring Bushy Leaze Wood, which allows for the bluebells to build up to a mid-point crescendo!

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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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Our Collections

What’s new?

  • Our walk from Titchfield along the old canal bed to Meon Shore is now circular meaning you get to explore even more of this lovely area!

  • This beautiful walk from Houghton Bridge, Amberley along the River Arun has been updated along with a 10% discount for our members at The Bridge Inn

  • Every year, students from The University for Creative Arts fill Farnham Heath with sculptures, textiles and other artforms. The new artworks are ready to view until October.

  • Our walk from Rogate Common to Durleighmarsh fruit picking fields has a new circuit through the woods and a fantastic 25% off for our members at The Tea Barn throughout August.

  • The Cycling Path! Check out the new section of our website for family bike rides. This route follows the Meon Valley Trail to a riverside pub.

  • We needed to change the route from Street Croft Farm, near Basingstoke. Now you can see the animals at the farm shop and cafe and then walk to the brilliant park at Herriard.

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