Easy walks for the whole family
Hampshire West Sussex Surrey
Country Parks
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Family-Friendly Pubs
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Play-Areas
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Pushchair Walks
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Royal Victoria Country Park
Royal Victoria is a country park with something for everyone from woodland to shoreline to parkland. Throughout this landscape you will find historical buildings, play areas and a miniature trainline. The whole park is flat and has marked trails, making it easy to explore.
Creech Wood
Creech Wood near Denmead is an easy to explore mainly coniferous woodland with a network of firm paths. It has an interesting history having once been part of the Medieval Forest of Bere and more recently the site of a WWII encampment.
Swanwick Lakes
Once a claypit for the local brickworks, this nature reserve is now a wildlife oasis with a series of little lakes and woodland alive with birds. In between Portsmouth and Southampton, and close to the M27, it is easy to access and easy to explore.
Hundred Acre Wood/West Walk
Known to some as Hundred Acre Wood, West Walk is actually part of The Forest of Bere, an ancient landscape that once stretched uninterrupted across much of Southern Hampshire. Today, you will find miles of easy, marked woodland trails as well as an excellent children’s playground and picnic area.
Alver Valley Country Park
If you want a playground on your walk, you really can’t find better than the one at Alver Valley Country Park. If you can drag the children away from the play equipment, the rest of the park offers easy walks with ponds, views of The Solent, various wildlife habitats, and even a second play area.
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We made a return to Chilbolton Cow Common where the girls paddled in the River Test under the winter sun.
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We couldn’t turn down the offer to try a roast dinner at The Exchequer. Find it on one of our Basingstoke canal walks.
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This paddling and pub walk at Fishbourne Meadows got a route revamp to take out some of the muddier fields.
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Rural Strides invited us to come on a guided night walk on The South Downs. It was an incredible experience and we learnt lots about the night sky. If you want to join Rural Strides on their next night walk, you can register your interest below.
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