You will probably want to do this walk again and again as there are so many possible add-ons including a castle, a lido, a pitch and putt, a boating lake, a hilltop-folly, a wetlands centre and a destination pub.

Follow the banks of The River Beaulieu to the picturesque ship building hamlet of Buckler’s Hard with its Georgian cottages running down to the quay. There is plenty for the whole family to see and do on this walk, which starts from the popular New Forest village of Beaulieu.

A two mile stroll starting at Eling Quay will take you past Eling Tide Mill, Eling Great Marsh, Goatee Beach, Eling Church, Bartley Reach and will finish at the Visitor centre and café. The whole route has undergone recent improvements making it wheelchair and pushchair friendly.

Starting out on the disused railway track of the Meon Line, this walk then circles round to the riverside village of Warnford where children can play and paddle at the rural park.

This walk along The River Wey Navigation packs in an awful lot. The romantic remains of Newark Priory, an Elizabethan summer house, a riverside pub and plenty of locks, weirs and bridges.

This walk is the perfect length for little legs, and there will be no complaining, as the impeccably clear waters of the Itchen will provide them with plenty of river wildlife to observe, and at one point they can even get their toes in the water too.

Leave plenty of time for this walk beside the River Itchen as there is a wealth of diversions on route including St Catherine’s Hill, Hockley Viaduct, Hospital of St. Cross, Wolvesey Palace and Winchester Cathedral.

This is a gem of a walk starting out beside a beautiful old village church (and pub!) with access to The River Meon via a peaceful little nature reserve.

A gentle walk from Petersfield town along the River Rother will bring you to Sky Park Farm where you can enjoy the resident deer from the footpath or pay to enter and experience more of what the farm has to offer families.