With a commanding hillside position accessed only by footpaths, St Martha’s Church is a perfect place to pause and picnic. Our guide has a host of interesting extensions you can add to you visit.

Frensham Little Pond is less visited than its more well known big brother, Frensham Great Pond. Unlike the latter, you cannot bathe at the little pond which means wildlife thrives in the water and surrounding woods and heath.

Knowle Park is a small, but brand new community space in Cranleigh where you will find an adventure playground, ponds, snack kiosks, an amphitheatre, picnic areas and meadow.

Just a stone’s throw from the town centre, Midhurst common is a delightful place to explore with plenty of paths through woodland and sandy heath. Three ponds are home to an abundance of fish and are accessed by silver sandy dunes.

Like a phoenix from the ashes, the boardwalk across Thursley Common Nature Reserve has risen again. Snaking its way from Moat Pond to Pudmore Pond across the lowland heath and marshes, this beautiful wooden structure appears to actually enhance the already spectacular natural scenery.

Pagham Harbour is a nature reserve on one of the few undeveloped stretches of the West Sussex coast and it is an internationally important wetland site for wildlife.

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.

Slightly different from many of our countryside walks, this one follows the streets of the attractive town of Alton for much of the route before reaching the open riverside space of Flood Meadows.

Holly Hill Woodland Park is a restored example of Victorian landscaped parkland. You will find ponds, exotic tree species, rock features and ornamental bridges as well as native woodland with a fabulous viewpoint over The River Hamble.