Easy walks for the whole family

Hampshire Surrey West Sussex

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Horsell Common

Horsell Common has a mixture of landscapes, all of which can be explored on this walk. You will find yourself crossing rivers, wetlands, meadows, woodland and sandy heath. The walk starts and finishes at Heather Farm Cafe which overlooks the wetlands. Children will love playing at the huge natural sandpit half-way around.

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Hazeley Heath

A longer walk, that packs in an awful lot. Starting from a beautiful country pub, the walk follows Hazeley Heath towards Hartley Wintney. You will find views of historic houses, quiet ponds, a woodland play area and remnants of WW2 tank training.

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Zebon Copse

This unique little walk packs so much into a small space. There is a copse with bluebells and wildflowers, a boardwalk over a mire, a toddlers play area, an amazing trim trail for older children and a bridge that takes you out onto the Basingstoke Canal.

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Titchfield Haven

The Meon River completes its journey at Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve, a 369 acre site of river, fen, pools, reedbed and meadows. There are eight bird hides from which to enjoy the wide variety of wildlife, and on the east side they are connected by a series of boardwalks. Tickets need to be purchased from the visior centre.

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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.

What’s new?

  • We have added a longer alternative to this route at Chilworth Gunpowder Mills that starts from the hill top church, St. Martha’s. We have also added a special discount for our members at the riverside pub, The Percy Arms.

  • Some new photos have been added to this gorgeous walk beside the Basingstoke Canal at Winchfield and Dogmersfield. I love how the bridge frames this one!

  • The New Forest Reptile Centre has just opened again for the summer holidays, which also means children can venture into the forest on the Discovery Trail.

  • We popped down to Emsworth to do this linear walk from Emsworth to Langstone again. Only this time, we did it on a summer’s evening and we couldn’t recommend a better time to do it!

  • The instructions for this walk at Bolderwood in the New Forest are now more detailed with extra information added

  • We always want out guides to be as easy as possible to follow, so we have been to Selborne and updated our Zig-Zag path walk using easier to navigate pathways.

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