Easy walks for the whole family

Hampshire Surrey Sussex

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Farlington Marshes

There aren’t many walks we do that I actually think are better in the winter, but this could be one. During the colder months especially, this habitat is home to an internationally important population of wading birds and wildfowl. And all just a hop across the water from the city of Portsmouth.

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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.

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  • We usually do this walk at Soberton in the Meon Valley in the summer when we can picnic and paddle. The river was was too high to paddle, but food from the White Lion pub made up for this!

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  • The ploughmans at The Royal Oak comes highly recommended, as does this walk in the surrounding New Forest which we recently updated.

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  • Because everyone loves a refreshment stop on a walk, we have added directions for reaching a tea-room with a little play area to this walk at Iping Common near Midhurst.

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  • Welford Park is the home of The Great British Bake Off and is also one of the best places to see snowdrops in the south of England.

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  • On a recent walk at the RSPB’s Pagham Harbour reserve, we got to try out some bird themed crafts. There are more special activities like these on over half term

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  • The views from The Trundle in West Sussex are the best in the county. We have added more to this route by providing details of how to walk to Singleton with a very family friendly pub.

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