SWC Walk 163: Brockenhurst Circular – The New Forest – a mix
of dense and more open woods with ponies and dashes of heather
Length: 10.5 miles
Difficulty: 3 out of
10
Train: Take the 9:35 South West Weymouth Train from London Waterloo to Brockenhurst, arriving at 11:04. Return
trains from Brockenhurst are 17:16; 17:45; and then 15 and 45 minutes past the
hour until 20:45. Buy a day return to Brockenhurst. You
should buy a South West trains “summer promotion” day return ticket for
£20. These are available on-line and
from ticket machines and ticket offices.
I don’t believe that this walk has been done for awhile and
late August should be a nice time for it given that the heather in and around the
New Forest should be in full color. For
those preferring a longer walk, it should be possible to craft an extension on
the many routes available through the New Forest – though it would be useful to
bring or print out a map if planning on this sort of “off-piste” exploration. More information and the instructions for
the walk can be found here.
The suggested lunch stop is at the Oak Inn (tel
023 8028 2350) in Bank, about 5.5 miles into the walk, which serves food midday
to 4:00pm; booking ahead is recommended for indoor seating. Tea and/or
other post walk refreshments can be had a variety places in charming
Brockenhurst – the Thatched Cottage is noted in the instructions as a suggested
option.
Enjoy the walk!
8 comments:
can you please make it a late start ? thanks
Don't be silly. It's posted at a good time.
ps anonymous, we know who you are.
'The Management'
no need to bully anonymous !
I can't find the pdf for the walk directions?
The walk directions link is at the end of the second paragraph.
Or try this
http://www.walkingclub.org.uk/book_3/walk_163/SWC_Walk_163_Brockenhurst_Curcular.pdf
I'm intending to join this walk.
6 of us on this lovely new forest walk. Cool in the woods which was a relief on such a hot day. We went a bit off course in the morning but it didn't matter as found our way to the first lunch pub the Crown Stirrup in Clayhill which was setting up for an afternoon Wild West BBQ. We declined the bucking bronco although one did try the bouncy castle! Food good although a couple had to wait a while for their meals. In the afternoon we lost our intrepid leader as he was setting a fast pace so we strolled along, via Bolderford Bridge for some cooling paddling arriving too late for tea at The Thatched Cottage so sat in the pub garden next door for tea/beers before catching the 17:15 train back. A lovely day out with good company.
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