Ascent/Descent:
303/416m; Net Walking Time: 4 hours
Toughness: 4/10
Take
the 10.00 Portsmouth Harbour train
from Waterloo (10.25 Woking, 10.34
G’ford), arrives Haslemere 10.48. From Clappingham Junction take the 09.52 stopping service (arrives H’mere
10.45).
Return to Haslemere from
Midhurst either by bus number 70 (roughly
hourly, £4.90 fare in 2016, last dep. 19.05) or by taxi.
Return trains from Haslemere are on xx.02 (last at 21.02), xx.15, xx.32 (last at 21.32) and xx.39
(last at 19.39), journey time from 48 to 66 mins.
This walk is the northerly portion of
The Midhurst Way, created by John
Trueman, a local walker, whose skeletal directions have made it onto our website. It is
neither signposted nor waymarked, so more
or less map-led. I will aim to take more detailed
directions today to produce a full write-up in the near future (the southerly
part, SWC 217, is also currently being written up).
The route leaves Haslemere via Marley
Common - a similar route to TOCW1's Haslemere Circular Walk. However, after the
Red Lion pub at Fernhurst, it continues south through a mix of quiet forests
with nice views, to Henley and the Duke of Cumberland Arms pub. Finally it
enters Midhurst via Easebourne village and Cowdray Park. Return to Haslemere
station is by bus.
For the recommended finish through
Midhurst’s town centre, print out the last page of the pdf of SWC
48.
Lunch: The
Red Lion
in Fernhurst (6.5 km/4.1 mi), or The Duke of
Cumberland Arms
in Henley (9.9 km/6.2 mi, food to
14.00).
Tea: lots of choice in
Midhurst, recommended are Cowdray
Farm Shop & Cafe (1.3 km from the end), or – on a diversion through the
town centre – Garton’s Coffee
House, The Wheatsheaf, The Angel Inn and The Olive & Vine.
The Midhurst Way’s website
seems to be no more, but you find all necessary information, incl. a summary, map, height profile,
minimal walk directions and gpx/kml
files here. T=swc.218
Next Week: SWC 18 Petersfield to Rowlands Castle
Next Week: SWC 18 Petersfield to Rowlands Castle
4 comments:
9.7m for a Thomas walk - is this just the pre-lunch warm up??? Hardly worth getting out of bed for...
Indeed. The keen ones save the bus fare and walk back to H'mere...
There's a £2.50 nightrider fare on the 7.05 bus back from Midhurst to Haslemere (or even Guildford) station. The normal fare is £5.
Plan A was to lunch in Henley, walk to Cowdray, take tea there and return to Hmere to have taped directions for both ways. That went out the window when the train picked up 80 mins worth of delays on its scheduled 48 mins journey (signalling problems at Esher, still ongoing). So Plan B was lunch in Fernhurst and the bus back from Midhurst, as posted. This is what we did, the n=2 of us. The good part of the delays was that the rain fronts had moved through by the time we started the walk, so it was w=dry-all-walk-with-some-sunny-breaks.
Nice walk, good lunch, good beer, early finish, bus on time, fast train cancelled, now on the stopping service to The Smoke.
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