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Walking in Hampshire Mick Channer

Walking in Hampshire By Mick Channer

Walking in Hampshire by Mick Channer


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Hampshire is one of England's ancient and most varied counties, with coastline, marsh, downland, river valleys and the New Forest. This guide presents 32 half- to full-day walks, which explore the length and breadth of Hampshire.

Walking in Hampshire Summary

Walking in Hampshire by Mick Channer

In this guide to their native Hampshire, Nick Channer and David Foster explore the length and breadth of the county. Both are experienced and knowledgeable - together they illuminate the nooks and crannies, as well as the best-known parts, of one of England's ancient counties. From the New Forest to historic Portsmouth, from lowland to heath, they have identified and described routes that are full of historic, environmental and other interests.

About Mick Channer

Nick Channer has written over 20 walking and travel guides, including Untrodden Ways, a guide to Britain's lesser-known long-distance footpaths. He has written several books on Hampshire, and regularly writes about the county in the 'Down Your Way' section of Country Walking magazine. He has explored much of Hampshire on foot, and his travels were regularly broadcast on BBC Radio Solent's weekday afternoon show for several years. David Foster has lived and walked in Hampshire since 1987. He is an accomplished freelance writer, with a lively, knowledgeable style that reflects a lifelong enthusiasm for the countryside. He has worked for the Times, the Independent and the Express, as well as for magazines including Country Walking. He is a member of the Outdoor Writers' Guild.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION County history Hampshire's wildlife Pathway law What to take with you How to use this book THE WALKS 1 Remains of a Royal Forest: Mottisfont and West Tytherley 2 The Silk Route: Whitchurch 3 Cobbett Country: Hurstbourne Tarrant 4 Discovering Danebury Ring: Stockbridge 5 By the Basingstoke Canal: Odiham 6 A Walk on Watership Down: Kingsclere 7 The Portals' Paper Chase: Whitchurch and Overton 8 Hiking to Hannington: Overton and Hannington 9 Hampshire Heartlands: The Candover Valley 10 Silchester Roman Town: Bramley and Silchester 11 Border Country: Petersfield 12 War and Peace: The Meon Valley 13 The American Connection: West Meon 14 Gilbert White's Outdoor Laboratory: Selbourne 15 In Search of Sheep Droves: Bentworth 16 Buckland Rings: Lymington 17 Coasting Along: Lymington and the Solent 18 Hampshire's Amazing Mizmaze: Whitsbury Village 19 Castleman's Corkscrew: Through the New Forest from Ashurst to Brockenhurst 20 Exploring Conan Doyle Country: Lyndhurst and Minstead 21 Gateway to the World: Southampton 22 'Pompey' : Britain's Island City: Portsmouth 23 Sea Breezes: Titchfield and Fareham 24 Forest of Bere: Wickham and Soberton Heath 25 The Itchen Navigation: Winchester to Eastleigh 26 Kingsley's Walk: Micheldever Wood 27 On the Dole: New Alresford 28 Along the Itchen Valley: North of Winchester 29 Waller's Walk: King Worthy 30 Sauntering around Sparsholt: Sparsholt and Farley Mounty Country Park 31 Ghost Trains and German Bombers: Horsebridge and kin's Somborne 32 A Hurricane Walk: South-east from Winchester Long Distance Paths Bibliography

Additional information

GOR003874876
9781852843113
185284311X
Walking in Hampshire by Mick Channer
Used - Good
Paperback
Cicerone Press
20010901
204
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