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Walk 3142 - Bowcombe Down from Carisbrooke
| Region | Isle of Wight AONB | | County/Area | Isle of Wight | | Author | Zelma Barnes | | Length | 4.8 miles / 7.7 km | | Ascent | 400 feet / 121 metres | | Grade | easy |
This short walk takes you onto the downs west of Newport and offers good views to the mainland. 
Suggested Maps It is recommended you take a map with you when following a walk route. The preferred scale is 1:25000 used by the Explorer series.  | OS Explorer | Sheet OL29 |  | OS Landranger | Sheet 196 |
Note : If two maps are listed at the same scale then either (a) both are required for full coverage of the route or (b) the route is covered on both maps. Walks from the same start Walk 1601
Bowcombe Down, Ashengrove and Upper Watchingwell from Carisbrooke
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km Other walks nearby Walk 2916 - 0.5 miles / 0.8 km away
Gatcombe and Shorwell from Carisbrooke, IOW
Grade - moderate
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km Walk 1546 - 9.2 miles / 14.8 km away
Freshwater and Norton from Yarmouth, IOW
Grade - easy
Length - 5.0 miles / 8.1 km Walk 2043 - 19.8 miles / 31.7 km away
Thorney Island, Chichester
Grade - moderate
Length - 9.0 miles / 14.6 km Walk 2533 - 24.4 miles / 39.0 km away
East Meon to Old Winchester Hill
Grade - moderate
Length - 12.0 miles / 19.5 km Walk 2044 - 24.5 miles / 39.2 km away
Six Harbour Villages, Chichester
Grade - moderate
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km Walk 2579 - 29.0 miles / 46.4 km away
Purbeck Coast
Grade - moderate
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km Walk 2487 - 34.8 miles / 55.7 km away
Littlehampton to Climping
Grade - easy
Length - 5.0 miles / 8.1 km Walk 1331 - 35.9 miles / 57.4 km away
Tyneham from Kimmeridge
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 6.8 miles / 11 km Walk 2568 - 38.1 miles / 60.9 km away
Egmont Point & Kimmeridge Bay from Tyneham
Grade - moderate
Length - 14.0 miles / 22.8 km Walk 1667 - 39.5 miles / 63.3 km away
Blackpatch Hill & Harrow Hill from near Storrington
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.5 miles / 12.2 km Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
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Isle of Wight AONB
The Isle of Wight is bigger than a lot people think: 24 miles from east to west and 14 miles north to south. Its 60 miles ...
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