Walking Britain The Midhurst Way - Haslemere Stn to Midhurst Bus Stn
Introduction to Walk 1424
Nat Park - South Downs
County/Area - Surrey & West Sussex
Author - John Trueman
Length - 9.5 miles / 15.4 km
Ascent - 800 feet / 242 metres
Time - 5 hours 30 minutes
Grade - moderate
The Haslemere to Midhurst walk, with bus return, provides an energetic outing into the South Downs National Park following a recently inaugurated route. The walk passes through Fernhurst, Henley, Easebourne and Cowdray Park. Sunday bus services have now resumed. A GPS File is available for download (see walk description).
Maps | |||
| Ordnance Survey Explorer OL33 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Explorer OL33 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 186 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Landranger 186 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 197 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Landranger 197 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY |
It is recommended you take a map. The preferred scale is 1:25k. | |||
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0.3 miles / 0.5 km away
Gibbet Hill & the Devil's Punch Bowl from Haslemere
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km
8.0 miles / 12.9 km away
Midhurst Way - Petworth to Midhurst
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 5.5 miles / 8.9 km
9.1 miles / 14.5 km away
The Wey & Arun Canal, Loxwood
Grade - easy
Length - 4.5 miles / 7.3 km
11.6 miles / 18.6 km away
Treyford & Didling from Hooksway
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 6.0 miles / 9.8 km
11.7 miles / 18.7 km away
Alton to Farnham using St Swithun's Way
Grade - moderate
Length - 12.0 miles / 19.5 km
12.7 miles / 20.4 km away
Butser Hill and Wether Down from Buriton
Grade - moderate
Length - 12.5 miles / 20.3 km
13.7 miles / 21.9 km away
Stoughton, Kingley Vale & Bow Hill from Stoughton Down
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 5.2 miles / 8.5 km
15.1 miles / 24.1 km away
Around Dogmersfield on the Basingstoke Canal
Grade - easy
Length - 5.0 miles / 8.1 km
15.1 miles / 24.1 km away
Around Dogmersfield on the Basingstoke Canal (short walk)
Grade - easy
Length - 3.0 miles / 4.9 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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