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Rowlands Castle Circular walk

A walk, first through park- and woodland, then through some remote westerly valleys of the South Downs. At its best in spring for plentiful bluebells and wild garlic.

Circular Long South Downs National Park West Sussex

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Farm House in Rape Oilseed Field, from Locksash Lane

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14-May-16 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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St. Peter's, East Marden

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14-May-16 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Easterly Views from Pen Hill

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Steep Descent from Beacon Hill

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14-May-16 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Bramshott Bottom

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14-May-16 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Horse in buttercups

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07-Jun-09 • moontiger on Flickr

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07-Jun-09 • moontiger on Flickr

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Descent into Compton

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Compton

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Through a rapefield

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Path through crops

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Galls on Field Maple

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14-Aug-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Broken down gate.

I went past this with a broken down gait. Rowlands CAstle Circular

14-Aug-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Journeys end

The Castle. Rowlands CAstle Circular

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Stansted House

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13-Feb-16 • moontiger on Flickr

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Old tree

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Waterlogged gate

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The mud

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More of the same

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Hielan' coos

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On Beacon Hill, Chopper approaching

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03-May-16 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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On Beacon Hill, Trigpoint and Chopper

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03-May-16 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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1 mile Beech Avenue, Stansted Park

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WWII Memorial, on Beech Avenue, Stansted Park

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Stansted House

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Middle Lodge, Stansted Park

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Path along Stansted Forest

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Wild Garlic in Stansted Forest

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West Marden, from fringe of Westmarden Copse

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Wisteria-infested Cottage, West Marden

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Uppark House, from Locksash Lane

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Tree in sloping field

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Side Valley near Up Marden

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Fieldscape, Up Marden

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St. Michael and All Angels, Up Marden, across Field

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Sol y Sombra on Rapeseed Oil Field, Up Marden

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St. Michael and All Angels, Up Marden

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Interior of St. Michael and All Angels, Up Marden

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St. Michael (?), St. Michael and All Angels, Up Marden

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Fresco in St. Michael and All Angels, Up Marden

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Sculpture in Garden of House, Up Marden

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Farm Sign in Hedge

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Views up to South Downs Northern Escarpment

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Battines Hill (Hanging) Wood

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Wild Garlic in Wood

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Half a House ? Faraway Cottage, East Marden

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Thatched Well, East Marden

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Interior of St. Peter's, East Marden

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Millenium Tapestry, St. Peter's, East Marden

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Views across Valley to faraway Woods

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The Royal Oak, Hooksway

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Germanleith Copse

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Emerging from Germanleith Copse Valley

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View back to Germanleith Copse

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Mossy Bank near Chalky Path

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Rother Valley with Black Down in the distance

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Pen Hill and Beacon Hill

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Easterly Views along Buriton Hanger

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14-May-16 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Easterly Views along Buriton Hanger, from approach up Pen Hill

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14-May-16 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Beacon Hill, from Pen Hill

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14-May-16 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Millpond Bottom, from saddle between Pen and Beacon Hills

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The Trundle (St. Roche's Hill) and Goodwood Race Course, from Pen Hill

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14-May-16 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Trigpoint on Beacon Hill

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Toposcope on Beacon Hill, the SWC having a sunny break

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14-May-16 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Descent from Beacon Hill, Upper Rother Valley on the right

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14-May-16 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Round Down Hill, Harting Down

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Glider above Round Down Hill

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Flint-and-Concrete Signpost in saddle between Beacon Hill and Round Down Hill

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14-May-16 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Bramshott Bottom (II)

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Narrow End of Bramshott Bottom

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Trees in Bramshott Bottom

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Tree near B2141

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House with large gateway

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Compton Down

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Uppark House

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Path through East Hanger

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Up through Fields from Compton

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Southerly views from near West Hanger Wood

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Wild Garlic in Wood

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Flint-and-Brick Thatched Cottage, near South Holt Farm

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View towards Rowlands Castle

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Stansted Forest, westerly edge

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Occasional Stream in Stansted Forest

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Rowlands Castle, Village Green

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