Find a Walk

Mike Powell

Region	Star	#	Walk	Km	Effort	Ht. gain	Description	London
Suffolk		204	Aldeburgh to Saxmundham	16	3	75	Aldeburgh to Thorpeness seafront, an old railway trackbed, North Warren nature reserve, the Sandlings Walk to the village of Friston, and across fields to Saxmundham
Surrey		237	Ash Circular via the MOD Ranges	22	6	650	Explore the remote Ash Ranges - what Surrey should really look like! (Usually open Bank Holidays only - Check!)	P W
Surrey		96	Ash Vale Circular via North Downs Way	25.8	5	375	A circular walk starting and ending in the rarely visited Ash Ranges and including a section of the North Downs Way through the attractive village of Puttenham.	CJ W
Surrey		136	Ash Vale to Worplesdon	19.8	4	175	The Basingstoke Canal, Ash Ranges (Remote, hilly MOD land with unrestricted access), Cobbett Hill and Whitmoor Common.	CJ W
Surrey		107	Ash to Brookwood	15.3	5	125	Ash Ranges and Brookwood Cemetery	P W
Bedfordshire		426	Bedford Circular	25.6	3	125	An almost entirely flat walk north of Bedford, never far from the Great Ouse or the John Bunyan Trail, following the river out of Bedford, then pass through the interesting villages of Bromham and Stevington.	TL StP
Hertfordshire		397	Berkhamsted Circular	15.3	2	250	A short easy walk to the South-East of Berkhamsted, along the Grand Union Canal and across fields to Ashley Green for lunch, returning via Hockeridge Wood.	CJ EC E
East Sussex		379	Bishopstone Circular	21.3	8	675	A demanding walk with spectacular views and 6 distinct climbs, from the sea over the Comp and the South Downs to Berwick, returning via an equally undulating route	CJ EC LB V
Hampshire	★	160	Farnham to Blackwater	23	4	375	Farnham Park, Caesar’s Camp Iron Age Hillfort site, Beacon Hill, Bourley Reservoirs, Gelvert Stream, Fleet Pond, Foxlease Meadows and Hawley Common	CJ W
East Sussex		403	Hampden Park to Eastbourne	26.1	8	750	Eastbourne parks, Babylon Down (woods), Jevington, the easterly South Downs, Lullington Heath, Friston Forest, East Dean, Birling Gap, quiet approach to Eastbourne.	CJ EC V
Surrey		214	Horsley to West Byfleet	15.4	3	75	Green woods and fields, the yellow scrub and heathland of Ockham Common, Wisley Common and RHS Wisley Gardens (public footpath), and a canal side pub on the Wey Navigation	CJ W
East Sussex		407	Lewes Circular via Swanborough and Black Cap	23.3	6	575	Lewes Priory, Swanborough, the South Downs Way, Black Cap (hilltop) and Lewes Old Racecourse. Undulating.	V
East Sussex		395	Newhaven Circular	24.4	5	450	Newhaven port and fort, Peacehaven cliffs, Piddinghoe, the River Ouse, foothills of the South Downs, Bishopstone and the ‘forgotten village’ of Tide Mills.	V
Surrey		178	Oxshott to Ashtead	18	3	225	The River Mole and the heaths, commons and woods of metropolitan Surrey. Including Oxshott Heath, Esher Common, Prince’s Coverts, Ashtead and Epsom Commons.	CJ W
East Sussex		423	Southease Circular	23.5	6	450	Varied South Downs walk. Sussex Ouse, Centenary Park (Peacehaven), Undercliff Path, the Western Hemisphere, Telscombe Tye, optional climbs and Eastern Hemisphere.	V
Bedfordshire		404	Stewartby to Ridgmont	19.3	4	300	In the footsteps of John Bunyan - Stewartby Lake, Millennium Country Park, Lower Shelton, Marston Thrift Woods, Cranfield and Holcot Wood. Largely flat.	E StP
Kent		238	Tunbridge Wells to Hildenborough	17.7	4	275	Gentle walk via elegant Tunbridge Wells, delightful woods, the Wealdway, and Haysden County Park	CX
Northamptonshire		359	Wellingborough Circular	28	4	225	Northamptonshire rivers and lakes, up to four villages and one of England's finest Saxon churches.	TL LB StP
Northamptonshire		378	Wellingborough to Northampton	24.9	3	100	Urban and rural stretches of the River Nene and the villages of Cogenhoe and Little Houghton	TL LB StP
Suffolk		205	Wickham Market to Aldeburgh	22.8	3	75	Blaxhall Common, Suffolk heathlands (the Sandlings), Snape Maltings for lunch, the historic Sailors’ Path along the River Alde estuary along, then either the seawall around Aldeburgh Marshes or a shortcut to seaside Aldeburgh.	LS
Suffolk		227	Wickham Market to Felixstowe	35.1	3	100	Long (or 2 day) walk over farms, heathland, then along the Butley river, wild and isolated coastline, and a ferry crossing to Felixstowe.	LS
Bedfordshire		394	Woburn Sands to Ridgmont	20.8	3	275	Edgewick Farm, Aspley Woods, Greensand Way, Woburn Abbey, Church End, Woburn Safari Park, and Husborne Crawley	E StP
Northamptonshire		356	Wolverton to Northampton	30.2	5	200	Three rivers, a medieval hunting forest, a War of the Roses battlefield and Britain's newest university campus	CJ E W