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Highclere Chapel – View of Highclere Castle loop from Highclere

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Basingstoke And Deane

Highclere

Highclere Chapel – View of Highclere Castle loop from Highclere

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Highclere Chapel – View of Highclere Castle loop from Highclere

06:26

23.4km

370m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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North Wessex Downs National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.31 km

Highclere Wood

Forest

1.76 km

View of Windbolts Hill Plantation

Highlight • Viewpoint

As you make your way along the Brenda Parker Way, you can enjoy some wonderful views across rolling farmland toward Windbolts Hill Plantation, a rich and vibrant forest in Hampshire.

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8.00 km

Free Parking at North Wessex Downs National Landscape

Highlight • Parking

Start point has free parking. It's possible to sleep over night if you're in a sleeper. It is close to main road though, so noise doesn't really die down.

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8.72 km

View from Beacon Hill Iron Age Fort

Highlight • Summit

the hill is very steep and quite a climb. but great views.

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10.5 km

All Saints Church, Old Burghclere

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From 1160 until 1838 the principal church in the parish was All Saints at Old Burghclere with the Rectory [now Burghclere Manor] adjoining it. From 1216 Newtown had its own …

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10.6 km

Traditional Fingerpost

Highlight • Structure

Now don't tell anyone, but....we went..... no, shouldn't really say. forget I said anything.

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19.2 km

Grotto Copse

Forest

23.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.4 km

3.34 km

3.33 km

3.09 km

921 m

241 m

Surfaces

8.00 km

6.15 km

5.69 km

1.83 km

1.68 km

Elevation

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Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

Weather

Saturday 15 August

25°C

16°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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Comments

March 24, 2024,Highclere Loop - Brenda Parker Way and Wayfarers Walk including Beacon Hill

Just be aware if you follow this route the footpath shown down off Beacon Hill heading South goes nowhere. You have to climb a security gate or head all the way back up and down to the car park. The Landowner has kindly put a sign up at the bottom saying "no entry return to top" where the path stops …

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Highclere Chapel – View of Highclere Castle loop from Highclere