Pooh Sticks Bridge – The Dove Pub loop from Upton Lovell

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Pooh Sticks Bridge – The Dove Pub loop from Upton Lovell

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Pooh Sticks Bridge – The Dove Pub loop from Upton Lovell

01:21

5.27km

20m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: July 17, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

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1.14 km

Pooh Sticks Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The bridge was built in 1907 and originally called Posingford Bridge. It's thought to be the location where authour A.A Milne and his son first played the game so is a popular destination for fans of the books.

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1.32 km

River in Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

3.82 km

The Dove Pub

Highlight • Pub

Good beer and food, open normally all day.

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5.27 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.17 km

1.61 km

1.28 km

198 m

Surfaces

2.06 km

1.61 km

1.29 km

293 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 7 October

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Comments

August 7, 2021,Heytesbury Chalk Stream

The River Wiley threads it's way through some of the finest downland scenery in the county on its journey from Warminster to Salisbury. Iron age hill-forts ancient tumili and barrows little the chalkdown, and much of it now extensively farmed. In the valley, away for the A36, are pretty picture postcard villages including, a charmingly named Knook, Boyton, Sherrington and …