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Overton

Watership Down Hill – View From Watership Down loop from Overton

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Basingstoke And Deane

Overton

Watership Down Hill – View From Watership Down loop from Overton

Hard

5.0

(1)

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Watership Down Hill – View From Watership Down loop from Overton

02:29

21.3km

280m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 26, 2026

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North Wessex Downs National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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5.35 km

Robley Belt

Forest

8.70 km

Twisty Singletrack Between Watership Down and Ladle Hill

Highlight • Trail

A short section of twisty Singletrack linking Watership Down to Ladle Hill. it's rideable in most conditions but can get overgrown with tree branches in summer. It's best ridden E to W to get the downhill

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8.79 km

Watership Down Hill

Highlight • Natural Monument

Watership Down is a hill in the Hampshire Downs. It is best known as the setting for Richard Adams' 1972 novel about rabbits, ‘Watership Down’. The hill, which has a partially-completed Iron Age hill fort on its summit, affords far-reaching views.

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8.86 km

View From Watership Down

Highlight • Natural

Fantastic place.stop have something to eat and drink and just take it all in.

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11.0 km

White Hill View, North Wessex Downs

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great views! Looking North, the whole of Oxfordshire opens up. hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/countryside/finder/whitehill

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11.1 km

View from White Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

White Hill offers a beautiful view of Cannon Heath Down, the Gallops and The Warren. This is a great place to spot birds, including linnets, yellowhammers, skylarks, buzzards and kestrels.

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11.8 km

Wayfarers Walk in North Wessex Downs

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This is a beautiful section of walking high up on a ridge of chalk hills overlooking the rolling green landscapes of the North Wessex Downs Area of Natural Beauty.

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13.3 km

View of Agricultural Fields in North Wessex Downs

Highlight • Viewpoint

13.7 km

Leafy Bridleway to Watership Down

Highlight • Forest

A handy scenic cut through to Watership Down. There's a firm surface and it looked lovely with the autumn leaves

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16.7 km

Upper Frith Wood

Forest

21.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.07 km

7.22 km

3.77 km

1.37 km

818 m

Surfaces

11.5 km

4.79 km

3.73 km

724 m

454 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

Weather

Saturday 25 July

24°C

16°C

30 %

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Watership Down Hill – View From Watership Down loop from Overton

Twisty Singletrack Between Watership Down and Ladle Hill

Watership Down Hill

View From Watership Down

White Hill View, North Wessex Downs

View from White Hill

Wayfarers Walk in North Wessex Downs

View of Agricultural Fields in North Wessex Downs

Leafy Bridleway to Watership Down

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