New Forest Marathon

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 42.27 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 12h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 80 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 84 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 63 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 13 m
  • ⚐
    District: Brockenhurst 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 50.842567° / W 1.578696°
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Description

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(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 22 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.41 - alt. 17 m - Turn right
  3. 3 : km 1.6 - alt. 25 m - Turn slight left
  4. 4 : km 1.63 - alt. 25 m - Keep left
  5. 5 : km 1.68 - alt. 26 m - Keep right
  6. 6 : km 1.87 - alt. 22 m - Turn right
  7. 7 : km 2.05 - alt. 20 m - Turn left
  8. 8 : km 2.99 - alt. 20 m - Turn right
  9. 9 : km 3.56 - alt. 15 m - Keep right
  10. 10 : km 4.62 - alt. 18 m - Turn sharp left
  11. 11 : km 5.01 - alt. 18 m - Keep right
  12. 12 : km 6.11 - alt. 29 m - Turn right onto Rhinefield Road
  13. 13 : km 6.43 - alt. 31 m - Turn left onto Rhinefield House Hotel
  14. 14 : km 6.43 - alt. 31 m - Turn slight left onto Rhinefield Road
  15. 15 : km 7.13 - alt. 22 m - Turn left
  16. 16 : km 7.17 - alt. 22 m - Keep right
  17. 17 : km 7.91 - alt. 18 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 9.44 - alt. 27 m - Turn left onto Rhinefield Road
  19. 19 : km 10.59 - alt. 23 m - Turn right
  20. 20 : km 11.2 - alt. 32 m - Turn sharp left
  21. 21 : km 11.85 - alt. 31 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 12.29 - alt. 29 m - Turn sharp right onto Rhinefield Road
  23. 23 : km 12.55 - alt. 31 m - Turn left onto Rhinefield Road
  24. 24 : km 15.47 - alt. 27 m - Turn right onto North Weirs
  25. 25 : km 16.78 - alt. 16 m - Keep left
  26. 26 : km 16.93 - alt. 15 m - Turn right
  27. 27 : km 17.32 - alt. 17 m - Turn left onto Sway Road, B3055
  28. 28 : km 18.87 - alt. 33 m - Turn right onto B3055
  29. 29 : km 19.13 - alt. 26 m - Keep left onto B3055
  30. 30 : km 21.09 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto Manchester Road
  31. 31 : km 21.52 - alt. 46 m - Turn left onto Middle Road
  32. 32 : km 22.1 - alt. 48 m - Turn right onto Station Road
  33. 33 : km 22.26 - alt. 48 m - Keep right onto Brighton Road
  34. 34 : km 23.32 - alt. 60 m - Turn sharp right
  35. 35 : km 23.39 - alt. 59 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 23.9 - alt. 60 m - Turn right
  37. 37 : km 24.32 - alt. 47 m - Turn right
  38. 38 : km 25.3 - alt. 36 m - Turn sharp left
  39. 39 : km 25.58 - alt. 42 m - Turn left
  40. 40 : km 25.61 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Southampton & Dorchester Railway (Disused)
  41. 41 : km 26.63 - alt. 39 m - Keep right
  42. 42 : km 26.64 - alt. 39 m - Turn sharp right
  43. 43 : km 26.76 - alt. 37 m - Keep left
  44. 44 : km 26.83 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Station Road
  45. 45 : km 27.12 - alt. 27 m - Turn right
  46. 46 : km 27.51 - alt. 32 m - Turn right
  47. 47 : km 28.19 - alt. 33 m - Turn sharp right
  48. 48 : km 28.72 - alt. 36 m - Turn slight left
  49. 49 : km 28.93 - alt. 41 m - Turn slight left
  50. 50 : km 28.99 - alt. 41 m - Keep left
  51. 51 : km 29.05 - alt. 39 m - Turn slight left
  52. 52 : km 29.14 - alt. 39 m - Keep left
  53. 53 : km 30.32 - alt. 61 m - Turn slight left
  54. 54 : km 30.49 - alt. 61 m - Keep left
  55. 55 : km 30.71 - alt. 62 m - Turn right
  56. 56 : km 31.26 - alt. 61 m - Turn slight right
  57. 57 : km 31.77 - alt. 63 m - Turn left
  58. 58 : km 32.34 - alt. 62 m - Turn right
  59. 59 : km 32.84 - alt. 61 m - Turn left onto Burley Road
  60. 60 : km 33.36 - alt. 62 m - Keep left onto Burley Road
  61. 61 : km 36.94 - alt. 15 m - Turn sharp left onto North Weirs
  62. 62 : km 38.28 - alt. 27 m - Turn right onto Rhinefield Road
  63. 63 : km 38.35 - alt. 26 m - Turn sharp left
  64. 64 : km 39.37 - alt. 17 m - Turn left
  65. 65 : km 39.38 - alt. 17 m - Turn left
  66. 66 : km 39.61 - alt. 17 m - Turn left
  67. 67 : km 40.37 - alt. 13 m - Turn slight left
  68. 68 : km 40.51 - alt. 13 m - Keep right
  69. 69 : km 40.58 - alt. 14 m - Turn left
  70. 70 : km 41.87 - alt. 17 m - Turn left
  71. S/E : km 42.27 - alt. 22 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

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Walking Brockenhurst village

National Park
↔8.13 km ↗+11 m ↘-11 m ◔2h 20 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Brockenhurst (Hampshire)

Brockenhurst is a picturesque village in the heart of the New Forest surrounded by some of the loveliest Forest landscapes. Starting from the village with its famous watersplash, this varied walk takes you across grazed lawns and through riverside woodlands before skirting around the edge of the village to take in some great heathland views. Return through the village to Brockenhurst station.

Walking Blackwater : Tall Trees Trail

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↔2.28 km ↗+8 m ↘-8 m ◔0h 40 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Brockenhurst (Hampshire)

A woodland walk for all seasons. Stimulate your senses on this short trail around the Forestry Commission's Blackwater Arboretum, with its small but nationally important collection of trees from all over the world. Sensory information boards along the trail. This walk takes you past majestic conifers planted in the 1850s, some of the oldest Douglas fir trees in Britain and includes views of two enormous redwoods.

Walking Tall Trees Trail alternative

Walker
Tall Trees Trail alternative
↔2.80 km ↗+10 m ↘-10 m ◔0h 50 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Brockenhurst (Hampshire)

A flat circular walk with views of two enormous redwoods and using a part of the Tall Trees Trail.

Walking Blackwater : Heartwood Trail

National Park
↔1.06 km ↗+7 m ↘-7 m ◔0h 20 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Brockenhurst (Hampshire)

An easy waymarked walk through the Arboretum to experience the woodland and take in the variety of tree species. There are regular seats with backs to rest on along this route.

Walking Blackwater : Tall Trees Arboretum Link

National Park
↔1.77 km ↗+7 m ↘-7 m ◔0h 30 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Brockenhurst (Hampshire)

This is an easy walk through woodland, passing through the Arboretum which houses a beautiful collection of trees from many countries. The walk passes Scrag Hill Nursery and ends with a stroll down a short section of the Tall Trees Trail.

Walking Knightwood Oak Stroll

National Park
↔0.57 km ↗+3 m ↘-3 m ◔0h 10 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Minstead (Hampshire)

Starting from Knightwood Oak car park, this walk visits the largest oak in the forest.

Walking Ashurst stroll

National Park
↔4.46 km ↗+18 m ↘-18 m ◔1h 20 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Ashurst and Colbury (Hampshire)

From Ashurst railway station this short and easy walk explores a variety of landscapes that characterise the New Forest. The route first takes you past open Forest lawns where ponies graze and through Churchplace Inclosure, a timber plantation, before crossing the railway into Ashurst Wood. Then continue along a road that winds pleasantly through ancient pasture woodland and across a grassy lawn to the historic remains of a saltpetre house. Return via a roadside cycle track to Ashurst village.

Walking Bolderwood : Jubilee Grove Trail

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↔1.69 km ↗+39 m ↘-39 m ◔0h 35 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Minstead (Hampshire)

Wander into Bolderwood and back via the deer viewing platform. Starting from Bolderwood car park this meandering route leads you past the deer fields and some majestic trees, the oldest of which date back to 1860. Unfortunately a large number of trees were lost in the Great Storms of 1987 and 1991, but many new trees have been planted and more will be planted over the coming years.

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