Shorwell

(S/E) From the car park, turn right and go left at Farriers Way. After Stone Place Farm and adjacent to the cemetery, turn right through a gate onto bridleway SW11.

(1) Follow this to the top of the hill and follow the path right. This path goes through a hedge gap and a gate and then continues with the hedge now on your right. Go along the ridgeway and then through an enclosed path.

(2) Then turn right down the hillside passing a small wooden seat. Pass a wood and emerge from SW47onto a road.

(3) Here turn left and reach the entrance to Bucks Farm. Follow the farm road and after about 100 yds, turn right to pass by a gate and then keep on SW54 following the track around the buildings. Follow the track across four large fields.

(4) Turn right at a crossway of tracks onto a green path with a hedge on the left. Follow SW56 to Dungewood Farm. Keep left of the buildings at the farm and emerge onto a metalled track. Follow Dungewood Lane to a left hand bend and then turn right at a 6-bar metal gate onto a bridleway SW17a.

(5) Go through a 7-bar metal gate, following the track towards the right. Leave SW17a at a wooden pedestrian gate and continue on SW18 towards Shorwell. Follow the path on the right hand side of the field. At a telegraph pole, go through a wooden bridle gate and follow the path left for about 50 yds. Turn right across the field on a grassy track. Go through a gap and follow the path uphill to a gateway on the left. Turn left and follow the path with a hedge on the right until you reach a narrow path which descends to the left. Follow this path, with views of Wolverton Manor, until a road is reached.

(6) Turn right and follow this to houses. By the postbox, turn left into Russell road to reach the car park.(S/E)

Start: Shorwell Parish Hall in Russell Road. From Shorwell take the road towards Chale, Farriers Way. At a green area, turn right towards Atherfield into Corve Hill and turn immediately right into Russell Road to find the Parish Hall. Set-off Time: 10.30am.
Access Information: No stiles. One hill at the start of the walk leads to spectacular views along the ridge looking towards St Catherine’s Down and the coast. Views of Wolverton Manor, one of three Elizabethan manors in Shorwell. Shorwell is one of the prettiest villages on the island.
Refreshments: The Crown at Shorwell.
Toilets: Patrons of The Crown at Shorwell.