Easy walks for the whole family

Hampshire Surrey Sussex

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Zebon Copse

This unique little walk packs so much into a small space. There is a copse with bluebells and wildflowers, a boardwalk over a mire, a toddlers play area, an amazing trim trail for older children and a bridge that takes you out onto the Basingstoke Canal.

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Farnham Park

Farnham park is so much more than just a park. Despite being a moments walk from the town centre, you have have a real feeling of being in the countryside as you walk around this 600 year old deer park. Find streams, ponds, woodland, grassland, avenues, adventure play and even a free-to-enter castle keep.

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Every Ambling Path walk has a stand out feature that children will love including magnificent play areas, shallow rivers for paddling, epic country parks and ancient ruins to explore.

Covering two national parks and two national landscapes, our detailed guides have all the information you need to get the whole family out walking right away.

Browse over 200 walks! Use the map to find a walk near you, hit the main menu to find walks by feature, look inside our themed collections or just tap the search bar.

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What’s new?

  • The ploughmans at The Royal Oak comes highly recommended, as does this walk in the surrounding New Forest which we recently updated.

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  • Because everyone loves a refreshment stop on a walk, we have added directions for reaching a tea-room with a little play area to this walk at Iping Common near Midhurst.

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  • Welford Park is the home of The Great British Bake Off and is also one of the best places to see snowdrops in the south of England.

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  • On a recent walk at the RSPB’s Pagham Harbour reserve, we got to try out some bird themed crafts. There are more special activities like these on over half term

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  • The views from The Trundle in West Sussex are the best in the county. We have added more to this route by providing details of how to walk to Singleton with a very family friendly pub.

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  • We joined Bird Aware Solent for a guided birdwatching walk at Warsash Shore. This was such a brilliant way for us to learn about the birds we spot on our walks as well as what steps walkers can take to care for them.

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