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Alice Holt Forest Research Station
South Downs National Park
Alice Holt Forest Research Station
Circular walk
This circular walk through the northern parts of the Alice Holt Forest features well made paths and tracks past the research station. With plenty of shade, this is the perfect place to walk your dog on hotter days. Downloadable map available here.
Useful Information
How to get there: From Farnham, follow signs for the A325 towards Petersfield. Turn right down Gravel Hill Road, follow signs to the Forestry Commission research station. Keep heading on Gravel Hill Road as it turns sharly to the right, past the research station. After about 0.5 miles, the carpark will be down a sharp turning on your left.
Grid Reference: SU 8021 4333
Nearest Postcode: GU10
Parking: Pay and Display Parking.
Facilities: No facilities.
2 miles
Easy
1 hrs
The Walk
An excellent woodland walk offering plenty of shade.
Map with thanks to Ordnance Survey.
Walk
1 Leave the carpark towards the south-west, following the path as it meanders gently uphill through the trees.
2 After about 600 metres you'll reach a crossroads, keep going straight. You are now on the circular part of the walk. Follow this path as it tracks around the forest, eventually heading towards the research station.
3 After 2.2km (1.3 miles) take a sharp left. The path will head along the perimeter of the research station before taking you back to the cross-road from point 2. Turn right here and retrace your steps back to the car park.
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