If you live in WINCHESTER you will know some parts of the city well. But do you know all four corners of the city? Follow Will Walker as he explores Venta Belgarum and its surrounding countryside.
If you are visiting WINCHESTER you might want to look at our visitor information, too.
The footpaths lead from the heart of Winchester in all directions. We have put together 12 walks, starting from four well known starting points in the city. So, get outside, explore parts of the city you don’t know or haven’t been to for a while or discover new areas.
Find the 12 walks on the map and click on the numbers to find out details:
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compass to orient the map – north at the topPrize draw winner
The walkWINCHESTER SplashMap * we raffled off in our April 2021 prize draw goes to Linda Holtby. I couldn’t get hold of her immediately and it turned out she was exploring the Clarendon Way at the time – perfect. Here’s a photo she has kindly shared from her walk:
Congratulations, Linda! Hope the map will be useful on your walks around Winchester.
Our walks
Our walks around Winchester are designed to encourage you to walk in all directions and discover beautiful countryside: rivers, moors, hills, butterfly reserves and woodlands are waiting for you.
We combine photographs from our own walks with interactive maps that can be used to navigate the walks on a mobile phone. We have walked around Winchester for years, but it was only during the spring 2020 lockdown that we discovered so many more areas.
Pan the map (above) and you will see that the walks cover all directions from 4 easy access points. Walks range from 3km for an easy start to a more challenging 20km. At a swift walking speed they will take between half an hour and five hours to complete. Here’s a list view of the 12 walk challenge.
Latest walks/maps
Benson, River Thames
Clarendon Way loop 9 – Clarendon Palace
Clarendon Way loop 8 – Clarendon Park
Clarendon Way loop 3 – Farley Mount
Clarendon Way loop 2 – West Wood
Clarendon Way loop 1 – Sarum Road
Winchester Maps 
If you like paper maps, the Ordnance Survey Explorer map OL22 * covers the whole of Winchester and the surrounding areas from Chandlers Ford to Micheldever as well as Crawley to East Meon. There’s also an overview of Winchester area maps.
Each walk has an interactive, GPS-enabled map – we hope this is more intuitive than long textual descriptions of the routes.
Follow Will Walker on his walk from King Alfred, across St Giles Hill to Magdalen Down and up to Cheesefoot Head before returning back to Winchester city centre on this interactive 3D fly-through of walk#9.