The area around Sarum Road and Chilbolton Avenue in Winchester has become increasingly popular as an upmarket residential area in recent years. There’s a string of nice houses and apartments. It’s a great area to live in, the Golf course is close, the city centre is in easy reach and there are a few nice walks. Starting at the corner of Sarum Road and Marnhull Rise, we have curated three short walks (each one about an hour or so in duration) to explore this area and the local greenspaces.
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The Golf Course Walk goes down Chilbolton Avenue before you turn left onto a small footpath. It can get muddy in the winter months. There is a small copse at the top of the hill and a path leads to the left through Winchester Royal Golf Club (click here for an historic map), offering superb, open views across the golf course and rolling hills. The return is on Sarum Road.
The Valley Walk explorers the residential area to the south. After crossing busy Romsey Road it gets a lot quieter in the Sleepers Hill area and Dawn Gardens. There’s a nice little bit of green with a zig-zag path going down The Valley and up again on Stanmore Lane. You can go back on Romsey Road, where there is a wide path next to the street (not shown on map above), or cut across past the Council Offices in Monarch Way back to Sarum Road.
Length: 3-3.5 km or around 2 miles for each walk
Time: allow an hour or so for each of the three walks
Difficulty: Relatively easy, there are some hills
Other walks in this area include, Ham Green and walk#11 from the 12 walk challenge. Walks like Farley Church are not far away.
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Also have a look at our Winchester 12 walk challenge.
