Walks you can reach from Bursledon by train

Coastal country park, stony beach, light woodland, mudflats, riverside causeway with marinas, open farmland and village lanes.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Time: 5h–9h30

3 lunch spots: the Harpers Steakhouse (2h30–5h30 in), Little Canton (3h–5h30 in), or the Jolly Sailor (3h–6h in)

4 end-of-walk rewards: Manor Farm Café, the Dolphin, the Brewery Bar, or the Railway

Warnings: Check tide timings.

Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.

Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.

River Itchen and Monks Brook with little road walking — Riverside Park, woodland, North Stoneham Park and waterside meadows.

Time: 3h

Warnings: Four stiles; can be muddy in places; not suitable for wheelchairs or pushchairs; take care at road crossings.

Walk details: Three Rivers Community Rail Partnership (PDF).

Walk details: Railwalks.

Solent Way with an inland section and a ferry crossing to Hythe.

Walk details: Railwalks.

Follows the Solent Way, with a ferry from Portsmouth Harbour to Gosport and a ferry from Warsash to Hamble-le-Rice.

Walk details: Railwalks.

A short, easy urban route from the seafront into the city centre and passing a wide range of architecture and Southsea Common with a view over the Solent. Mostly flat and on pavements. The route includes a hovercraft crossing between Portsmouth and Ryde. Public toilets at the Southsea Hovercraft Terminal.

Time: 2h30–5h

Warnings: The mapped crossing at the Winston Churchill Avenue roundabout is wrong; the road has railings between carriageways, so continue past the roundabout to the pelican crossing.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A beautiful way of entering Southampton; all the way to Eastleigh which is delightful. Easy walking on roads and surfaced paths through parks at first, then an open riverside stretch along the Itchen before a pleasant woodland walk following the Itchen Navigation. The towpath becomes narrow, overgrown and tricky in places and can get very muddy or flooded in wet weather. Follows the Itchen Way along the route of the Itchen Navigation. Refreshment facilities accessible at Itchen Valley Country Park.

Time: 3h30–7h30

Lunch: Refreshment facilities at Itchen Valley Country Park.

Warnings: The Itchen Navigation towpath is narrow, overgrown and neglected in places, with obstacles and dense vegetation; cover arms and legs against nettles and consider boots, as long grass can be wet. The river path can flood in winter. Loud aircraft noise where the route passes beneath Southampton Airport's flight path by the M27. Can be muddy.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Farmland, woodland, riverside causeway, stony beach, coastal country park, shoreline tarmac path and wooded valley following the Itchen Way.

Warnings: Check tide timings.

Source: A longer variant of Netley to Botley – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).