Walks you can reach from Grateley by train

Highly recommended

Old Sarum Ruins (1h in)

Stonehenge (4h30 in)

Stonehenge Landscape (National Trust; 4h30 in)

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

1 lunch spot: the Bridge Inn (2h30 in; excellent)

Warnings: Have lunch a café or pub next to the river. Return from Stonehenge to Salisbury by bus (very frequent & reliable but check times).

Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).

Gently undulating chalk hills, clear river, quaint churches, country houses, farmland and quiet lanes.

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Open Hampshire countryside, dismantled railway embankment, riverside paths along River Test, thatched-cottage village, concreted forest tracks through Harewood Forest, farmland and suburban approach into Andover.

Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Upper Test valley, water meadows, mill-streams, ancient drove road, parkland, riverside paths and quiet lanes.

Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Reverse direction: Railwalks (inc. GPX).

Chalk downland, Iron Age hillforts, five hills, Salisbury Plain military range, abandoned village and sweeping views over Wiltshire and Somerset.

Time: 9h (7h walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)

Warnings: MOD closures apply.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

An excellent route; Delightful route; lovely start and end points. A long route with very little road walking (and only minor roads), much of it on forest tracks through managed woodland, taking in several nature reserves and a National Trust estate. Easy walking for the most part, a little gooey in places after heavy rain and with a few gates and some stiles; the main challenge is the length. Passes through Bentley Wood nature reserve and at least two other nature reserves, and takes in the National Trust's Mottisfont estate. Can be shortened by jumping on the train one stop from Dunbridge to Romsey.

Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.

Mompesson House (National Trust)

Mottisfont (National Trust)

Time: 10h (8h walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)

Warnings: The approach to Romsey crosses an active gravel pit between Awbridge and Squabb Wood, which can require diversions, and the lower end of Squabb Wood can be very wet and difficult in winter.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Long views. Hill and moorland paths and with substantial climbs.

Prior Park Landscape Garden (National Trust; 6h30 in)

Time: 10h (7h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 1h break)

Walk details: Railwalks.

Beautiful; picturesque. Riverside path and flat and easy-going.

Hilly: a quarter on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.

Woodland: a third under tree cover.

Mompesson House (National Trust; 6h30 in)

Time: 8h30 (6h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)

Walk details: Railwalks.

Starts in Whitchurch on the River Test, heading south on a long footpath through attractive fields, then an overgrown byway and a long roadside walk along the busy Overton Road, before a narrow path alongside the railway cutting and a final field crossing to Micheldever Station. Footpaths can be unclear and narrow and overgrown. Passes the Silk Mill Museum just south of Whitchurch and goes through the Roundwood estate.

Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: A long walk alongside the busy Overton Road has only a narrow verge; visibility is good but you need to stay vigilant. The footpath alongside the railway cutting is narrow and overgrown in places, and its entrance is rather hidden after the A303 underpass.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Fabulous walking through interesting places and with some lovely views. Wonderful varied walking on back lanes, field paths and well-used dirt tracks and climbing onto the chalk plain for lovely views. A short steep climb out of Fonthill Gifford; a muddy bridleway through Eastleigh Woods toward Warminster (a drier signposted alternative exists).

Time: 8h30 (6h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)

Warnings: A stretch along the fast, relatively busy B3089 east of Hindon has no verge; the crossing of the A303 needs care and patience (sightlines are good).

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Field paths and flat and easy-going.

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Railwalks.

Beautiful; picturesque. Riverside path with woodland.

Time: 7h30 (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)

Walk details: Railwalks.