Walks near Southampton Central by train
Hampshire · South East England
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Salisbury Circular via Stonehenge (Wiltshire)
30 minutes direct from Southampton Central.
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).
Mortimer to Bramley (Berkshire)
45 minutes from Southampton Central, with one change.
Highly recommended: Little known but quietly wonderful. Beautiful rather than spectacular, in a humble English village pathways sort of manner. Mostly secluded.
Remnants of Calleva Atrebatum: includes ruins ofthe original walls, and a large amphitheatre where gladiatorial combats entertained up to 7,000 people at a time (1h15 in).
St Mary the Virgin Church: on the site of a Roman temple (2h15 in).
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
1 lunch spot: the Calleva Arms (1h45 in; excellent)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Bramley Inn
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Similar walk: Reading to Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership.
Lymington to Brockenhurst (Hampshire)
30 minutes from Southampton Central, with one change.
Recommended
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
1 lunch spot: the Fleur de Lys (45m in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: the Snakecatcher Pub, or the Huntsman
Warnings: Can be EXTREME mud in Lymington Reeds Beds Nature Reserve.
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Reverse direction: the Saturday Walkers Club and Slow Ways (inc. GPX).
Bramley Circular via Calleva Atrebatum (Hampshire)
45 minutes from Southampton Central, with one change.
Mostly flat farmland, Bramley Frith Wood and the Roman walls of Calleva Atrebatum at Silchester, with a 12th-century church and a stretch of the Camino Ingles pilgrim route.
Calleva Atrebatum: The remains of the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum, with substantial surviving flint walls and an amphitheatre.
St Mary the Virgin Church: on the site of a Roman temple.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Reading to Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership (turn-by-turn directions).
Mortimer Circular via Remnants of Calleva Atrebatum (Berkshire)
45 minutes from Southampton Central, with one change.
Long, mostly flat circular: the Calleva Atrebatum Roman amphitheatre and walls, Pamber Forest Reserve and farmland around Mortimer, Silchester and Bramley.
Remnants of Calleva Atrebatum: includes ruins ofthe original walls, and a large amphitheatre where gladiatorial combats entertained up to 7,000 people at a time.
Calleva Atrebatum: The remains of the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum, with substantial surviving flint walls and an amphitheatre.
Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Reading to Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership (turn-by-turn directions).
Reading to Henley-on-Thames (Berkshire)
1 hour direct from Southampton Central.
Flat Thames towpath, riverside parks, wooded sections, pasture fields, meadows and riverside gardens.
Waterway: four fifths along the River Thames.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Flood risk sections.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Reading to Shiplake (Berkshire)
1 hour direct from Southampton Central.
Flat Thames Path riverside countryside, the Horseshoe Bridge and the historic Bull Inn at Sonning (of Three Men in a Boat).
The River Thames: England's best-known river, whose towpath (the Thames Path National Trail) carries long stretches of nearly every walk in this set.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Shared with cyclists between Reading and Sonning; walkers only beyond.
Walk details: Reading to Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership (turn-by-turn directions).
Mortimer to Aldermaston (Berkshire)
45 minutes from Southampton Central, with one change.
Gentle farmland, clear stream, Roman earthworks and walls, Scots pine woods, gorse and birch commons and river weirs.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ashurst New Forest Circular via Lyndhurst (Hampshire)
15 minutes direct from Southampton Central.
Heath and forest inclosures skirting a golf course, between the villages of Lyndhurst and Ashurst. Strenuous.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Tracks can be muddy after wet weather; watch for stray golf balls.
Walk details: New Forest Walks (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Brockenhurst Circular via Lyndhurst (Hampshire)
15 minutes direct from Southampton Central.
Forest inclosures and heath between the villages of Lyndhurst and Brockenhurst, with Lymington River bathing spots and spring bluebells. Strenuous.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: New Forest Walks (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Winchester Circular via Wolvesey Palace (Hampshire)
15 minutes direct from Southampton Central.
Historic cathedral city streets, watermeadows, iron age hillfort, downland ridges, river valley and ancient meadows.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: M3 motorway noise.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Overton Circular via Steventon (Hampshire)
45 minutes from Southampton Central, with one change.
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).