Walks near Salisbury by train
Wiltshire · South West England
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Mortimer to Bramley (Berkshire)
1 hour from Salisbury, with one change.
Highly recommended: Little known but quietly wonderful. Beautiful rather than spectacular, in a humble village pathways sort of manner. Mostly secluded.
Ruins of Calleva Atrebatum: once a thriving Romano-British city that survived into the Saxon period. Now ghostly ruins. Includes an evocative full circuit of city walls, and what's left of a 7,000-capacity gladiatorial arena (1h15 in).
St Mary the Virgin Church: charming medieval church on the site of a Roman temple (2h15 in).
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)
45 minutes from Salisbury, with one change.
Recommended
1 lunch spot: the Fleur de Lys (45 mins 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).
Netley to Botley (Hampshire)
1 hour from Salisbury, with one change.
Coastal country park, stony beach, light woodland, mudflats, riverside causeway with marinas, open farmland and village lanes.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
3 lunch spots: the Harpers Steakhouse (2h45 in), Little Canton (2h45 in), or the Jolly Sailor (3h 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.
Bramley Circular via the Vyne (Hampshire)
45 minutes from Salisbury, with one change.
The Vyne: Explore a former Tudor powerhouse turned 17th-century family home, set in gardens, woodlands and wetlands (National Trust; 2h15 in; 3h to visit).
2 lunch spots: the Bramley Inn, or the Vyne tearoom (2h15 in)
Source: Trains2Green.
Bath Spa Circular via Dundas Aqueduct (Somerset)
1 hour direct from Salisbury.
Disused railway path, tunnels, viaducts, canal towpath, river and historic city centre.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Mortimer Circular via Ruins of Calleva Atrebatum (Berkshire)
1 hour from Salisbury, with one change.
Long, mostly flat circular: the Calleva Atrebatum Roman amphitheatre and walls, Pamber Forest Reserve and farmland around Mortimer, Silchester and Bramley.
Ruins of Calleva Atrebatum: once a thriving Romano-British city that survived into the Saxon period. Now ghostly ruins. Includes an evocative full circuit of city walls, and what's left of a 7,000-capacity gladiatorial arena.
Calleva Atrebatum: The remains of the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum, with substantial surviving flint walls and an amphitheatre.
Walk details: Reading to Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership (turn-by-turn directions).
Pewsey Circular via Pewsey White Horse (Wiltshire)
1 hour from Salisbury, with one change.
Chalk downland, the Pewsey White Horse hill figure, the River Avon and a quiet village, with spectacular views.
Pewsey White Horse: A 20th-century chalk hill figure cut into the downs above Pewsey.
Walk details: Visit Pewsey Vale (photos).
Castle Cary Circular via Cadbury Castle (Camelot) (Somerset)
1 hour from Salisbury, with one change.
Somerset Levels fringes, hillock, quiet residential streets, charming market town, dry green valley, ancient holloway, pastures, shallow river valley, hillfort plateau, steep ascents, large WWII airfield remains and broad plateau with views.
Warnings: Steep ascents and descents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Bruton Circular via Stourhead Estate (Somerset)
1 hour from Salisbury, with one change.
South Somerset pastures, wooded ridge forming the Wiltshire/Somerset boundary, hanging woods, landscaped estate gardens with lakeside walks, grassy U-shaped valley and honey-coloured stone-built town.
Stourhead: Palladian house and world-famous landscape garden (National Trust; 4h to visit).
Stourhead Estate: Palladian house and world-famous landscape garden (National Trust; 4h to visit).
1 lunch spot: Stourhead restaurant
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Mortimer to Aldermaston (Berkshire)
1 hour from Salisbury, with one change.
Gentle farmland, clear stream, Roman earthworks and walls, Scots pine woods, gorse and birch commons and river weirs.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Reading to Henley-on-Thames (Berkshire)
1 hour from Salisbury, with one change.
Flat Thames towpath, riverside parks, wooded sections, pasture fields, meadows and riverside gardens.
Waterway: four fifths along the River Thames.
Warnings: Flood risk sections.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Reading to Shiplake (Berkshire)
1 hour from Salisbury, with one change.
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.
Warnings: Shared with cyclists between Reading and Sonning; walkers only beyond.
Walk details: Reading to Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership (turn-by-turn directions).