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Footpaths and Walks

This page describes the footpaths within Stratfield Turgis and the surroundings, and highlights some of the beautiful walks along them.

Footpaths

The definitive map of footpaths and rights of way in the area is produced by Hampshire County Council and shown here. If you find a problem with a footpath please report it here.

Wiithin Stratfield Turgis itself there are 11 numbered footpaths.

Footpath 1. Running from it's junction with Bylands Lane near Daneshill School, north east into the neighbouring parish of Heckfield

Footpath 2. From the north side of the A33 between Turgis Green and the Jekyll and Hyde to intersect Footpath 4 up to Turgis Court and All Saints Church via Footpath 5.

Footpath 3. From the north side of the A33 beside the old Telephone Exchange to intersect with Footpath 4 up to Turgis Court and All Saints Church via Footpath 5.

Footpath 4. From Potters Lane beside Potters Cottage running north east to Turgis Court and All Saints Church via Footpath 5.

Footpath 5. From Footpath 4 near Turgis Court running parallel to the road ending at All Saints Church.

Footpath 6. From Turgis Court across the ford and new bridge then alongside the Loddon ending up joining Stratfield Saye Footpath 3 running up past Heywood Farm.

Footpath 7. Running from the A33 up Potters Lane past the Fisheries to Lillymill Farm.

Footpath 8. Joins Footpath 7 to the A33 opposite Floods Farm via Footpath 12 and Sherfield Footpath 1.

Footpath 9. Actually a bridleway running from Turgis Court up to the road to Stratfield Saye near Broadford Bridge.

Footpath 10. From south side of the A33 at Spanish Green to join Hartley Wespall footpath 20 and to St Mary's church at Hartley Wespall via Hartley Wespall Footpath 19.

Footpath 12. Short link from Footpath 7 to Footpath 8.

Last but not least is the Footway running alongside the A33.

Walks

Please make sure you follow the countryside code when out and about.

Walks around Stratfield Turgis.

The 2008 Autum Village walk, taking in 3 churches, took place on November 16th 2008. The route is here and photos here.

The 2007 Autumn Village walk took place on October 28th 2007. More info here.

The 2007 Spring Village Walk took place on April 22nd. More info here.

The 2006 Spring Village walk took place on April 23rd. The route is available here.

The inaugural parish walk took place on the 11th September 2005. A description can be found here. (Uses Microsoft Word. Viewer available from link at foot of page).

For a discription of a gentle walk around the parish taking in some of it's beauty click here. (Uses Microsoft Word. Viewer available from link at foot of page).

Further suggestions welcome.

There are a number of beautiful walks around Reading to be found here. This includes a walk from Bramley to Hook skirting Stratfield Turgis.

Slightly further afield Defra (The Department for Food and Rural Affairs) promotes a number of conservation walks and rides across permissive paths. More information is available from http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/publicaccess/default.htm. Of local interest are three. Click on the text to find out more details.

The Vyne near Sherbourne St. John
Poors Farm near Basingstoke
Church Lane Farm near Basingstoke

Walks around Sherfield-on-Loddon.

A number of walks around Sherfield are described in a leaflet available from Libraries and tourist information outlets, called "Exploring Sherfield-on-Loddon".

Long Distance walking

The nearest long distance path follows the Basingstoke Canal towpath. More information available here.

There's also the Berkshire Way. A walk across the county of Berkshire from Lambourn to Windsor, split into manageable sections.

Hampshire Walking

For general information on walking in and around Hampshire try here or here.

Access to the Countryside

For general information about access to the countryside, including Open Access Rights, see the Countryside Agency Website.

We're in the Forest of Eversley. To see countryside access plans for here and the surrounding areas click here.

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