Pocket Pub Walks: New Forest - 15 Countryside Walks & the Best Places to Stop

This pocket-size guide contains 15 of the best walks in the New Forest , all of them starting and finishing at a great local pub . The walking routes here range between 2½ and 5 miles long, taking in the incredible landscape that makes the New Forest such a unique place. SELECTED Woodfalls : a classic New Forest walk, where fine beech & oak woods sweep down to the Avon Valley Avon water meadows & Frankenbury : contrasting scenery & an Iron Age hillfort combine for a fascinating circuit Fritham to Eyeworth Pond : a remote village, wild woodland & a thatched-roof pub to refuel in Through meadows & down lanes, from the iconic New Forest village of Minstead to beautiful Furzey Gardens woodland, open heath & fine views await in this favourite New Forest location Brockenhurst : rivers, streams, woodland paths & glorious views over White Moor Burley : explore the village craft shops before heading out onto glorious heathland & a disused railway Rockford & Blashford Lake : a lakeside walk in one of the prettiest spots in the New Forest Langley : follow the Dark Water through a wooded valley to the gardens of Exbury Fawley & Aslett Creek : across remote heathland to a secret lake covered in white waterlilies WHY YOU'LL LOVE FITS IN YOUR POCKET - Handy size means this book will fit easily in your pocket so you don't have to carry it the whole way SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE - The walks range between 2½ and 5 miles long, so there's something for almost every level of fitness THE BEST PUB STOPS - Every one of these New Forest walks has a top-rated local pub at its heart. All pubs have been hand-picked based on the quality of their food & warmth of welcome ALL THE INFO YOU'LL NEED - All walks include parking info & how to get there, points of interest along the way & other places of interest nearby EASY TO FOLLOW - Detailed maps & pictures throughout, with clear written instructions making it easy to find your way