Walk Route Map ha148 Lane End and Gander Down from Cheesefoot Head

Walk ha148 Lane End and Gander Down from Cheesefoot Head

Lovely South Downs walk

Vital Statistics:

Length:	10mls (16km)
Ascent:	985ft (300m)
Time:	4¾hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk ha148 Lane End and Gander Down from Cheesefoot Head pdf

Route outline for walk ha148:

Cheesefoot Head Car Park - Cheesefoot Head (Matterley Bowl) - Fawley Down - Hydes Cottages - Morestead - Old Down Copse - Bushy Copse - Longwood House - Longwood Dead Farm - Lane End - The South Downs Way - Holden Farm - Gander Down - Temple Valley - Cheesefoot Head Car Park

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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

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English
Mountains

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Wainwrights

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English
Nuttalls

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English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

0
Marilyns

1
Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Cheesefoot Head (Matterley Bowl) at 176m (577ft). Cheesefoot Head (Matterley Bowl) is known as an English Bridget. The natural amphitheatre on Cheesefoot Hill (also know as Matterley Bowl) was used by General Eisenhower to address US troops prior to The WW2 D-Day Landings & various boxing matches (including a Joe Louis bout). More recently it has been a regular site for the appearance of crop circles!

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The South Downs Way, a 162km (101 miles) linear footpath connecting Eastbourne (Holywell) in East Sussex, England with Winchester in Hampshire, England. The South Downs Way is waymarked by a National Trail acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The South Downs Way.

This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL32
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)
OS Landranger Map 185
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ha148 Lane End and Gander Down from Cheesefoot Head

In no particular order . . .

Cheesefoot Head (Matterley Bowl)

Photo: Peter Nocholson (12)

Cheesefoot Head (Matterley Bowl) summit trig point

Photo: Peter Nocholson (13)

The view from Cheesefoot Head (Matterley Bowl)

Photo: Peter Nocholson (14)

On The South Downs Way - Gander Down nr Winchester

Photo: Kevan Wilkinson (13)

Fawley Lane (Track) on Fawley Down

Photo: Peter Nocholson (10)

Panoramic view from Cheesefoot Head (Matterley Bowl)

Photo: Peter Nocholson (15)

Fawley Down

Photo: Peter Nocholson (11)

On The South Downs Way - One mile from the end nr Winchester

Photo: Kevan Wilkinson (14)

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