Walks in 2002

Updated weekly, a selection of walks from out and about on the island varying in length and interest to suit all tastes

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Year 2002 : <<2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | >>

Date Miles Map Central Description
4 Jan Southern Wroxall, including Wroxall Down, Donkey Sanctuary, Sandiford, America Wood & Shanklin Down
11 Jan 8 Central Blackwater, including Pan, Shide, Carisbrooke Castle, Clatterford & Carisbrooke
19 Jan Western Shorwell, including Yafford & Brighstone
1 Feb Central Gatcombe, including Cariabrooke, Chillerton, Blackwater & Shide
10 Feb Southern Niton, including Chale & Chale Green
15 Feb Western Calbourne, including Westover, Mottistone & Brighstone Downs
16 Feb 6 Southern St Boniface Down, including Shanklin Down, Luccombe, Upper Bonchurch & Bonchurch Down
22 Feb 12 Central 3 Trails II - Tennyson, Worsley & Shepherd's Trails
1 Mar 9 Western Freshwater Trails
8 Mar 10½ Central Havenstreet, including Wootton Bridge & Fishbourne
16 Mar 11 Central Whitecroft, including Gunville, Bowcombe, Watergate & Shide
22 Mar 13 Western Brook, including Hulverstone, Brook Down & Westover Down
28 Mar 27 Central Shepherd's Trail, returning via the Coastal Path & the Stenbury Trail
1 Apr 10½ Central Newchurch, including Adgestone
5 Apr 10¾ Southern Whitwell, including Niton & Godshill - a walk of 3 churches
7 Apr 2 Western Mottistone including Mottistone Common & Hulverstone
12 Apr 22 Central Alverstone, including Godshill, Shanklin, Sandown & Arreton
19 Apr 21 Southern SW Coastal Walk from Blackgang to Yarmouth
21 Apr 5 Southern

St Catherine's Down including The Pepper Pot & Hoy Monument

27 Apr 24 Northern

Northern Coastal Walk from Yarmouth to Ryde

3 May 22 Eastern

SE Coastal Walk from Ryde to Blackgang

10 May Central

A Walk of 3 Combes Bowcombe, Gatcombe & Whitcombe Cross

12 May 4 Western

A short walk between Causeway Lake & Clamerkin Lake including Newton itself

17 May 11 Western

Compton including Mottistone Down, Afton Down, Shalcombe, Westover Plantation & Brighstone Forest

19 May Western

Hamstead, including Warlands & Cranmore

24 May 14 Central

Arreton Valley, a circular walk around wetlands and greenhouses

31 May 19 Southern

River Yar Trail - Source to Sea

2 Jun 16¾ Western

Hamstead & Freshwater Trails

8 Jun 12½ Eastern

Pondwell to Yaverland including Brading & St Helens

14 Jun 12 Western

Shalfleet to Calbourne including Newbridge & Newtown

21 Jun 12 Western

Mottistone to Shorwell including Grammar Common & Brighstone

23 Jun 10 Southern

Around Wroxall

28 Jun 22¾ Southern

Shanklin to Yarmouth along the Worsley Trail, Tennyson Trail & Freshwater Trail

30 Jun Central

Gatcombe including Carisbrooke Castle

21 Jul 5 Central Binfield including New Fairlee Farm returning along the banks of the River Medina
26 Jul 11 Central

Northwood including riverside walk along the River Medina, Parhurst Forest & Gunville

28 Jul Western Mottistone Common
1 Aug Central

Carisbrooke Castle

2 Aug 33 Eastern

Cross Wight Coastal Walk from Bembridge to Alum Bay passing Sandown, Shanklin, Ventnor, & Chale

12 Aug 2 Central

Carisbrooke Castle including Froglands

14 Aug Central

Blackwater including Mount Joy

16 Aug 12½ Southern

Stenbury & St Catherine's Down linked along the coastline between St Lawrence & Reeth Bay

23 Aug 18¾ Central Thorness Bay including Porchfield, Bowcombe & Carisbrooke Castle
31 Aug 3 Western Yarmouth, an evening stroll from Bouldnor
1 Sep Eastern St Helens including Pondwell, Seaview, Seagrove & The Duver
8 Sep 9 Central Arreton including Mersley Down, Alverstone & Perreton Farm
13 Sep 16¾ Western Thorley including Norton Spit, Yarmouth, Freshwater Bay, Headon Warren, Colwell Bay & Fort Victoria
4 Oct 13½ Southern Atherfield including Blackgang, Whale Chine, Kingston &; St Catherine's Down
11 Oct 14 Western Shalcombe including Norton Spit, Yarmouth, Brook, Golden Hill Fort, Fort Albert & Fort Victoria
19 Oct 13¾ Western Rowborough including Limerstone Down, Brighstone, Atherfield, Little Atherfield & Chillerton Down
26 Oct 10¾ Central Chale Green including Cridmore, Roslin, Billingham, Kingston & Hoy's Monument
7 Nov 11½ Southern St Boniface Down including Appuldurcombe Down, Stenbury Down, Bonchurch Down & Shanklin Down
16 Nov Southern Shanklin Down including Upper Ventnor, Bonchurch, Shanklin Old Village, Luccombe & Ventnor
24 Nov Central 'Pub Crawl' around Newport
30 Nov 9 Central Whitecroft including Pan, Newport, Shide, Blackwater & Carisbrooke
5 Dec 12¾ Southern Wroxall including Niton, Whitwell, Ventnor & St Lawrence
13 Dec 7 Western Freshwater including Yarmouth & Colwell Bay
19 Dec 14½

Eastern Bembridge including Brading, St Helens & Nettlestone
24 Dec 7¾ Central Around Newport including Carisbrooke, Froglands, Watergate, Blackwater & Shide
27 Dec 3 Southern Ventnor including Wheelers Bay, Horseshoe Bay, Monks Bay & Bonchurch
28 Dec 11¼ Northern Porchfield including Thorness Bay, Parkhurst Forest & Watchingwell
31 Dec 12¾ Central Wootton Common including Wootton Bridge, Fishbourne & Havenstreet
 

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