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Walks in 2003
Updated weekly, a selection of walks from out
and about on the island varying in length and interest to suit all tastes
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Year 2003 :
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Date |
Miles |
Map |
Region |
Description |
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3 Jan |
11¾ |
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Western |
Calbourne
including
Hulverstone, Grange & Brighstone |
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5 Jan |
10 |
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Western |
Afton Down
including Freshwater Bay, The
Needles, Alum Bay, Totland, Colwell Bay & Golden Hill Fort |
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10 Jan |
9 |
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Western |
Hamstead
including Ningwood, Cranmore, Bouldnor Copse & Wellow |
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12 Jan |
9 |
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Southern |
Shanklin Down
including Shanklin Old
Village, St Martin's Down, Wroxall, St Boniface Down & Luccombe |
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16 Jan |
10 |
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Western |
Shepherd's Chine
including Shorwell, Dungewood, Brighstone & Limerstone |
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23 Jan |
9¾ |
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Central |
Newchurch
including Arreton, Knighton Shute, Ashey, Alverstone & Heasley Manor |
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31 Jan |
10 |
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Central |
Limerstone Down
including Bowcombe, Garstons, Chillerton Down,
Brighstone Forest & Rowridge |
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2 Feb |
4 |
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Central |
Wootton Bridge, Wootton and Woodside |
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14 Feb |
11 |
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Southern |
Atherfield Point,
including Whale Chine, Shepherd's Chine, Atherfield Green & St Catherine's Down |
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16 Feb |
6¼ |
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Central |
Froglands,
including Newport Arboretum, Newport Quay, Carisbrooke, Clatterford & Watergate |
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21 Feb |
9¾ |
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Western |
Newbridge & Wellow,
including Shalfeet, Cranmore & Shalfleet Quay |
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23 Feb |
5¼ |
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Western |
Around the Western Yar,
including Fort Victoria, Golden Hill Fort, The Causeway &
Yarmouth |
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9 Mar |
2 |
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Southern |
Ventnor Park,
including Ventnor Botanic Garden |
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14 Mar |
9¾ |
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Eastern |
The Duver,
including Puckpool, Appley, St Helens, Seagrove Bay, & St Helens |
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21 Mar |
8½ |
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Eastern |
The Sea Mark - Ashey Down including
Havenstreet, Upton, Nunwell, & Ashey |
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26 Mar |
10¼ |
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Eastern |
Brading,
including Sandown, Culver, Nunwell & Alverstone |
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30 Mar |
4¾ |
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Central |
Binfield,
including Newport Arboretum & New Fairlee Farm returning along
the banks of the River Medina |
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4 Apr |
12¼ |
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Western |
High Down,
including Headon Warren, Totland, Colwell Bay, Norton, Freshwater
& Tennyson Down |
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6 Apr |
5¼ |
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Western |
The Longstone,
including Mottistone, Mottistone Common & Brookgreen |
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10 Apr |
10¾ |
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Central |
Godshill,
including Rookley, Merstone,
Cridmore & Rookley Green |
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11 Apr |
10 |
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Western |
Shepherd's Chine,
including Limerstone Down, Fore Down, Shorwell, Wolverton Manor & Brighstone |
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13 Apr |
5 |
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Western |
Yafford Mill,
including Shorwell, Wolverton Manor, Limerstone,& Limerstone Down & Fore Down |
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17 Apr |
25¼ |
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Southern |
7 Hills -
Shanklin & Stenbury Down, St
Catherine's Hill, Chillerton, Limerstone, Mottistone & Brook Downs |
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20 Apr |
5½ |
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Western |
Alum Bay,
including Totland, Middleton & Headon Warren |
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27 Apr |
9¼ |
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Central |
A Garlic Trail
between Bowcombe, Gatcombe & Whitcombe Cross |
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3 May |
n/a |
n/a |
Southern |
A Visit to the Donkey Sanctuary |
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4 May |
10¼ |
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Central |
A Walk from the IW Steam Railway
to Brading, Adgestone, Alverstone
& Knighton |
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5 May |
n/a |
n/a |
Northern |
A Visit to Osborne House |
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9 May |
10½ |
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Southern |
St Catherine's Oratory
including Niton, St Lawrence,
Whitwell & Hoy's Monument |
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18 May |
10½ |
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Southern |
The Obelisk
on Appuldurcombe Down
including Shanklin Down, Stenbury Down, Week Down & VBG |
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25 May |
12¼ |
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Western |
Around Yarmouth
including Boulnor Copse, Cranmore, Wellow & Freshwater |
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30 May |
18 |
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Central |
A Walk of 4 Trails
to The Obelisk on Appuldurcombe Down
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1 Jun |
3½ |
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Western |
Old Gaffers Fare,
Yarmouth including Norton Spit, Fort Victoria & Cliff End
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27 Jun |
8¼ |
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Southern |
Shanklin Down,
including Luccombe Landslip, Donkey Sanctuary, Wroxall & St Boniface Down
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6 Jul |
9½ |
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Southern |
Puckaster Cove,
including Binnel Bay, Reeth Bay,
St Catherine's Lighthouse, Whitwell, & Week Down
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11 Jul |
12½ |
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Central |
Arreton Valley
including Great Budbridge, Apse Heath & Alverstone
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18 Jul |
9½ |
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Central |
Rowridge,
including Watchingwell, Swainston &
Ashengrove
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20 Jul |
5½ |
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Eastern |
Seaview,
including St Helens. Pondwell & The Duver
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3 Aug |
6 |
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Eastern |
Bembridge Windmill,
including Bembridge Down,
Yaverland, Brading, River Yar & Whitecliff Bay
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10 Aug |
6 |
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Northern |
Thorness Bay,
including Porchfield & the outskirts of Parkhurst Forest
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15 Aug |
12 |
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Western |
Needles Old Battery,
including Fort Victoria, Black Knight Rocket Test Site & Tennyson
Monument
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22 Aug |
10½ |
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Southern |
St Boniface Horseshoe
including Stenbury Down, Week
Down, Shanklin Down & the Donkey Sanctuary
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28 Aug |
12½ |
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Southern |
Barnes High,
including Blackgang, Chale, Atherfield Point, Yafford, Pyle & St Catherine's
Oratory
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5 Sep |
12½ |
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Western |
Vectis Trail,
Stage 1 from Yarmouth to Brook
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12 Sep |
12½ |
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Western |
Vectis Trail,
Stage 2 from Brook to Shide via Carisbrooke
Castle
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17 Sep |
9½ |
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Central |
Vectis Trail,
Stage 3 from Shide to Brading
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5 Oct |
6 |
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Western |
The Longstone,
including Chilton Chine, Brighstone & Mottistone
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9 Oct |
13½ |
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Southern |
Vectis Trail,
Stage 4 from Brading to Whitwell |
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17 Oct |
11 |
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Western |
Vectis Trail,
Stage 5 from Whitwell to Shorwell
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24 Oct |
12 |
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Western |
Vectis Trail,
Stage 6 from Shorwell to Yarmouth
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1 Nov |
10½ |
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Western |
Chilton Chine,
including Brighstone Down, Rowborough Down, Brighstone & Mottistone Common
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7 Nov |
13½ |
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Central |
The Obelisk
on Appuldurcombe Down, including
Shide, Merstone, Godshill, Lake & Sandown
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15 Nov |
8½ |
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Central |
Chillerton
& Chillerton Down, including
Gatcombe, Bowcombe & Carisbrooke Castle
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16 Nov |
6 |
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Western |
Freshwater
including Fort Victoria, Fort
Albert & Colwell Bay
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30 Nov |
6¼ |
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Central |
Carisbrooke
including Newport, Froglands, Carisbrooke Castle, Watergate &
Shide
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7 Dec |
9¼ |
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Western |
Hulverstone
including Mottistone Down, Brook Down, Afton Down, Brook & Mottistone Common
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