General Definitive Map Picture Gallery Coastal Path Coast to Coast Inland Trails Vectis Trail Walk the Wight All Walks Various Attractions Links

 
 

Freshwater Trail

An easy walk along the estuary of the River Yar, that splits to give two alternative endings, one continuing along the flat river valley, the other rising up Afton Down to finish above the cliffs at Compton Bay
 
Completed:  15 June 2001
Distance: 5 miles approx (10 miles if returning to Yarmouth)
Weather: Cloudy with bright spells
Time: 5 hours
Terrain: Reasonably well defined paths with limited road walking
Stiles: Information not available
Grade: Moderate
Parking: Park in at Yarmouth (GR: SZ 355-896)
Nearest Towns: Yarmouth
Refreshments: Various in Yarmouth, End of the Line in Freshwater & Albion at Freshwater Bay
Toilets: Public toilets in Yarmouth, Freshwater Bay
Transport: Southern Vectis - routes & times
Other Walks: WightCAM - All Walks by Distance
Maps: Outdoor Leisure No. 29
 
Photographs
 

Click here for FULL details of the walk & view ALL IMAGES or click on the thumbnail image to view in a 'pop up' window
 

 
 

Please note that these pages are 'graphic intense' and will take time to download
These pages are best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox with a screen resolution of 1920x1080 pixels

Pictures taken with Fuji FinePix 4700, Fuji FinePix S602 & latterly, Pentax *ist DS/K10/K5 with Tamron 18-250mm lens

Original images taken in RAW format, post processed in Adobe Lightroom & enhanced in Adobe Photoshop, then resized to 1630x1080 and reduced to a final size of 900x600 for web publishing
Unfortunately, images on these pages will appear at reduced quality

Images may ONLY be used for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes and credited to WightCAM
Please contact WightCAM for COMMERCIAL USE

If any images fail to download, right-click on the mouse button and choose 'Refresh' for Explorer or 'Reload' for Firefox


Sponsors to WightCAM for licensing Ordnance Survey maps and web hosting costs providing unlimited web space & unlimited bandwidth
Menu code © Brainjar