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Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Basingstoke Tourist Information Office on Local road(s) (East)

1.6 mi

 

1.6

At junction, stay on Local road(s)

1.3 mi

 

3.0

Arrive Sherborne Saint John

   

VYNE, (THE) Sherborne St John, Basingstoke Hampshire RG24 9HL

Built in the early 16th century for Lord Sandys, Henry VIII's Lord Chamberlain, the house acquired a classical portico in the mid-17th century (the first of its kind in England) and contains a fascinating Tudor chapel with Renaissance glass, a Palladian staircase and a wealth of old panelling and fine furniture. The attractive grounds feature herbaceous borders and a wild garden, with lawns, lakes and woodland walks

4ml N of Basingstoke between Bramley and Sherborne St John [175 & 186: SU637566]. From Basingstoke Ring Road, follow Basingstoke District Hospital signs until property signs are picked up. Follow A340 Aldermaston Rd towards Tadley.Right turn into Morgaston Rd. Right turn into Vyne Road

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Sherborne Saint John on Local road(s) (North)

3.4 mi

 

3.4

At Bramley, stay on Local road(s)

1.5 mi

Bramley Green

4.8

At Fair Oak Green, stay on Local road(s)

1.2 mi

 

6.0

At Stratfield Saye, stay on Local road(s)

4.6 mi

 

10.6

Turn LEFT (North) onto B3349

0.2 mi

Hound Green

10.8

Turn RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s)

1.2 mi

West Green

12.0

Arrive West Green

   

WEST GREEN HOUSE GARDEN, West Green, Hartley Wintney Hampshire RG27 8JB

A delightful series of walled gardens, surrounding a charming 18th-century house. The largest features herbaceous beds with wonderful colour combinations and a superb ornamental kitchen garden. The gardens have been under restoration for several years, and the nymphaeum and lake field will re-open when work is completed. The gardens are open by kind permission of the lessee

1ml W of Hartley Wintney, 10ml NE of Basingstoke, 1ml N of A30

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart West Green on Local road(s) (South)

1.2 mi

 

1.2

At Phoenix Green, turn RIGHT (South) onto A30

43 yds

Hook

1.2

Turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s)

2.9 mi

 

4.1

At Dogmersfield, stay on Local road(s)

0.4 mi

 

4.5

At Crookham Village, stay on Local road(s)

1.8 mi

 

6.3

At Church Crookham, stay on Local road(s)

1.2 mi

 

7.5

Turn LEFT (North-West) onto A323

0.2 mi

Fleet

7.7

Bear RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s)

1.5 mi

 

9.3

Turn RIGHT (East) onto A327

0.4 mi

 

9.7

Turn LEFT (North) onto Local road(s)

0.8 mi

West Heath

10.5

Turn RIGHT (East) onto B3014

0.4 mi

 

10.9

Bear RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s)

0.8 mi

Mytchett

11.8

At junction, stay on Local road(s)

0.6 mi

Mytchett

12.4

At Mytchett, stay on Local road(s)

4.0 mi

Pirbright

16.4

Turn RIGHT (South) onto A324

0.5 mi

Henley Park

16.9

Turn LEFT (East) onto B3032

0.9 mi

Fox Corner

17.8

Continue (East) on B380

0.4 mi

 

18.2

At Fox Corner, continue (South-East) on A322

0.1 mi

Worplesdon

18.3

Bear LEFT (East) onto Local road(s)

2.5 mi

Worplesdon

20.8

Bear RIGHT (South) onto A320

0.1 mi

Guildford

21.0

Turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s)

0.4 mi

Jacobs Well

21.4

At Jacobs Well, stay on Local road(s)

1.0 mi

 

22.4

At junction, continue (South-East) on A3100

0.4 mi

Guildford

22.8

At Burpham, turn LEFT (East) onto B2234

1.3 mi

 

24.1

Turn LEFT (East) onto A25

0.8 mi

 

24.9

Continue (East) on A247

54 yds

 

24.9

Turn LEFT (North) onto Local road(s)

0.1 mi

 

25.0

Arrive Clandon Park

   

CLANDON PARK, West Clandon, Guildford Surrey GU4 7RQ

A grand Palladian mansion, built about 1730 by the Venetian architect Leoni, and notable for its magnificent two-storeyed Marble Hall. The house is filled with the superb collection of 18th-century furniture, porcelain, textiles and carpets acquired in the 1920s by the connoisseur Mrs David Gubbay and also contains the Ivo Forde Meissen collection of Italian comedy figures. The attractive gardens contain a parterre, grotto, sunken Dutch garden and a Maori house with a fascinating history

At West Clandon on A247, 3ml E of Guildford; if using A3 follow signposts to Ripley to join A247 via B2215

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Clandon Park on Local road(s) (South)

0.1 mi

 

0.1

Turn LEFT (East) onto A247

0.1 mi

 

0.2

Continue (East) on A246

1.3 mi

East Clandon

1.5

Turn LEFT (North) onto Local road(s)

174 yds

 

1.6

Arrive Hatchlands Park

   

HATCHLANDS PARK, East Clandon, Guildford Surrey GU4 7RT

Built in the 1750s for Admiral Boscawen, hero of the Battle of Louisburg, and set in a beautiful Repton park offering a variety of park and woodland walks. Hatchlands contains splendid interiors by Robert Adam, decorated in appropriately nautical style. It houses the Cobbe Collection, the world's largest group of keyboard instruments associated with famous composers, eg Purcell, J.C. Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Mahler and Elgar. There is also a small garden by Gertrude Jekyll, flowering from late May to early July

E of East Clandon, N of A246 Guildford--Leatherhead road

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Hatchlands Park on Local road(s) (South)

174 yds

 

0.1

Turn RIGHT (West) onto A246

0.2 mi

East Clandon

0.3

Bear RIGHT (North-West) onto Local road(s)

0.2 mi

 

0.5

At East Clandon, stay on Local road(s)

2.7 mi

 

3.1

Turn RIGHT (West) onto A25

0.6 mi

 

3.7

Turn LEFT (South) onto A248

2.6 mi

Albury

6.3

At Chilworth, turn RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s)

2.3 mi

 

8.6

Bear LEFT (West) onto A246

0.3 mi

 

8.9

Bear LEFT (West) onto A3100

0.2 mi

Guildford

9.1

Turn LEFT (South) onto Local road(s)

0.1 mi

 

9.2

Arrive Guildford Tourist Information Office

   

RIVER WEY & GODALMING NAVIGATIONS AND DAPDUNE WHARF, Navigations Office and Dapdune Wharf, Wharf Road, Guildford Surrey GU1 4RR

The Wey was one of the first British rivers to be made navigable, and opened to barge traffic in 1653. This 15˝ml waterway linked Guildford to Weybridge on the Thames, and thence to London. The Godalming Navigation, opened in 1764, enabled barges to work a further 4ml upriver. Dapdune Wharf in Guildford is the home of Reliance, a restored and accessible Wey barge with an interactive exhibition telling the story of the waterway, the people who lived and worked on it, and the barges built there Dapdune Wharf is on Wharf Road to rear of cricket ground, off Woodbridge Rd, Guildford. Car park, also easy access from town centre on foot via towpath or by river bus; tel. Navigation Office for details. Access to rest of Navigations from A3 & M25. Visiting craft can enter from the Thames at Shepperton or slipways at Guildford or Pyrford

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Guildford Tourist Information Office on Local road(s) (North)

0.1 mi

 

0.1

Turn LEFT (West) onto A3100

0.1 mi

Guildford

0.2

Turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s)

0.3 mi

 

0.5

Turn LEFT (South) onto A31

0.3 mi

 

0.8

At Guildford, turn LEFT (South-East) onto A281

1.7 mi

Shalford

2.5

Arrive Shalford

   

SHALFORD MILL, Shalford, nr Guildford Surrey GU4 8BS

A large 18th-century water-mill on the River Tillingbourne, given in 1932 by a group of anonymous NT benefactors calling themselves 'Ferguson's Gang'

1˝ml S of Guildford on A281 opposite Sea Horse Inn

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Shalford on A281 (South)

109 yds

Bramley

0.1

Turn LEFT (East) onto A248

0.1 mi

Chilworth

0.2

Turn RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s)

1.2 mi

 

1.3

Continue (South-East) on B2128

1.8 mi

 

3.1

At Shamley Green, bear LEFT (East) onto Local road(s)

2.4 mi

 

5.5

At Farley Green, stay on Local road(s)

4.0 mi

 

9.5

Turn RIGHT (East) onto B2126

0.5 mi

Holmbury St. Mary

10.0

Turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s)

0.9 mi

Abinger

10.9

At Abinger, stay on Local road(s)

3.2 mi

 

14.1

Arrive Leith Hill and Friday Street

   

LEITH HILL, Coldharbour Surrey

The highest point in south-east England, crowned by an 18th-century Gothic tower, from which there are magnificent views. The surrounding woodland contains ancient stands of hazel and oak, and there is a splendid display of rhododendrons in May--June

On summit of Leith Hill, 1ml SW of Coldharbour A29/B2126 [187: TQ139432]. Rhododendron wood

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Leith Hill and Friday Street on Local road(s) (North-West)

3.2 mi

 

3.2

At Abinger, stay on Local road(s)

0.9 mi

 

4.1

Turn RIGHT (North) onto B2126

0.5 mi

Abinger Hammer

4.6

Turn LEFT (South-West) onto Local road(s)

4.0 mi

Peaslake

8.6

At Farley Green, stay on Local road(s)

2.4 mi

Shamley Green

11.0

At Shamley Green, bear RIGHT (North-West) onto B2128

2.1 mi

 

13.1

At Bramley, continue (South-West) on Local road(s)

2.2 mi

 

15.3

At Thorncombe Street, stay on Local road(s)

1.1 mi

 

16.4

Turn RIGHT (West) onto B2130

0.3 mi

Busbridge

16.8

Turn RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s)

0.1 mi

 

16.9

Arrive Winkworth Arboretum

   

WINKWORTH ARBORETUM, Hascombe Road, Godalming Surrey GU8 4AD

A hillside woodland, created this century and now containing over 1,000 different shrubs and trees, many of them rare. The most impressive displays are in spring for bluebells and azaleas, and in autumn for stunning colours. There are two lakes and wildlife in abundance

Near Hascombe, 2ml SE of Godalming on E side of B2130

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Winkworth Arboretum on Local road(s) (South)

0.1 mi

 

0.1

Turn LEFT (East) onto B2130

0.7 mi

Loxhill

0.8

Turn RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s)

2.1 mi

Hydestile

2.9

At Hydestile, stay on Local road(s)

1.8 mi

 

4.7

Arrive Hambledon

   

OAKHURST COTTAGE, Hambledon, nr Godalming Surrey GU8 4HF

A small 16th-century timber-framed cottage, restored and furnished as a simple labourer's dwelling. There is a delightful garden containing typical Victorian plants

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Hambledon on Local road(s) (North-East)

1.8 mi

Dunsfold

1.8

At Hydestile, stay on Local road(s)

2.7 mi

 

4.4

Turn LEFT (South-West) onto A286

0.1 mi

Brook

4.5

Turn LEFT (South-East) onto Local road(s)

153 yds

 

4.6

Arrive Witley Common

   

WITLEY COMMON INFORMATION CENTRE, Witley Centre, Witley, Godalming Surrey GU8 5QA

A fragment of the lowland heath that used to cover much of southern England, with varied and interesting wildlife. An information centre explains the importance of heathland and how it is managed, and there are walks through the different habitats

7ml SW of Guildford between London--Portsmouth A3 and A286 roads, 1ml SW of Milford

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Witley Common on Local road(s) (North-West)

153 yds

 

0.1

Turn LEFT (South-West) onto A286

0.5 mi

Brook

0.6

Bear RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s)

0.9 mi

 

1.4

Turn LEFT (South-West) onto A3

0.6 mi

 

2.0

Bear RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s)

0.7 mi

Thursley

2.7

At Thursley, stay on Local road(s)

3.8 mi

 

6.5

Turn LEFT (South) onto A287

120 yds

Hindhead

6.5

Turn RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s)

4.6 mi

Frensham

11.1

At Blacknest, stay on Local road(s)

1.6 mi

 

12.8

At junction, stay on Local road(s)

0.2 mi

 

13.0

At Bentley, stay on Local road(s)

1.8 mi

Lower Froyle

14.8

At Lower Froyle, stay on Local road(s)

3.4 mi

 

18.2

At South Warnborough, stay on Local road(s)

5.9 mi

 

24.1

Turn RIGHT (North) onto A339

0.3 mi

 

24.3

Turn LEFT (South-West) onto Local road(s)

4.5 mi

Basingstoke

28.8

Bear LEFT (West) onto B3400

0.8 mi

Oakley

29.6

Turn RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s)

4.1 mi

Deane

33.7

Turn RIGHT (North) onto B3051

3.0 mi

Kingsclere

36.7

Turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s)

2.2 mi

Plastow Green

38.9

At Ecchinswell, stay on Local road(s)

2.7 mi

Burghclere

41.6

Arrive Burghclere

   

SANDHAM MEMORIAL CHAPEL, Burghclere, nr Newbury Hampshire RG20 9JT

This red-brick chapel was built in the 1920s for the artist Stanley Spencer to fill with murals of his experiences in the First World War. Inspired by Giotto's Arena Chapel in Padua, this impressive project took five years to complete and is arguably Spencer's finest achievement. The chapel is set amidst lawns and orchards with views across to the Hampshire Downs

4ml S of Newbury, ˝ml E of A34

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Burghclere on Local road(s) (South)

2.7 mi

 

2.7

At Ecchinswell, stay on Local road(s)

2.3 mi

 

4.9

Turn LEFT (East) onto B3051

0.1 mi

 

5.1

Continue (East) on Local road(s)

0.7 mi

 

5.8

Bear RIGHT (East) onto A339

0.8 mi

Basingstoke

6.6

At Wolverton, turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s)

3.2 mi

West Heath

9.8

At Ramsdell, stay on Local road(s)

1.5 mi

 

11.2

At Monk Sherborne, stay on Local road(s)

1.0 mi

 

12.2

Bear RIGHT (South-East) onto A340

87 yds

 

12.3

Continue (South-East) on Local road(s)

0.4 mi

Sherborne Saint John

12.7

At Sherborne Saint John, stay on Local road(s)

1.3 mi

 

14.0

At junction, stay on Local road(s)

1.6 mi

Basingstoke

15.7

Arrive Basingstoke Tourist Information Office

   
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