Walk Route Map ha111 Cheesefoot Down from Winchester

Walk ha111 Cheesefoot Down from Winchester

The start of The South Downs Way

Vital Statistics:

Length:	9¾mls (15.5km)
Ascent:	1,126ft (343m)
Time:	4¾hrs
Grade:

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Route outline for walk ha111:

Winchester - Tun Bridge - The Itchen Way - Itchen Navigation - St Catherine's Hill - Pilgrims' Trail - Twyford Down - Morestead Down - Hydes Cottages - Fawley Down - The Allan King's Way - Cheesefoot Head Car Park - Cheesefoot Head (Matterley Bowl) - The South Downs Way - The Pilgrim's Way - Telegraph Hill - Little Golders - Chilcomb - Highcliffe - The Soke - City Mill - Wharf Bridge - Tun Bridge - Winchester

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Mountains

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Wainwrights

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Nuttalls

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Deweys

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Wainwright
Outlying Fells

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Marilyns

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Bridget

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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 summit of Cheesefoot Head (Matterley Bowl) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. 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 Allan King's Way, a 68km (42 miles) linear footpath connecting Porchester in Hampshire, with Winchester in Hampshire, England. The Allan King's Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Allan King's Way.

Part of this walk also follows a section of The Itchen Way, a 50km (31 miles) linear footpath connecting Sholing Station, Southampton in Hampshire, with Hinton Ampner in Hampshire, England. The Itchen Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Itchen Way.

Part of this walk also follows a section of The Pilgrim's Way, a 214km (133 miles) linear footpath connecting Winchester in Hampshire, with Canterbury in Kent, England. The Pilgrim's Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Pilgrim's Way.

Part of this walk also 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.

You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL32 Winchester

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

185 Winchester & Basingstoke, Andover & Romsey

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ha111 Cheesefoot Down from Winchester

In no particular order . . .

The Itchen Navigation

Photo: Peter Nocholson (1)

Cheesefoot Head (Matterley Bowl) summit trig point

Photo: Peter Nocholson (13)

The Itchen Navigation near Winchester

Photo: Peter Nocholson (25)

The view from St Catherine's Hill

Photo: Peter Nocholson (3)

Panoramic view from Cheesefoot Head (Matterley Bowl)

Photo: Peter Nocholson (15)

Fawley Down

Photo: Peter Nocholson (11)

Twyford Down

Photo: Peter Nocholson (6)

The wooded summit of St Catherine's Hill

Photo: Peter Nocholson (2)

On the South Downs Way near Chilcomb

Photo: Steve Richardson (5)

Woodland on Morestead Down

Photo: Peter Nocholson (8)

Twyford Down

Photo: Peter Nocholson (5)

Panoramic view of Fawley Down from Telegraph Hill

Photo: Peter Nocholson (18)

The Itchen Navigation near Winchester

Photo: Peter Nocholson (22)

Deacon Hill from Telegraph Hill

Photo: Peter Nocholson (19)

The Itchen Navigation in Winchester

Photo: Peter Nocholson (21)

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

Photo: Kevan Wilkinson (14)

Cheesefoot Head (Matterley Bowl)

Photo: Peter Nocholson (12)

Fawley Down from Telegraph Hill

Photo: Peter Nocholson (17)

Morestead Down

Photo: Peter Nocholson (9)

The view from Cheesefoot Head (Matterley Bowl)

Photo: Peter Nocholson (14)

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