Walk ha123 Four Marks and Chawton Park Wood from Chawton

Vital Statistics:

Length:	7½mls (12km)
Ascent:	673ft (205m)
Time:	3¾hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk ha123:

Chawton  -  Alton  -  Jane Austen's House Museum  -  The St Swithun's Way  -  Park Cottage  -  Upper Woodside Farm  -  New Copse  -  Dell Piece  -  Weathermore Copse  -  Medstead and Four Marks  -  Watercress Railway Line  -  Chawton Park Wood  -  Alton  -  Chawton

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

Chawton is considered Jane Austen's literary home. She moved here in 1809 with her mother & sister and lived in the former bailiff's house until her death in 1817. Whilst here she revised both Sense & Sensibility and Pride & Prejuduce and wrote Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey. During her lifetime all Jane Austin's novels were published anonymously and merely labelled as being written 'by a lady'. The house & museum is open to the public most days during the summer but only weekends during the winter months.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

0 English Mountains

0 Wainwrights

0 English Nuttalls

0 English Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

0 Marilyns

0 Bridgets

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The St Swithun's Way, a 55km (34 miles) linear footpath connecting Winchester in Hampshire, with Farnham in Hampshire, England. The St Swithun's Way is waymarked by named green and white discs. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The St Swithun's Way.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ha123 Four Marks and Chawton Park Wood from Chawton

In no particular order . . .

Bridge carrying the Watercress Line near Alton

Photo: Peter Inglesfield (9)

Chawton Park Wood

Photo: Peter Inglesfield (5)

Jane Austen's House Museum from her garden, Chawton

Photo: Peter Inglesfield (11)

Jane Austen's House Museum, Chawton

Photo: Peter Inglesfield (10)

Medstead and Four Marks Railway Station on The Watercress Line

Photo: Peter Inglesfield (15)

On The St Swithun's Way near Chawton

Photo: Peter Inglesfield (12)

Walking through Weathermore Copse on a lovely spring day

Photo: Peter Inglesfield (13)

Chawton Park Farm

Photo: Peter Inglesfield (7)

Chawton Park Wood

Photo: Peter Inglesfield (6)

Waymarker in Chawton Park Wood

Photo: Peter Inglesfield (4)

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