Route outline for walk ha153:
Morestead - Old Copse Down - Old Down Wood - Old Down Plantation - Longwood Warren - The Allan King's Way - Cheesefoot Head (Matterley Bowl) - Fawley Down - Morestead Down - Morestead
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 |
1 Bridget |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
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.
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):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):
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