Walk ws131 Halnaker Hill and Stane Street from Eartham

Vital Statistics:

Length:	9mls (14.5km)
Ascent:	853ft (260m)
Time:	4¼hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk ws131:

Eartham Woods  -  The Monarch's Way  -  Selhurst Park Farm  -  Red Copse  -  Chisledown  -  Eastdean Hill  -  Pillygreen Lodges  -  Halnaker Gallop  -  Open Winkins  -  Ladys Winkins  -  Little Copse  -  Little Halnaker  -  Halnaker  -  Boxgrove Priory  -  Boxgrove Commoon  -  Warehead Farm  -  Halnaker Hill  -  Stane Street (Roman Road)  -  Bushy Copse  -  Eartham Woods

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

Stane Street was a 90km (56 miles) Roman road connecting Chichester to London. (There was another Stane Street in Roman Britain that connected St Albans to Colchester.)

There has been a mill on Halnaker Hill since 1540. The existing structure dates from around 1750 and was restored in 1934 though it has no internal workings.

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 Halnaker Hill at 127m (417ft). Halnaker Hill is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Halnaker Hill is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point & a windmill.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Monarch's Way, a 984km (615 miles) linear footpath connecting Worcester in Worcestershire, England with Shoreham in East Sussex, England. The Monarch's Way is waymarked by named posts with a crown in an oak tree motif. It follows the escape route of Charles II after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Monarch's Way.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ws131 Halnaker Hill and Stane Street from Eartham

In no particular order . . .

Eartham Woods

Photo: Chris Kelsall (3)

Flint Wall detail near Little Halnaker

Photo: Chris Kelsall (6)

Eartham Woods

Photo: Chris Kelsall (2)

Eartham Woods

Photo: Chris Kelsall (5)

The Monarch's Way waymarker in Eartham Woods

Photo: Chris Kelsall (1)

Boxgrove Priory

Photo: Chris Kelsall (8)

The Windmill on the top of Halnaker Hill

Photo: Chris Kelsall (10)

Stane Street (Roman Road) north east of Halnaker

Photo: Chris Kelsall (9)

Eartham Woods

Photo: Chris Kelsall (4)

Halnaker Church

Photo: Chris Kelsall (7)

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