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A Short Stroll Around Hightown, SW Hants

Loop Walk · New Forest

100

XP

about 26 min walking

Easy
1.99 km
Loop
00:15-00:30
Graded from its length and climb.

A short walk around NT's smallest heathland site in the New Forest. Experience a mosaic of habitats; grazed lawns, ancient woods & wander off route to discover hidden wetlands. Gravel & grass paths. Flat with no steps or stiles.

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154 m

104 m

54 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Leisurely walk

Mostly flat, no real climbs.

Climb

0 m

Drop

0 m

Highest

86 m

Lowest

77 m

Which way round

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.

How the 2.2 km splits

Flat

1.1 km

Climbing

0.5 km

Descending

0.5 km

Campsites near the start

Harry's Island - New Forest District Scouts

1.9 km from the start · 4.7★ (32)

Headlands Adventure Centre

3.1 km from the start

Red Shoot Camping Park

4.2 km from the start · 4.6★ (633)

Airview Farm

4.6 km from the start · 4.8★ (20)

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