WALKS IN HAMPSHIRE at MEONSTOKE, EXTON & CORHAMPTON (SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK) [4K]

This is another video in my series “Walks in Hampshire” accompanied by my Whippet (Logan). In this episode, I visit the village of Meonstoke (12 miles North of Fareham) and explore the surrounding area.

My 5.5 mile circular walk starts & finishes at the Meon Hall – the village hall on the outskirts of the village itself. I start off by following footpaths across fields towards my first destination – Old Winchester Hill. After a fairly steep ascent of the hill, through a nature reserve, I get to enjoy the magnificent Iron Age Hill fort at the top with 360 degree views across the countryside.

I descend the hill through some woods before following the South Downs Way in a Westerly direction, back over the disused Meon Valley Railway line and over the River Meon.

My next destination is the tiny village of Exton with it's fine church & pub before crossing the River Meon again to the next settlement – Corhampton – where I get to see an enchanting Saxon church.

I finally make it back to Meonstoke which has a pretty church (one of the most photographed churches in Hampshire), village green and welcoming pub.

Information Sources: Wikipedia, Historic England & British History Online.

Map courtesy of Google Maps.
Aerial pictures courtesy of Google Maps.
Music from the Youtube Audio library.
OS Maps. Media License.
Historic Maps NLS Maps 'Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland'  https://maps.nls.uk/index.html

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I use a GOPRO HERO 7 Black Action Camera (sometimes with a Gimbal) & a Rode microphone (either a “Shotgun” or a Rode Wireless Go) together with a Canon Powershot SX530 HS.