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Meon Valley Trail – Meon Valley Trail loop from Meonstoke

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Meon Valley Trail – Meon Valley Trail loop from Meonstoke

Moderate

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Meon Valley Trail – Meon Valley Trail loop from Meonstoke

03:07

11.4km

160m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 8, 2026

Tips

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South Downs National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.08 km

View of the hillfort

Highlight • Viewpoint

3.13 km

Old Winchester Hill Iron Age Fort

Highlight • Historical Site

This Iron Age hill fort is set amid one of the most beautiful landscapes of the South Downs. The fort itself is encompassed by a bank and ditch and inside the fort, dips left from flint excavations and the rounded mounds of Bronze Age tumuli can be seen. Platforms on which huts and animal enclosures are still evident, too. It is a wonderful place to explore and affords incredible views over the surrounding countryside.

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3.40 km

Old Winchester Hill National Nature Reserve

Highlight • Trail

This chalk grassland is home to myriad plant, bird and animal species. In the summer months, the reserve erupts into life with wild thyme, squinancywort, clustered bellflower, salad burnet, horseshoe vetch and restharrow. There have been 37 species of butterfly recorded here and it is a fantastic place to spot birds such as red kite, buzzard, kestrel, whitethroats, willow warblers, blackcaps, wheatear and ring ouzel.

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3.53 km

Bench With a View of South Downs

Highlight • Viewpoint

9.24 km

Meon Valley Trail

Highlight • Forest

The Meon Valley Trail is a super good hiking, biking running route that goes through the Meon Valley. Once a railway line running from Fareham to Alton transporting local livestock and agricultural produce, the trail now spans 11 miles through picturesque countryside, from West Meon in the north to Wickham in the south.

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9.98 km

Meon Valley Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

10.5 km

Meon Valley Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

The Meon Valley Trail is a scenic pathway that follows the course of the old Meon Valley Railway, which was operational between 1903 and 1955.

The flat trail stretches for approximately 11 miles (18 km) and offers a picturesque route through the beautiful countryside of the Meon Valley. It’s a well-surfaced compact earth or gravel terrain throughout.

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11.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.62 km

2.84 km

2.27 km

1.59 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.92 km

2.30 km

2.28 km

2.10 km

1.64 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (200 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Saturday 11 July

30°C

15°C

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Meon Valley Trail – Meon Valley Trail loop from Meonstoke

View of the hillfort

Old Winchester Hill Iron Age Fort

Old Winchester Hill National Nature Reserve

Bench With a View of South Downs

Meon Valley Trail

Meon Valley Trail

Meon Valley Trail

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