The Three Horseshoes Walk 3

This is one of 3 circular walks starting and finishing at The Three Horseshoes Pub in East Worldham. The number 13 bus runs hourly from Alton to Bordon, and stops just south of the Pub. The pub has a carpark and encourages walkers to enjoy the walks and then visit for some refreshments afterwards

 1

Leave the front of the pub and walk eastward along the pavement, turn right and ascend steps to cross a stile into a large field. Cross two more stiles then follow a narrow path between a fence and a hedge.

 2

At the end of the enclosed path cross over the tarmac road, go straight ahead along a wide track. Follow the track and bear left . to walk down to the hanger edge, the go right and follow the path along the top of the hanger. Carry on straight ahead through a gap in a hedge bank.

 3

Look out for a descending path at a waymark. There is a seat with a lovely view just up to your left as you start to descend. Go through a gate into a field and bear right along the bottom of the hanger, through another gate and on to meet a narrow metalled lane. Cross the lane and go up the narrow stepped path ahead to get back up the hanger. Turn left and continue along the hanger edge, which is very high and precipitous along this stretch of path.

 4

Walk along the top of the hanger until you reach a waymark on your left. Turn left and descend steeply down to a road, with outcrops of calcareous sandstone on your right. Walk down the lane past a right turn to Candovers, where you join the Hangers Way. Turn left into woodland through a gate.

 5

Go straight ahead and slightly downhill, keeping straight on at a junction of tracks. Soon swing right then turn left onto a wider track, bearing right ahead at a large mound. Walk alongside the fishing pond and continue on a narrow path into woodland.

 6

The path emerges onto a wider track track-turn right and walk down to the gate into a grassy field. Cross the field on a grassy path then go through a gate into more woodland. These woods were changed dramatically by a freak wind several years ago. What used to be a pleasant woodland path is now a wide gravel ride - look out for the way marked path leaving on the right at a corner.

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The next short piece of path is almost always a muddy runnel! Go over a small wooden bridge then turn right onto a wider track. Follow the track and then pass through a gate into the ancient common woodland of Binswood. Follow the path to your left along the edge of the wood. Binswood is almost always very muddy, even in dry weather. Leave the woodland at its northwest corner through a gate and go straight on a grassy path across a field.

 8

Passing a large polytunnel on the left, go through a gate into a field where hop poles are still to be found, although the local hop growing industry ended back in the 1970s. Cross the field, go through a gate and walk uphill towards King John’s Hill, then down towards large ponds. Go though two kissing gates past the lower pond, there bear right and walk uphill.

 9

Walk uphill to a five bar gate, turn right onto a metalled track which takes you to East Worldham Hill. Cross the road with care and go ahead to take steps up the hanger. At the top of the steps keep ahead until you reach a junction of paths, take the grassy path which runs along the back of several properties and soon joins a metalled lane.

 10

Cross the lane and keep ahead on the Hangers Way. At a waymark, turn left. Walk to the small industrial and business area and continue ahead until you reach Shelley’s Lane. Turn left and walk to the main road and back to the pub.