Walking Routes This page may need to be refreshed Sections --- Museum Hold Tight! Photos --- Walking Diary Album --- Acorn Commodore Sinclair PCN --- Calculating Walking Title page and full location list More Info Railway Stations Favourite Routes Route List Walking Diary Links About More photos BBC Tides mapometer National Rail The Trainline traveline Caution External links open a new window and may install cookies on your computer. For more information on cookies and this website, click here.   Top of the Page                                       Top of the Page                                       Top of the Page                                     Top of the Page                                       Top of the Page                                       Top of the Page                                       Top of the Page     This website includes Google Maps and links to other websites which use cookies. You can control or block cookies in your browser settings. By using the site you agree to the use of these cookies. You can find out more about the use of cookies on this website here. This is where I've been walking   Latest diary entry - Thursday 6 August Click the image for details   Via Northam, Woolston, Weston Shore, Netley Abbey, Royal Victoria Country Park, Hamble, Hamble Shore, Royal Victoria Country Park, Old Netley, Woolston, Peartree and Bitterne Park. 17.51 mi 28.18 km Photo: The shore at the Royal Victoria Country Park.     The COVID-19 outbreak means that my normal routes are not currently available. I'm still taking exercise locally and adding photos to the album.   Click the photo for details of this walk and other diary entries Click here for the Walking Routes Diary title page And this is where I like to walk   Principal places - and where next Click an image for details             Airport   Bishopstoke   Bitterne Park   Botley   Bursledon   Eastleigh   Fair Oak             Gosport   Hamble   Hedge End   Horton Heath   Lakeside   Lee-on-the-Solent   Lower Swanwick             Mansbridge   Meon Shore   Netley   Park Gate   Portswood   Royal Victoria   Sarisbury Green             Stokes Bay   Stubbington   Swaythling   Titchfield   Warsash   West End   Windhover Rdbt             Woodmill   Woolston                     More ...                                     Album   Diary   Favourites   Links   Route List   Stations   Weather Pages in the Walking Routes section include Google Maps. Google Maps install cookies in your browser. You can block or control cookies in your browser settings. For more on cookies and my website, click here. You can follow my walks on     Facebook Twitter   2017/18 walks are also on     Garmin Connect Map My Walk   About Walking Routes A selection of routes near where I live in Southampton, with distances and information about the places. I enjoy walking and my walks include fast sections on the road and leisurely routes along the shore. Starting and finishing at different places provides variety in distances and types of walk. In these pages I share some of the options I've built up over the years. They are suitable for anything from a steady walk to a run and, except where I go away from the road, can also be used by cyclists. And, of course, you can make up your own routes from these sections. Please look ahead to where you might go next before starting any section. Some walks are easier than others. About Walking Routes Please read the important information in the About Walking Routes page before starting.     If you enjoy local walks, try these suggestions from The Three Rivers Community Rail Partnership mapometer is the interactive map site that I use to plan walks   The map is detailed and easy to use and can automatically follow roads and public footpaths. Opens in a new window and uses cookies. Google Maps is used widely throughout the Walking Routes pages. Some additional pages   Other places en route, more on where I go and where I've been Railway Stations - information about and directions from stations along the walking routes. Favourite Routes - a selection of the routes I enjoy the most. Some long, some short . Some fast, some slow. All for the fun of it! Route List - shows the available routes from each Walking Route location and station. Walking Diary - some of the places I've walked for excercise and leisure each year from 2010. All Walking Links - a list of all the external links in the Walking Routes section plus links to transport providers in the area. Plus About - information about these pages, some of it important. Some background info   For more, see the About page I can walk up to 20 miles / 32 kilometres and look for an average of 4.7mph / 7.56km/h on fast sections of route. I can keep up this pace for about ten miles or about sixteen kilometres. A good walk would be something like the ten miles or sixteen kilometres to Warsash fast and then the ferry to Hamble for a more leisurely walk along the shore to Netley. I sometimes catch the train to Bursledon and then take one of several routes fast to Meon Shore or Lee-on-the-Solent followed by Stokes Bay and Gosport. There are other fast routes such as via Park Gate to Titchfield and Warsash or from home to Hedge End, Fair Oak, Eastleigh and back home. I walk regularly throughout the year. Also, I don't drive and walk as a way of getting about generally. I only occasionally catch the bus and often walk to and from the central or airport stations rather than catching the local train. My last job was at the airport train station, a half-hour walk each way. In 2010, I thought it would be interesting to see how far I walked and how fast. Investing in a GPS watch and keeping records gave me the incentive to get out and go further, faster and more often. Now retired, I use brisk walking as a way to stay fit. But I can still enjoy a slow stroll along a beach as well! Why not use the sections of route in these pages to make your own walk or run . . . . .   Bob Mockford Online     Home Top of the Page