Eversley Church and Bramshill Forest
| Activity | : | Walk |
| Type | : | Pub, Nature, History |
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| Distance | : | 7.6 miles / 12.3 kms |
| Ascent | : | 390 feet / 119 metres |
| Location | : | SU779609 / RG27 0PX |
| Maps | : | Ordnance Survey maps |
| My Trails | : | Add to My Trail List |
If you don't know it and have never been there, Bramshill Forest comes as something of a surprise. Vast and slightly mysterious, it brings to mind, in places, one of those 1960s Cold War thrillers that are shown on television from time to time. Once inside it, you could easily be forgiven for thinking that a car carrying sinister henchmen might appear at any moment. Then, perhaps rather predictably, Michael Caine emerges from the trees, wearing dark-rimmed glasses and a mac. I doubt very much this sprawling wooded landscape would be familiar to the likes of Len Deighton or John le Carre but here and there Bramshill Forest does look as if it comes straight from the pages of a spy fiction. It has a strange, almost unsettling atmosphere.
The trail has been taken from the book Adventurous Pub Walks in Hampshire and The New Forest by Nick Channer. It has been reproduced with the kind permission of the publisher, Countryside Books.
On the Trail
To view the trail map on your mobile phone go to www.walkandcycle.co.uk/mobile and enter the trail code HAMPTR0067 or simply click here.
