Walking Hampshire's Test Way

Map key

Overview map

Introduction

Brief history of the Test Valley

The Andover and Redbridge canal and the ‘Sprat and Winkle’ railway

Geology and landscape

Plants and wildlife

Where to stay

Getting to and around the Test Way and to the walks

Walking the Test Way

Cycling – the National Cycle Network and parts of the Test Way

Maps

Waymarking, access and rights of way

Protecting the countryside

Using this guide

The Test Way

Stage 1 Inkpen Beacon to Hurstbourne Tarrant

Stage 2 Hurstbourne Tarrant to St Mary Bourne

Stage 3 St Mary Bourne to Longparish

Stage 4 Longparish to Wherwell

Stage 5 Wherwell to Stockbridge

Stage 6 Stockbridge to Mottisfont

Stage 7 Mottisfont to Romsey

Stage 8 Romsey to Eling Wharf Totton

Walks between Inkpen Beacon and Wherwell

Walk 1 Hurstbourne Tarrant and Ibthorpe

Walk 2 Whitchurch, Laverstoke and Freefolk

Walk 3 Longparish, Forton, Harewood Forest and Deadman’s Plack

Walk 4 Barton Stacey and Bransbury

Walk 5 Wherwell and Goodworth Clatford

Walks between Chilbolton and Stockbridge

Walk 6 Chilbolton, Fullerton, Goodworth Clatford and Upper Clatford

Walk 7 Chilbolton Observatory and Chilbolton Common

Walk 8 Danebury Iron Age hill fort and Longstock

Walk 9 Stockbridge and Marsh Court

Walk 10 Stockbridge Down and Little Somborne

Walks between Houghton and Totton

Walk 11 Houghton and Broughton

Walk 12 Houghton, King’s Somborne and Horsebridge

Walk 13 Stonymarsh, Mottisfont, Kimbridge and Michelmersh

Walk 14 Lockerley, Mottisfont and Dunbridge

Walk 15 Romsey, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve and Greatbridge

Appendix A Route summary tables

Appendix B Itinerary planner

Appendix C Accommodation near the Test Way

Appendix D Useful contacts

Appendix E Further reading

March 2025

March updates