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Woolbeding Common

1.86 miles (3 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap Explore woodland, heathland and ponds on this walk on Woolbeding Common near Chichester in West Sussex. The area is managed by the National Trust so there are good footpaths and a car park off Older Hill Lane. There's miles of good tracks to follow with the area also including Oakham Common, Pound Common, Stedham Marsh and the hamlet of Titty Hill.
If you follow the trails south from the common you will soon come to the beautiful River Rother Valley. Here you can enjoy a stroll along the river and visit Iping Common and Stedham Common.
Two long distance footpaths also pass through the common. You can pick up either the Serpent Trail or the New Lipchis Way to extend your walk.
Heading north will take you towards Older Hill, Stanley Common and Liphook.
Woolbeding Common is located a few miles north west of Midhurst where you can pick up the Midhurst Way.

Postcode

GU29 9RR - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locations

Woolbeding Common OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Woolbeding Common Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Further Information and Other Local Ideas

Head into Midhurst and you can pick up the Midhurst Way and visit the splendid Cowdray Park. There's the ruins of a an old castle here with a fascinating history attached to it. The old town part of Midhurst is also well worth exploring with some fine medieval architecture to see.
For more walking ideas in the area see the Sussex Walks and South Downs Walks pages.

Photos

Woolbeding Common - geograph.org.uk - 864881

Woolbeding Common. Another parcel of common land next to Stedham Marsh, this time looking back along a footpath that heads towards Linch Road.

Woolbeding Common - geograph.org.uk - 864877

Woolbeding Common. The western most extremity of the common bordering onto Stedham Marsh.

Lane, Woolbeding Common - geograph.org.uk - 864832

Single track unnamed lane cutting through the common and going to Older Hill only. Taken from the point where the footpath from Little Common to Linch Road crosses it.

Pond, Woolbeding Common - geograph.org.uk - 864871

Reflections in the Pond, Woolbeding Common. Viewed from the northern edge of the pond. The western side seems to have been built up suggesting a former use, either milling or a nearby blast furnace.

Footpath on Stedham Marsh - geograph.org.uk - 1499957

Footpath on Stedham Marsh

View towards Dunner Hill - geograph.org.uk - 3061924

View towards Dunner Hill

Older Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1903675

Older Hill

Oak Tree, Lambourne Lane, Titty Hill - geograph.org.uk - 864920

Oak Tree, Lambourne Lane, Titty Hill. Showing that it was pollarded at some point in its life. Located on the Lambourne Lane restricted byway just north of the small hamlet of Titty Hill.

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GPS Files

GPX File

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Memory Map Route

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