Winchester - Amberley : South Downs Way
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 52.76 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,649 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 4,820 ft
- Max elevation
- 847 ft
- TrailRank
-
73
4.7
- Min elevation
- 27 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 16 hours 52 minutes
- Time
- 2 days 23 minutes
- Coordinates
- 14609
- Uploaded
- August 5, 2018
- Recorded
- August 2018
near Winchester, England (United Kingdom)
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Itinerary description
2 full days of hiking to complete this stage of South Downs Way which is difficult to do as day hikes due to lack of public transport.
Left Winchester at 11am on Wednesday and arrived at Amberley at 11ish on Friday, so two days and two nights, carrying tent etc in backpack.
Overall, I felt quite disappointed with this section of the trail, and not enough WOWs given the effort. Maybe not so bad for hikers heading east, the best’s yet to come, but for those heading West, I’m sure that it would feel quite disappointing given what’s come before. It didn’t really feel like the SDW until way past Exton.
Had its highlights though and Old Winchester Hill, Queen Elizabeth Country Park and Harting Downs stand out.
Left Winchester at 11am on Wednesday and arrived at Amberley at 11ish on Friday, so two days and two nights, carrying tent etc in backpack.
Overall, I felt quite disappointed with this section of the trail, and not enough WOWs given the effort. Maybe not so bad for hikers heading east, the best’s yet to come, but for those heading West, I’m sure that it would feel quite disappointing given what’s come before. It didn’t really feel like the SDW until way past Exton.
Had its highlights though and Old Winchester Hill, Queen Elizabeth Country Park and Harting Downs stand out.
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Fabulous walk from Winchester over the Downs as far as Old Winchester Hill.
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Great walk thanks