Three Castles Path Crossroads – Itchen Abbas Mill Channel loop from Itchen Stoke and Ovington
Three Castles Path Crossroads – Itchen Abbas Mill Channel loop from Itchen Stoke and Ovington
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Three Castles Path Crossroads – Itchen Abbas Mill Channel loop from Itchen Stoke and Ovington
02:35
9.65km
110m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 16, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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381 m
St Mary's Church, Itchen Stoke
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St Mary is the third church to have been built in the village of Itchen Stoke. The first was built before 1270 on a site near the River Itchen, but it suffered from damp, became dilapidated and was pulled down around 1830. Some traces of it remain.
The second church which replaced it was built on land in the centre of the village which was donated for the purpose by Lord Ashburton, who held the advowson. Charles Ranken Conybeare, son of the geologist William Daniel Conybeare, became the incumbent in April 1857, but he took a dislike to the church, complaining that it was cold and damp, and that remedying these defects would be more expensive than demolishing and replacing it.
Consent for the demolition was given by the Bishop of Winchester and the new Lord Ashburton, and the present church was erected on the same site in 1866.
The architect of the new church was Charles Conybeare's younger brother Henry Conybeare, a civil engineer with an interest in Gothic architecture, who had designed the Afghan Church in Colaba, Mumbai, where he had also been responsible for improving the city's sanitation.
Cit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Itchen_Stoke
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1.97 km
Site of 1944 Spitfire Crash, Winchester
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2.52 km
Three Castles Path Crossroads
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2.64 km
Overgrown Footpath
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5.81 km
St John the Baptist Church, Itchen Abbas
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The feast day of Saint John Baptist in the calendar of saints is June 24th, exactly half a year before 'Christmas Eve'.
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5.87 km
Itchen Abbas Mill Channel
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The Itchen Way, a footpath, passes right by and the Three Castles Path goes along the road immediately north.
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6.22 km
Avington Park Mansion
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Still privately owned, Avington is opened occasionally to the public and is also a wedding and conference venue.
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8.59 km
Footbridge on the Itchen Way
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9.65 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
3.53 km
2.57 km
1.52 km
1.46 km
492 m
Surfaces
4.02 km
3.33 km
841 m
725 m
658 m
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