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Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort – Watership Down Hill loop from Kingsclere

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Kingsclere

Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort – Watership Down Hill loop from Kingsclere

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Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort – Watership Down Hill loop from Kingsclere

02:24

8.79km

130m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

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North Wessex Downs National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.25 km

View From Watership Down

Highlight • Natural

Fantastic place.stop have something to eat and drink and just take it all in.

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2.41 km

Twisty Singletrack Between Watership Down and Ladle Hill

Highlight • Trail

A short section of twisty Singletrack linking Watership Down to Ladle Hill. it's rideable in most conditions but can get overgrown with tree branches in summer. It's best ridden E to W to get the downhill

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3.95 km

Round Barrow

Archaeological Site

4.31 km

View from the Hill Fort

Highlight • Viewpoint

Ladle Hill Fort is a famous unfinished Iron Age hillfort in Hampshire, England. Its abandonment mid-construction makes it invaluable for archaeologists, revealing the building methods for univallate enclosures. The site, …

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4.36 km

Stinging nettles

Highlight • Natural

4.40 km

Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort

Highlight • Historical Site

Ladle Hill is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Scheduled Monument with sublime views. Atop the hill is an Iron Age hill fort that has never been …

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5.89 km

Barton Copse Tree

Highlight • Forest

6.48 km

Watership Down Hill

Highlight • Natural Monument

Watership Down is a hill in the Hampshire Downs. It is best known as the setting for Richard Adams' 1972 novel about rabbits, ‘Watership Down’. The hill, which has a …

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8.79 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.59 km

4.12 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.59 km

4.00 km

177 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

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Thursday 25 June

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Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort – Watership Down Hill loop from Kingsclere

View From Watership Down

Twisty Singletrack Between Watership Down and Ladle Hill

View from the Hill Fort

Stinging nettles

Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort

Barton Copse Tree

Watership Down Hill

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