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Hampshire
Basingstoke And Deane
Ecchinswell, Sydmonton And Bishops Green

Watership Down Hill – Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort loop from Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green

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Basingstoke And Deane
Ecchinswell, Sydmonton And Bishops Green

Watership Down Hill – Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort loop from Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green

Moderate

5.0

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Watership Down Hill – Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort loop from Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green

02:37

9.44km

160m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: April 17, 2026

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North Wessex Downs National Landscape

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551 m

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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3.28 km

Round Barrow

Archaeological Site

3

3.72 km

Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort

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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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3.78 km

Wayfarers Walk waymarker

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The Wayfarer's Walk is a 70-71 mile (113-114 km) long-distance footpath in England, running from the highest chalk downland to the coast.

Here are the key details, which clarify its route regarding Wiltshire:

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4.09 km

Approaching the hillfort

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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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4.44 km

Steep drop-off

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It's rather a steep way up, and weather depending, can be quite the challenge. Good footwear essential, but the hard effort is worth it with the views up top

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4.90 km

Beautiful tree

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There's a good log for sitting & resting under this tree.

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8

5.60 km

Slippery Path

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It might well be chalk in the summer time, It's most certainly clay during during the winter!

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8.54 km

Barton Copse

Forest

10

9.33 km

Barton Copse Tree

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9.44 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.64 km

2.74 km

1.12 km

867 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.68 km

2.18 km

1.58 km

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

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Monday 29 June

22°C

13°C

58 %

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