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Ashlett Mill and Victoria Quay – Lepe Lookout and Lighthouse loop from Fawley

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Ashlett Mill and Victoria Quay – Lepe Lookout and Lighthouse loop from Fawley

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Ashlett Mill and Victoria Quay – Lepe Lookout and Lighthouse loop from Fawley

04:42

18.3km

80m

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: July 17, 2026

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New Forest National Park

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Start point

Bus stop

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3.32 km

Ashlett Mill and Victoria Quay

Highlight • Monument

Ashlett Mill is an historic Grade II listed building that was built in 1816. It replaced an earlier mill that may date from medieval times and was used to mill corn until about 1910.

Victoria Quay was built in 1887 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and was used by flat-bottomed sailing barges to load and unload grain, salt and other supplies. In the 1920s this quay was used by much larger ships to unload materials used for construction of the first refinery in Fawley.

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5.21 km

Fawley Power Station Swing Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

It's worth stopping at the swing bridge as you're passing the Fawley Power Station. It's a disused oil-powered station, with an interesting "flying saucer" shape of its control building.

From the swing bridge, over the Calshot Marsh Nature Reserve and Southampton Water, you can see Calshot Spit and Calshot Castle in the distance.

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5.76 km

Calshot Marsh Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

6.26 km

Calshot Spit

Highlight • Castle

Calshot Spit is in the perfect position for defending Southampton Water. Calshot Castle (surrounded by aircraft hangars) is a Tudor Fort that was built by Henry VIII in the 16th century using stone reused from Beaulieu Abbey. It was later fortified by the Victorians. During the World War I, Calshot provided Channel defence and a training base for pilots.

In 1929 and 1931 Calshot was the venue of the famous Schneider Cup Trophy race and was the base of the Supermarine S6 seaplane. Calshot played an important role in the World War II and became home to the Sunderland Flying Boat. Find out more about the history of Calshot inside the Sunderland hangar.

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8.31 km

Ower Plantation

Forest

9.42 km

Badminston Common

Highlight • Historical Site

There were many wartime installations in the Fawley area, including the storage tanks used for the PLUTO project, a Second World War Pipe Line Under the Ocean. These were located at the end of Badminston Lane in an area generally known as the Common. It was largely open heathland, much like the New Forest, covered with heather and gorse.

The tanks measured about 180 metres by 100 metres and stood about three or four metres high. They were covered over with soil and sand and then grassed over to conceal their position and purpose. The removal of the sand and gravel left a huge scar on the landscape about a metre deep and required to be camouflaged.

This was achieved by lopping off the top 2 metres of pine trees, positioning them in the manner of plantation trees and securing them in position with wooden pegs and galvanised iron wire. They soon became a local feature as a forest of small dead tree tops!

Badminston Common was used for common grazing land in the 18th century. Gravel has been extracted from this area for years. The now flooded Badminston gravel pit is a haven for all sorts of wildlife.

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9.59 km

Heather Fields in New Forest National Park

Highlight • Forest

Great location in August for heather in bloom.

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10.2 km

Millpond Bay and Sluice, New Forest National Park

Highlight • River

This millpond once provided a water reserve for the Mill downstream. The pond was drained in 1866, but features of the pond (its bay and sluce) can still be seen today.

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11.4 km

Stanswood Copse

Forest

13.8 km

Lepe Lookout and Lighthouse

Highlight • Historical Site

This old lookout to monitor smugglers was renovated in 2014 and forms part of a raised walkway along the seafront of Lepe beach

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14.5 km

Grassy Copse and Farmland Views

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

As you pass Grassy Copse (to the east of this path), the views to the south towards Lepe Shore (with obvious fantastic views of the Isle of Wight beyond) are nothing short of spectacular. Added for good measure is the tranquil experience of walking through the wheat field farmland here. Lepe might be a very short distance away, but it sure feels here like you are many miles away from it all.

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18.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.23 km

7.11 km

1.79 km

1.54 km

622 m

Surfaces

5.65 km

4.12 km

3.46 km

2.39 km

1.59 km

931 m

Elevation

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Monday 31 August

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Ashlett Mill and Victoria Quay – Lepe Lookout and Lighthouse loop from Fawley

Ashlett Mill and Victoria Quay

Fawley Power Station Swing Bridge

Calshot Spit

Badminston Common

Heather Fields in New Forest National Park

Millpond Bay and Sluice, New Forest National Park

Lepe Lookout and Lighthouse

Grassy Copse and Farmland Views

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