Three Castles Path Part 4 - Winchfield to Basingstoke, 14 miles, strenuous

The Three Castles Path is a 60 mile trek from Windsor Castle to Winchester Great Hall. The Path is based on the 13th Century journeys of King John around the time of the Magna Cartna. It is so named as it passes the castles of Windsor, Odiham, and Winchester. Sadly, only Windsor Castle remains intact to the present day, with Odiham Castle currently a ruin and Winchester Castle destroyed completely with the Great Hall marking its location. We take a 6 part journey retracing history - our journey will pass the towns of New Alresford, Hartley Wintney, Ascot, Sandhurst and Bracknell as well as numerous villages.

We start Part 4 of our Three Castles journey from Winchfield station heading towards the Basingstoke Canal where we will make our way to Odiham and pass the remains of our second castle on the trail. We will have our lunch around the ruins.

After lunch, we will stop at the Fox & Goose at Greywell. We will then make our way towards Tunworth and on into Basingstoke where we conclude Part 4.

Please see our website for more information about the group.

Bus replacement services will be running this day. If coming from Reading, please get the 8:25 bus replacement service to Winchfield. This will include catching the 8:25 train to Gatwick Airport changing at Farnborough North to walk to Farnborough Main station to get the bus replacement to Winchfield arriving at 9:41. Alternatively, you can drive to the start or end points and catch the bus replacement back to Basingstoke or Winchfield (around a 25 minute journey between both points, no changes).

Please contact the leader directly if you are delayed on the day or can't find the group (find contact details on our website). We are unlikely to respond to Meetup comments or messages sent on the day in enough time to be helpful.