The Top 13 Natural Monuments around Winchester
Winchester’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 13
beautiful natural monuments around Winchester. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments around Winchester. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: October 2, 2025
This wonderful lookout point is the site of an Iron Age hillfort as well as a thriving nature reserve. The summit stands 230 feet (70 m) above the River Itchen …
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This chalk grassland is home to myriad plant, bird and animal species. In the summer months, the reserve erupts into life with wild thyme, squinancywort, clustered bellflower, salad burnet, horseshoe …
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Beacon Hill is a national nature reserve on a chalk spur that supports some rare plant life. This flora in turn provides a habitat to many species of butterfly. In …
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Great ice cream in the car park..
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The wood was gifted to the Woodland Trust in 1996. It is a small level and almost rectangular site extending north to south alongside the road with pasture to the …
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The source of the Itchen lies just south of Cheriton and New Alresford, in the South Downs National Park. The springs well up here and form a stream that winds …
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Large nature reserve on the outskirts of Winchester, with a some steep wooden steps up to a lookout over the city.
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Shawford Down is a chalk downland that is rich in flora and fauna. It is also an important example of early strip cultivation and demonstrates medieval ploughing techniques. There are two world war memorials on the down.
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Bring your toqel and swimsuit
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Very nice hike through South Downs National Park possible. Area: 1627 square kilometers is the youngest national park of a total of 15
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