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

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

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

04:40

17.0km

270m

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: May 7, 2026

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North Wessex Downs National Landscape

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Start point

Bus stop

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2.78 km

Traditional Fingerpost

Highlight • Structure

Now don't tell anyone, but....we went..... no, shouldn't really say. forget I said anything.

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2.80 km

Wide gravel path

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Wide gravel path that runs alongside the Family Private Chapel.... which we didn't go in to honestly.

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8.25 km

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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8.57 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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8.59 km

Ancient Hillfort

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8.62 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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9.06 km

Round Barrow

Archaeological Site

10.1 km

Barton Copse Tree

Highlight • Forest

10.7 km

Watership Down Hill

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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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12.1 km

Barton Copse

Forest

17.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.26 km

3.65 km

2.58 km

2.50 km

Surfaces

6.98 km

3.73 km

2.28 km

273 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

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Saturday 18 July

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

Traditional Fingerpost

Wide gravel path

Approaching the hillfort

Wayfarers Walk waymarker

Ancient Hillfort

Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort

Barton Copse Tree

Watership Down Hill

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