Walk Organiser: Roger Gibbons, 10 Thornhill Avenue, Thornhill Park, Southampton,
SO19 6PT. Tel: 02380 464737.
Walk Fee: £1.00, Embroidered Badge £2.00.
Start: Alma Road Long Stay Car Park [opposite Mole Valley], Romsey, Hants, SO51 8AN
[GR185/355213]
Fees from 1/4/16: 2hrs £1.60, 3hrs £2.00, 4hrs £2.40, 5hrs £2.80, all day £4.40,
free after 16.00.
Alternative: Romsey Bus Station [on route - para 2].
Route Directions
From Alma Road Car Park head towards the left hand side of Waitrose (by main entrance)
into Latimer Walk. Straight on to road, turn left passing The Phoenix PH on right
to T-junction. Cross over road towards the Nationwide and turn left. Stay on pavement
and follow road turning right into Palmerston Street.
Q1. Just before T-junction what year is on the plaque on the last house on your right?
At junction turn right into Broadwater Road, straight on past pedestrian crossing
and across road bearing right past Pets Corner on left. Continue around to right
with railings and stream on left past Romsey Bus Station on right. Through narrow
alleyway to road, cross over and turn left with Corn Exchange and Bank on left. At
Romsey Conservative Club turn right, 40m turn left into Church Place and straight
on past Abbey on left. Through black bollards, bear left on road [The Abbey] to T-junction.
Turn right into 'The Meades', straight on over river bridge and turn left into The
Memorial Park. Stay on path with river on left, passing War Horse and tennis courts
on right. Continue on path in clockwise direction with river on left, past Bowling
Club on right and children’s play area on left. Stay on path to WW II Japanese artillary
piece on right.
Q2. Who presented the gun to Romsey?
Continue on path past café and exit park by turning first left through gateway. Immediately
turn left over river bridge on path with houses on left and field on right. Go through
wooden gateway, over bridge and round Sadler’s Mill [note plaque on wall]. After
15m with river on left, turn right between houses on wide gravel track. After 15m,
at Test Way signpost, turn right on Test Way. Through kissing gates into field keeping
straight on with fence on right. Cross stiles [bent bridge] continuing on path following
Test Way to cross new gated wooden bridge between smallish trees. Bear left on path
across field to far corner, over stiles and wooden bridge into Squabb Wood keeping
fence on right. Over stile onto well-defined path over plank bridges following Test
Way through wood for 800m. Turn right at junction [tall Countryside Service signpost
on left] continuing on Test Way over plank bridge then on path for approx 150metres.
Turn right off the Test Way at signpost and notice to exit Squabb Wood onto wide
track. Up slope with electric fence on left then, at top of slope turn right through
gap in hedge past signpost on right. Stay on track with hedge on left to road. Turn
left, 40m bear left [Footpath sign] on wide track between hedges.
Q3. 25m before road what is name of white house on right?
At road turn right and continue downhill. At T-junction turn right to cross railway
bridge keeping on road [Care] to junction. Cross main road [Care] straight on track
to left of Duke’s Head PH. 40m turn right at sign ‘Official Diversion’ and follow
path to river bank. Turn right with river on left to road at white-railed bridge.
Turn left over bridge and follow pavement 400m until just before Garden Centre. Turn
left on brick-laid drive and at brick letter-box/entry-phone pillar on right, turn
left, first with wooden panel fence on left then river on right.
Cross river bridge and continue in same direction along opposite bank. After 200m
turn right away from the river. Keep on path to right of area of felled trees, continuing
ahead over wooden walkway and bridge. Cross over concrete bridge and follow stony
path with streams on both sides to electricity sub-station on right just before canal.
Q4. What is the sub-station number [in very small print below bar-code]?
At X-tracks at canal turn right alongside old canal on left for 2500m to main road.
At main road turn right. After approx 20m between houses number 34 & 32 there is
a plaque of Queen Victoria cut into the wall.
Q5. What is the date above Queen Victoria's head?
Continue past garage and straight on to traffic lights. Cross road and turn right
up Alma Road for approx 200m to mini-roundabout. Turn left back to car park on left.
Route updated 19 May 2018
