Midhurst Footpath Companions
Walking in Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey.

Midhurst walk on 28th May 2025

We met at The Half Moon on the outskirts of Midhurst for our 4.2 mile walk around Midhurst Common and the surrounding heathland.  There was a short uphill section to a small glade on Midhurst Common where we turned right into the woods on the Common, then dropping down to the lower common and onto Severals Road.  Heading down towards the Bepton Road, past the tree trunk carving we crossed by the Countryside Inn through fields and back into the Warren woods over the old disused railway embankment. Trains used this railway between 1864 and 1955. At the edge of The Warren we crossed a stream and the fields to Minsted Road where we turned north and had our coffee break beside the disused gravel pit.  Further up the road we turned towards Quags Corner, skirting the edge of the woods at Stedham Common to Woolmer Bridge where we picked up the Serpent Trail back across The Severals heath and Midhurst Common before the final downhill back to the Half Moon for our lunch.

Lots of information is available about the railway on the Gravelroots website :- Midhurst to Petersfield railway.

For more information about Midhurst generally:- Midhurst history

Thanks to Gravelroots for all this great information.

'A' team arrived on foot

Ready to go

Thorn between roses?

Is there anyone there?

Heading towards the disused railway embankment

Stalking through the ferns

Ferns and woods on The Warren

Bloomin’ ‘eck, what kept you?

Rhododendrons in bloom

Luckily the wetlands had dried out

English and wild roses

Canadian geese enjoying a tariff free meal

If you don’t chicken out, I’ll set my minders on you

On our way to Quarks Corner

Lunching team

Route of the 4.2 mile walk

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