Rights of Way

All Rights of Way are the responsibility of the Recreation Department of Hampshire County Council. In Ellisfield, the county council has delegated maintenance work of the paths to a small group of volunteers under the Hampshire Paths Partnership.

In Ellisfield, we have twelve Rights of Way. Quite a few allow you to join the paths up; even if you have to walk on a public road for a bit. Working clockwise, our twelve Rights of Way are as follows:

"Alley Lane" is a bridleway starting beside the Memorial Hall (Church Lane) and ending up just before the old Basingstoke to Alton railway line. Walk a little further north east and you'll come out at the A339.

"Winslade Lane" is a byway which joins the top of "Alley Lane" and heads south to the Bushywarren Lane and College Lane corner.

"Duck's Alley" is a byway connecting Bushywarren Lane to Bell Lane.

At the bottom of Church Lane is the footpath heading south east out to Herriard Grange.

The footpath which connects the corner of Furzen Lane and Church Lane with the top of Bell Lane.

"Kit Lane", a byway running almost due south from Bell Lane all the way down to the Axford Road. There is then a connection to the new Bradley bridleway which takes you along the side of Preston Oak Hills.

Running between Lower Common (starting a little up Furzen Lane) and College Lane there is the "Zig-Zag". This footpath follows the line of hedgerows which are no longer there!

Our smallest right of way, this is the first 600 yards of the bridleway starting at Wellclose Gate on the Berrydown Lane and heading almost due north to Farleigh Wallop. This section is in Ellisfield, the rest is in Nutley.

Just north of Lower Common (up Green Lane), a footpath which takes you virtually in a right angle to come out behind the Fox Inn. Cross over and ...

There is the Pub to Church footpath. All the old stiles have now been replaced with kissing gates, installed by the Footpath Group.

If you want to go to Bedlam, head north west on the footpath which starts a few hundred yards up from the Fox Inn.

Finally, if you like cows, there is the footpath from Hill Farm (Green Lane) to St Martins Church (Church Lane).

Please note that a map showing all the above Rights of Way will be added to this page soon.

If you want further information or if you want to report any problems, please talk to the Clerk (or any councillor) of Ellisfield Parish Council (contact details here) or any committee member of the Ellisfield Volunteer Group (contact details here).