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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Heckfield and Yateley.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Heckfield and Yateley.
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Heckfield
Grid Ref
SU7239960744
Lat / Lon
51.34118° / -0.96197°
Easting / Northing
472,399E / 160,744N
What3Words
gong.outbid.unloading
Yateley
Grid Ref
SU8171560981
Lat / Lon
51.34205° / -0.82820°
Easting / Northing
481,715E / 160,981N
What3Words
boom.grid.crisis
Hecyat One's land is
| Heckfield | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SU7239960744 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.34118° / -0.96197° |
| Easting / Northing | 472,399E / 160,744N |
| What3Words | gong.outbid.unloading |
| Yateley | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SU8171560981 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.34205° / -0.82820° |
| Easting / Northing | 481,715E / 160,981N |
| What3Words | boom.grid.crisis |
| Arable | 2.5% |
| Other | 13.2% |
| Pasture | 47.7% |
| Urban | 9.7% |
| Water | 1.3% |
| Woods | 25.7% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Martin Ellis
19 Aug 2023Heckfield to Yateley 1 (Hecyat 1) review.
An excellent walk through a conifer plantation, followed by a stretch of the Blackwater Valley Path.
This Slow Way does not have the best of starts. The walk between Heckfield and the entrance to Bramshill Plantation includes the Bramshill Road. This is a busy road with a narrow verge, so required constant vigilance (Photo 1).
The attractive Bramshill Plantation includes conifer woodland, heath, and ponds. The Slow Way keeps to the public right of way. This was overgrown in places and I expect it gets rather muddy (Photos 2 & 3). As this is access land, there are plenty of alternative routes across the plantation.
The Slow Way then joins the Blackwater Valley Path, which it follows almost all the way into Yateley (Photo 4). There is a half-way break point at the friendly Tally Ho pub in Eversley.
The route takes a well-maintained path, first through farmland, and then between the River Blackwater and flooded gravel pits (Photos 5 & 6). There are regular information boards detailing the nature reserves.
Finally, the Slow Way crosses the river and takes a footpath (Photo 7), and an urban walk, into Yateley.
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