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Fareham

Hampshire


Slow Ways linking Fareham and Bursledon, Havant, Locks Heath, Portsmouth, Stubbington, Wickham

England / Hampshire / Fareham

Fareham’s six Slow Ways are 42% checked

Drawn: 6/6
reviewed: 4/6
verified: 0/6
and surveyed: 0/6

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Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.

Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.

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Walk to Fareham from further afield

Slow Way Route To do
Bursledon—Fareham
Burfar one Pioneer me Distance 11km/7mi Ascent 94m Descent 88m
Fareham—Havant
Farhav one

Double check Distance 17km/10mi Ascent - Descent -
Fareham—Havant
Farhav two

Double check Distance 17km/10mi Ascent 164m Descent 167m
Fareham—Portsmouth
Farpor one

Double check Distance 17km/11mi Ascent 94m Descent 101m
Locks Heath—Fareham
Locfar one Pioneer me Distance 9km/5mi Ascent 59m Descent 86m
Stubbington—Fareham
Stufar one

Review me Distance 5km/3mi Ascent 17m Descent 16m
Wickham—Fareham
Wicfar one Verify me Distance 7km/4mi Ascent 81m Descent 71m

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Collective progress

50% of Fareham’s six route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified

7/7

drawn

5/7

reviewed

2/7

surveyed

0/7

verified

8 people have contributed to Fareham’s Slow Ways

4 people have pledged to walk and review a route

2 people have surveyed a route in Fareham

62km out of 81km have been walked and reviewed

90km of reviews have been shared in Fareham

Latest Updates

Voggyrogers surveyed Wicfar one

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Would be a nice dog walk up from Fareham, with lots of cafes and places to eat (pubs/restaurants/cafes) in Wickham and good bus links between the two if you didn't fancy the walk back....

Voggyrogers

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Voggyrogers took this photo on Wicfar one

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We did not pass along many major roads, however the bobbing and weaving route suggested did lead us to crossing over busy roads multiple times, which could have been avoided should we have just kept to the wide pavements running alongside the busier roads. The journey between Fareham and Portsmouth can be made multiple ways, but this one made no sense at all....

Jen Stoneham

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Plenty of times it takes you in the opposite direction and across major roads that don't have pedestrian crossings. The sensible thing to do would be to turn right down to Downend Road and then left up to The Thicket, but this route takes you left, around to The Causeway and then up a bridle path to a kissing gate which is covered by stinging nettles, along a corn field which would be dire in bad weather. After the Mountbatten centre, don't follow Slow Ways, just walk up to Twyford Avenue and turn right, Slow Ways will bring you across this road in a minute anyway after a few turns in the wrong direction. When you are down to Sultan Road and you think you'll be able to just go into the underpass and along a straight line to your goal, think again, the route will take you off in the opposite direction for fun & laughs (from where you can see your destination in the distance before turning the other way) and you'll somehow end up at the roundabout in Lake Road....

Dave M

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A good route through farmland (mostly crops rather than animals) with some nice little bits of woodland. Reasonably easy to find with signposts at key junctions. The route is partly road, the rest being a mix of wide flat farm tracks and some narrower sections along the edges of fields which are steep in places and get very muddy in the winter....

Jessgoesnorth

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Jessgoesnorth took this photo on Wicfar one

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The new Stubbington bypass forces the uncomfortable but essential detour onto Mays Lane via the Northern section of Old Peak Lane, contingents over the Road and down the southern section of Old Peak Lane might make a neater Route now the bypass will be so very much busier than Titchfield Road via The Old churchyard....

NedtheRed

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Just before Fort Southwick, there is a dedicated grassy path that then follows the road (on the south side), all the way along the hill until just before the George pub, where the the pavement begins again. The route is reasonably accurate, although personally I would not do the first part of the walk again (Boarhunt Road etc. as it is an extremely busy road)....

marshasu

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Just before Fort Southwick, there is a dedicated grassy path that then follows the road (on the south side), all the way along the hill until just before the George pub, where the the pavement begins again. The route is reasonably accurate, although personally I would not do the first part of the walk again (Boarhunt Road etc. as it is an extremely busy road)....

marshasu

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This walk takes you through lovely countryside (the gap between Stubbington and Fareham) although ends in the busy town and so around a third of the walk is along roads. The Slow Way is due to have a bypass road opened through the middle of it in late 2021. For now, I would walk it again as it’s a safe route but this will no doubt change when the road is completed....

rachelcs0301

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Fareham

danravenellison surveyed Fareham

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Helen T surveyed Fareham

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Jessgoesnorth surveyed Fareham

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drandydonovan surveyed Fareham

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Fareham—Havant

Tony Parsons added Farhav two, a new walk from Fareham to Havant

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Fareham—Havant

Tony Parsons added Farhav one, a new walk from Fareham to Havant

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Bursledon—Fareham

Slow Ways added Burfar one, a new walk from Bursledon to Fareham

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Fareham—Portsmouth

Slow Ways added Farpor one, a new walk from Fareham to Portsmouth

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Locks Heath—Fareham

Slow Ways added Locfar one, a new walk from Locks Heath to Fareham

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Stubbington—Fareham

Slow Ways added Stufar one, a new walk from Stubbington to Fareham

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Wickham—Fareham

Slow Ways added Wicfar one, a new walk from Wickham to Fareham

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Fareham, Sat 12 October

15°

Light rain

Fareham’s Slow Ways starting point

Grid ref

SU5784706212

Lat / Lon

50.85253° / -1.17959°

Easting / Northing

457,847E / 106,212N

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Facilities

Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Fareham's meeting point

Public toilet

Wheelchair accessible toilet

Supermarket or convenience shop

Restaurant, cafe or pub

Accommodation

Accommodation for under £50 a night

Campsite

Bothy

Free wifi

Mobility scooter hire

Off-road wheelchair hire

Disabled Parking

Train station

Bus stop

Ferry

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