This is another video in my series “ New Forest Walks” accompanied by my Whippet (Logan). In this episode, I visit the village of Burley (as well as nearby Burley Street) which is located 4 miles to the South East of Ringwood in Hampshire.

My 5 mile circular route starts at the car park next to the Queen Head pub (although I actually leave my car at the Forestry Commission car park at the Burley Cricket pitch to the South of the village.

After a quick wander through the village, I initially head North past the Fire Station to the entrance of Burley Hill House at which point I take a public footpath uphill through woods to Castle Hill. At the top I get to enjoy some stunning views to the West before exploring the remains of the Iron Age Hill Fort.

I then make my way down the hill, along a grass track that soon becomes a sunken lane, to the small settlement of Burley Street. My walk continues along Forest road to Burley Moor – a huge expanse of open heathland. After meeting some pigs (it was pannage season in the New Forest), I passed by the edge of the South Oakley Inclosure to a pony pen.

I then walk down Mill Lane, being careful not to miss a footpath sign on my right, which takes me along a track that crosses the Mill Lawn Brook and brings me back to the outskirts of Burley via a pretty meadow.

I pass the old chapel (now a residential property) on my way to my final destination – the St John the Baptist Church which has some amazing stained glass windows and some carved wooden mice to find!

The walk finishes with light refreshment at the Queens Head pub in the village.



Map courtesy of Google Maps.

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I use a GOPRO HERO 7, 8 or 10 Black Action Camera (sometimes with a Gimbal) & a Rode microphone (either a “Shotgun” or a Rode Wireless Go) together with a Canon Powershot SX530 HS.