Malcolm Smith's walks

 
Avon Valley Path

Christchurch to Salisbury

Route Index

The Avon Valley Path is a designated route running 34 miles between
Salisbury in Wiltshire and Christchurch in Dorset.

The route is waymarked with the symbol of a bridge within an arrow.

The diagram on the left hand side of this page has been taken
from the official brochure which is currently out of print.

The route is covered by Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps
OL22 (New Forest) and 130 (Salisbury and Stonehenge)
at a scale of 1:25,000, being 4cm = 1km.

I had previously walked most of the path from Salisbury to the
other side of Ringwood. I came to realise that, as a consequence of
facing south, the sun was in my face making it difficult to appreciate
the views. Also, it meant taking photographs into the sun thus often
bleaching out the subject. It is for those reasons that I decided to
walk from south to north.

I have presented my photographs in sequence as the walk progresses,
and it is intended as a record of my walk as it was taken, as well as
a guide to anyone taking the walk in future.

Additional information has been added for interest.
The map references given with each photograph refer
to the point at which each photograph was taken.

 

 
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