Long Forest Walk, Moors Valley
4.3 miles (6.9 km). About 1½ hours, easy.
Start: SU 106 057. Finish: SU 107 056. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Up and down
About 63 m of climbing and 60 m of descent; highest point 50 m.
Facts
- Code
- SW 1338
- Distance
- 4.3 miles (6.9 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryengland.uk
- Walking time
- About 1½ hours
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- South West
- Total ascent
- About 63 m. Highest point 50 m
Getting there
- Stations
- Lakeside (heritage railway), 120 m from the start. Directions SU 105 057Kingsmere (heritage railway), 390 m from the start. Directions SU 103 060
- Car parks
- Car park (pay), 30 m from the start. Directions SU 107 057Car park, 110 m from the start. Directions SU 107 056Car park (free), 410 m from the start. Directions SU 107 053
Getting back
We found no bus stop within 3 km of the finish and no station within 10 km (from OpenStreetMap), so plan a lift or a taxi back.
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 26 m in a kilometre (1 in 38), starting 1.1 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
- Cafés
- The Barn, Ashley Heath: at the start and finish.Moors Valley Explorers Cafe, Ashley Heath: 4.1 miles in, about 150 m off the way.
As OpenStreetMap records them. Opening times change, so check before you set off.
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Connecting routes
- SW 1354Lookout Trail, Moors ValleyShares 0.4 miles of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Moors Valley Country Park and Forest and Ashley Heath. This route starts and finishes on it at Moors Valley Country Park and Forest.
Walks nearby
- SW 1353Wellbeing Trail, Hurn Forest1.4 miles. Starts 2.3 miles away
- SE 1522Ringwood Crow and Kingston5.5 miles, circular. Starts 2.4 miles away
- SE 1553Ringwood Rockford Common and beyond3.5 miles, circular. Starts 3.2 miles away
- SW 1077Kingston Lacy walk at Holt Heath6 miles, circular. Starts 3.4 miles away
- SE 1552Ringwood Hightown and Crow3.5 miles, circular. Starts 3.5 miles away
- SE 1143A Walk to the Huff Duff, SW Hants4.3 miles, circular. Starts 3.9 miles away
Sources
Checked against forestryengland.uk on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Forestry England, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Forestry England).
- Facts: forestryengland.uk
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