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New Forest Cycle Ride - 9
Woodland between Brockenhurst and Burley – Wilverley Inclosure

 

Location: 6 kilometres (3 ¾ miles) south-west of Brockenhurst;  7 kilometres (4¼ miles) south-east of Burley.

Distance: 4.5 kilometres (2¾ miles), all off-road, but with a number of short, quite steep, gradients.

Start: Wilverley Plain car park at the north-east edge of Wilverley Plain and Wilverley Inclosure (SU 254011). 

Station: Sway, 3.5 kilometres (2 miles).

Forest Holidays camp site: Setthorns 1.75 kilometres (1 mile).

Alternative starts: The nearby Yew Tree Bottom and Wilverley Inclosure car parks.


Cycle ride 9 map
� Walking Distance (Maps) Ltd 2008. Reproduced by permission.    Walking Distance cycle maps.    Map purchase and contact info.

Directions:
(Only designated cycle tracks, and roads are usually mentioned; not footpaths and other tracks).

1) From the car park, enter Wilverley Inclosure and continue straight ahead until a ‘T’ junction is reached. Notice here the low, metal plate opposite, by the ride-side – it provides details of  enclosure dates.

2) Turn right and follow the track for just over 1 kilometre (0.6 miles). Bear sharp left just before the A35 is reached, and continue on for another 0.75 kilometres (½ mile).

3) Turn left uphill at a ‘Y’ junction, and follow the track round until a ‘T’ junction is reached. Turn left here and then almost immediately right, to return to the car park.

Points of interest:

Wilverley Plain
An extensive area of re-seeded grassland.
Wilverley Inclosure
First enclosed 1775, enclosed again in 1809, thrown open in 1846 and re-enclosed in 1896. Now primarily coniferous woodland, but with many well-spaced, magnificent ornamental specimens. Small numbers of mature broad-leaved trees.
Metal inclosure dates plate
Outlines the dates of enclosure.
Solid wooden trackside seats
Placed in memory of past lovers of the New Forest scene.
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