9 miles Crab Wood

This varied circular walk starts from Hawthorns's Car Park in Farley Mount Country Park.  It passes through West Wood and then along Burrow Road to Ham Green.  After crossing a field with views back to Sparsholt, we enter Crab Wood and hope to enjoy some early Spring flowers.  We then take Lanham Lane to the edge of Winchester, where we turn left onto Dean Lane and head for the Plough at Sparsholt, where lunch is available for pre-ordering.  Any picknickers can use the Green by the Sparsholt Village Hall.  After lunch, we return via Moor Court and Newbarn Farms, and the site of a Roman Villa in West Wood.