Three Castles Path
A 61-mile long-distance path in Berkshire and Hampshire linking Windsor Castle with Odiham Castle and Winchester Great Hall. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SU 967 772
Distance: 61 miles (98 km)
Time: 24–32 hours
Duration: 4–6 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Map (1:25,000):
OL32 Winchester, New Alresford and East Meon
144 Basingstoke, Alton and Whitchurch
159 Reading, Wokingham and Pangbourne
160 Windsor, Weybridge and Bracknell
Summary
The Three Castles Path is a 60-mile long-distance footpath in England running from Winchester Great Hall, Hampshire, to Windsor Castle, Berkshire, via the ruins of Odiham Castle (also known as ‘King John’s Castle’). Winchester Great Hall is the only surviving part of Winchester Castle.
The footpath passes through the towns of New Alresford, Hartley Wintney, Sandhurst, Bracknell, and Ascot, and the villages of Martyr Worthy, Itchen Abbas, Abbotstone, Upper Wield, Ellisfield, Bradley, Greywell, North Warnborough, and Odiham. The footpath also passes through TriLakes Country Park, Ascot Racecourse, Windsor Great Park, and close to Broadmoor Hospital. Part of the route also follows the Basingstoke Canal towpath. (Source: Wikipedia)