Hampshire / Isle of Wight cycling map Goldeneye Goldeneye | 9781859651490

Hampshire is a land of tree-tunnelled sunken lanes, thatched cottages with gardens full of flowers, hazel copses, clear chalk streams and rivers. Despite the ever expanding urbanisation of the south of England, inland Hampshire remains much as it always was with little obvious change to its villages and their network of single-track lanes. As the chalk of the South Downs has lost much of its height by the time it reaches Hampshire most of the riding is on the easy side with few climbs that could be classed as more than moderate. The New Forest is, understandably one of the most popular tourist destinations in Britain yet it is easy to escape the crowds on a bike on one of the many well-signed cycle trails that cross the area. • 12 circular routes overprinted on the Map • Traffic-Free Family Cycling Trails: The Test Way (Stonymarsh - Stockbridge), Chawton Park Woods (Alton off-road cycle trail), The Isle of Wight routes: Cowes - Newport - Elverstone - Sandown, and Yarmouth - Freshwater. • The New Forest is criss-crossed with cycle paths, too.• The National Cycle Network routes: NCN 2, NCN 4, NCN 22, NCN 23, NCN 24 and NCN 45, are all illustrated.