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Highcliffe And Walkford

New Forest Airfields Memorial – Hawthorne Road loop from Hinton Admiral

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Highcliffe And Walkford

New Forest Airfields Memorial – Hawthorne Road loop from Hinton Admiral

Moderate

4.8

(12)

154

riders

New Forest Airfields Memorial – Hawthorne Road loop from Hinton Admiral

02:36

43.7km

190m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 26, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 252 m for 67 m

After 8.89 km for 57 m

After 43.4 km for 67 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.34 km

Water Crossing at Rural Road Intersection

Highlight • River

If its Deep you can always use the bridge

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12.1 km

Lyndhurst Road

Highlight • Cycleway

Watch out for pot holes

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13.7 km

The memorial standing on the western boundary of the wartime airfield of Holmsley South sprang from the desire to commemorate all those people who had served on the New Forest airfields during and immediately after the Second World War.

The twelve airfields of the New Forest area played an important part in securing the eventual victory, and with the coming of peace, in bringing home thousands of prisoners-of-war and service personnel, and opening up the new air routes across the globe, which we use today as a matter of course. They were involved in every aspect of air warfare from research and development, training, flying on both defensive and offensive missions and supporting the operations of secret agents and Resistance Organisations in occupied Europe.

Many younger people have no conception of what was happening in the area all those years ago, yet what occurred then helped in no small way to secure the freedom we enjoy and take for granted today. Had the War been lost, Great Britain would have become part of the Third Reich, a vassal state, with slavery, concentration camps, murder, torture and intimidation being everyday features of life, as they were in those countries that were occupied by Nazi Germany at that time. Our wartime leaders would have been executed by Hitler’s Nazis.

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15.4 km

Devils Den

Forest

16.8 km

Burley Road Downhill, New Forest National Park

Highlight • Trail

At over 5km long, Burley Road is a great stretch of smooth tarmac. To put a smile on your face, head north for a downhill run into the pretty village of Burley. The New Forest stretches out on all sides of you and its a great way to appreciate its beauty.

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19.3 km

The Queen's Head pub, Burley

Highlight • Restaurant

The Queen's Head pub was used by smugglers and highwaymen in the 17th century as a stopping point. Old coins, brandy bottles and pistols were discovered in a hidden cellar during renovation work. The New Forest's maze of secret tracks through woods and heaths provided the perfect cover to move contraband safely from the coast. Ridley Wood on the northern edge of Burley was a black market for these goods.

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