Rowhill Nature Reserve

  • Free parking (no height restriction)
  • Bins
  • Woodland nature reserve and the source of the River Blackwater
  • 2.3km circular signposted walk
  • Links to longer walks along the Blackwater Valley Path
See route…

 

 

Where you’ll find it…

Find the free car park on Cranmore Lane, Aldershot, nearest postcode GU11 3BD. Grid reference SU 84886 49998. What3Words: entire.button.energy.

N.B. We’ve given the nearest postcode, but recommend using the links to look up the exact location. The centre of a postcode may be up to half a mile from your destination.

What you’ll find there…

Gorgeous shady woodland, great for cooling down in the summer! This wonderful nature reserve is lovingly managed and cared for. Its signposted trail meanders through woods and a meadow on an interesting route that’s surprisingly hilly in places. Once part of a private estate, known for producing timber and bricks, you can still see evidence of this today. There’s a large level meadow in the centre, and regulars tell us this is popular spot with dog walkers, as a safe place to play with their pets.

​You’ll also discover the source of the River Blackwater, the start of a green corridor on the boundary between Surrey and Hampshire. The river links a number of our “Greenspace” entries including Lakeside Nature Reserve, Hawley Lake & Blackwater Park and Shepherd Meadows.

The signposted trail starts from behind the building next to the car park on Cranmore Lane. It’s unsurfaced and steep in places, but there’s also a surfaced, level trail from the opposite end of the reserve, from the entry point at the top of Parkland Grove GU9 9HA, with room to park one or two cars. What3Words: action.hotels.mess, grid reference SU 85751 49572.

Gallery…

Photo shows a small stream tumbling down through tree roots. It's right beside a woodland path and you can see the start of a boardwalk in the distance.
Atrractive photo of a path through woodland. Dappled sunlight has made attractive patterns on the ground.
Photo of a rough path with earth banks either side.
Photo of a path between tall pine trees.
Photo of a rather muddy looking pond, with thick vegetation at its far side. Woodland all around.
Photo of a woodland scene. A rough path divides, splitting off into different areas.

Photo of a large flat, grass field surrounded by trees. You can just make out a few people walking in the distance.
Photo of a tarmac path that runs down hill away from the meadow and into the woodland.
Photo of a woodland path. A section of fence protects the edge of a pond.
Photo of a Hazel copse with a path running through. There is a "dead hedge" on one side, built to protect the habitat beyond it.
Pretty photograph of a path through trees on the edge of a clearing.
Rowhill Nature Reserve, November 2023
Photo looking down a path on the edge of a meadow. Autumnal trees hang attactively oveer the path.
Rowhill Nature Reserve, November 2023

Photo of a large grassland space. A bench sits in the foreground.
Rowhill Nature Reserve, November 2023
Photo of a path through hazel coppice. The sun shines attractively on the yellowing leaves.
Rowhill Nature Reserve, November 2023
Autumnal photo of a woodland with a boardwalk built to take visitors over a wet patch.
Rowhill Nature Reserve, November 2023
Photo of a woodland with a boardwalk built to take visitors over a wet patch.
Rowhill Nature Reserve, November 2023
Photo of a woodland path covered in autumn leaves. Tall trees either side.
Rowhill Nature Reserve, November 2023
Photo of a woodland path covered in autumn leaves. Tall trees either side.
Rowhill Nature Reserve, November 2023

Photo showing a woodland path, with a fence made of hazel stems.
Rowhill Nature Reserve, November 2023
Photo of the shady woodlands at Rowhill.
Rowhill Nature Reserve, July 2022
Photo of the shady woodlands at Rowhill.
Rowhill Nature Reserve, July 2022
Photo of the open meadow at Rowhill.
Rowhill Nature Reserve, July 2022
Photo of a woodland path
Rowhill Nature Reserve, February 2022
Photo of a woodland path with one of the 'kingfishers' nature trail markers in the foreground
Rowhill Nature Reserve waymarking, February 2022

Photo of a curving boardwalk alongside recently thinned woodland
Rowhill Nature Reserve, February 2022
Photo of an open meadow
Rowhill Nature Reserve, February 2022
Photo of a recently thinned woodland with hazel fencing
Rowhill Nature Reserve, February 2022
Photo of a woodland pond
Rowhill Nature Reserve, February 2022
Photo of an old boundary stone with "HANTS" written down one side (and "SURREY" the other)
The Hampshire/Surrey border at Rowhill Nature Reserve, February 2022
Bluebells at Rowhill Nature Reserve, April 2019

 

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