# 🥾 Walk 460 - Eversley and Hazeley Heath

Liz led her first walk for us on Sunday 13th June. She'd tried out the walk during lockdown and kindly agreed to lead it for us. Starting from the car park near St Mary's Church, Eversley, we followed the Three Castles Path southward through Warren Heath. This long-distance path links Windsor Castle with Winchester Great Hall, via Odiham Castle, which we visited on our walk last weekend. (See walk 459)

Warren Heath has some areas of pine plantation and other areas of mixed woodland, with wide paths running through them. The paths got narrower as we left Warren Heath through Birch Bottom and Warren Hill Farm.

The Three Castles Path took us to the eastern tip of Hazeley Heath, where we departed from this long-distance path and followed a well established path into Hazeley Heath. Being close to Hartley Wintney, this area is popular with dog walkers and families. We also saw a few horses and riders.

![Crossing Warren Heath, near Eversley.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume36/images/warren_heath.jpg)

Taking a zig-zag route through the heath, we passed a picturesque pond by Crabtree Lodge, a country residence that always seems to be in the process of being extended. Following the edge of the heath, we made our way north-west to Hazeley.

We stopped for an early lunch at Hazeley, where we found a couple of benches and a nice grassy area to sit. It was a warm, cloudless day, with temperatures already in the 20s Celsius when we started. It was therefore a little surprising to a lone jogger, sweating away in the heat.

After lunch, we followed Plough Lane up to Bramshill Plantation. The quiet lane was used more by cyclists that cars. The lane eventually joined a much more busy road, which we crossed so we could walk along a footpath on the edge of the plantation.

![On the Three Castles Path near Hartley Wintney.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume36/images/three_castles_path.jpg)

Here was saw a deer, quiet close to us in the wood. I think it was a roe deer, but I'm no expert. It was relatively small with grey-brown fur. It wasn't frightened of us and followed a parallel path to us for a while before disappearing.

Crossing the road again, we were in Heath Warren Wood for a while and then passed through a couple of farms, one with field of llamas. Finally we passed through a field of barley and a little bit of woodland, to find ourselves in the church yard of St Marys - a stone's throw from the car park. See our route on Google Maps.

We finished about 1:30pm, which meant we'd avoided the hottest part of the day, and certain people could get home before kick-off! (UEFA: Scotland v Czech Republic)

![The pond by Crabtree Lodge.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume36/images/crabtree_lodge_pond.jpg)

![Some llamas at Yalden's Farm.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume36/images/llamas.jpg)

*Thank you to Liz for leading her first walk for us.*

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