Itchen Valley Country Park
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Overview
Itchen Valley Country Park has 440 acres of water meadows, woodland and meadows. There is also a Visitor Centre with nature-based displays, a shop and toilets. There are many waymarked trails around the Park, including the Meadows Nature Trail, the Totem Trail and the Play Trail for smaller children. Picnics are encouraged and there are many tables throughout the Park. There are also two permanent barbecue sites, available for hire. The Woodland Nature Reserve is particularly stunning in the Spring when the bluebells are out in the coppiced areas. Although entrance to the Park is free, there is a charge for parking.
Features
- Opening Times
- Open all year
- Opening Times: GMT 8.30am-7pm, BST 8.30am-9pm. Visitor Centre & Cafe: Apr-Aug 10.30am-5pm; Sep Closed Mon & Tue, 10.30am-5pm other days; Oct-Mar weekends & school hols ONLY 10.30am-4.30pm
- Facilities
- Parking onsite
- Cafe
About the area
Hampshire’s varied landscape of hills and heaths, downlands and forests, valleys and coast are without rival in southern England. Hike across the chalk downland of the north Hampshire ‘highlands’, meander along peaceful paths through unspoilt river valleys of the Test, Itchen, Avon and Meon, or explore the lonely salt marshes and the beautiful medieval forest and heathland of the New Forest.
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