Emsworth Walks

1 Emsworth . by letting the millpond fill with the of Warblington Castle. This is private,so incoming tide and empty on the ebb tide, you cannot get to see the grounds, but directing the water though sluices and a Warblington Castle was the home of the mechanism to drive the millstones. The Blessed Margaret Pole, who was executed Town Mill as it was called dates back to by Henry VIII in 1541. the 16th century At the far side of the field, pass though As you walk down the breakwater, if you another pair of kissing gates and come look back at the southern foreshore of along next to Warblington Cemetery. Emsworth , you will see the remains of the oyster beds that were once the centre of a Just past the new cemetery extension on famous industry in the 19th century. your right, you come past Warblington Church. Before the church was built in At the end of the breakwater you will come Emsworth , this was the main church for to Emsworth Sailing Club. Pass behind the the area, and the route you have just come Langstone and Havant club on the footpath and go down onto is known locally as the coffin walk , as this the path along the foreshore.

2 Follow this was the way people had to carry the The walk starts from Emsworth Square. path right along in front of the houses coffins from Emsworth for burial in the There is a pay-and-display car park in until you reach a small bridge that crosses churchyard. South Street, or a free car park in Bridge an outlet from some reed beds. Road (just north of the main Havant Road). The churchyard is interesting as it While walking down this path, keep a good contains a guardhouse to guard against From the square, walk south down South lookout for the seabirds that feed along body snatchers. Also the Yew trees in the Street towards the harbour. the foreshore. Depending on the time of churchyard are centuries old. It is worth year you can see all sorts of waders and taking time out to go into the church when At the bottom of the road, you come gulls along this stretch. it is open. across a small car park on the quay. Pass across this car park and along the pathway After the bridge, the path splits.

3 Follow Following the footpath past the church, that leads out onto the breakwater the right hand path that goes along the you continue directly westward into surrounding the millpond. walk around back of Nore Barn Woods until you reach a Warblington Cemetery via a kissing gate. the millpond on this breakwater. kissing gate. Pass through this gate continuing westward, then through a Pass through the the far side of the What you are walking around is a tidal mill second kissing gate onto a path that goes cemetery where you turn left, and then pond that was used to drive the flour mill up the southern edge of a large field. walk down to another kissing gate on your originally housed in the building that you right, which takes you diagonally across a passed that is now Emsworth Slipper As you walk across this field, note the field to the foreshore. Sailing Club. Tidal mills are common ruins of a tower ahead and slightly to the around Chichester Harbour, and worked right of the path.

4 These are the remains Emsworth . At the foreshore, turn right and walk along The Hayling Billy line was the main railway The bungalows and houses along this road the footpath. If the tide is up, for the next connection for people travelling to Hayling are typical of the type of housing built up section where the bank is supported by for their holiday. It was closed following when Emsworth started to grow in the railway sleepers you will need to take the the Beeching report in the 1960s, and has 1930s and 40s. As you go on, you fringe footpath above the sleepers if you want to now been made into a leisure path for a council estate in Bosmere Gardens. avoid getting your feet wet. walkers, cyclists and horse riders. After walking about a kilometre along These sleepers were originally part of the Just before you cross into the car park Selangor Avenue/Victoria Road, you will Hayling Billy line, the railway that next to the Emsworth Road, turn right come across Bridge Road on the right connected Hayling Island with Havant.

5 Back on yourself and follow the path for a hand side. Head down Bridge Road to its The line is now a leisure path. short distance before turning north into T-junction with Havant Road. Lymbourn Road. At the end of Lymbourn At the end of this section you climb up Road, turn right into Emsworth Road and To the left of you as you walk down Bridge onto a path along the side of another cross over to the path on the northern side Road is the river Ems. While most of the millpond, now a wetland nature reserve. of the road. time this is more of a brook than a river, However, you can see the locks and sluices the southern end of this road is prone to as you walk round behind the old Continue along this road, crossing a flooding if the water cannot clear down windmill. couple of sideroads until you come up to quickly into the millpond. There was the roundabout on the main A27. serious flooding here in 2010. Follow the foreshore path past the Royal Oak pub and turn right into Langstone Just before the roundabout, bear left into At the junction with Havant Road, turn left High Street.

6 Castle Avenue, bearing right takes you to the pedestrian crossing lights, and down to an underpass under the A27 and cross over Havant Road. The Royal Oak and a hundred metres out onto Havant Road on the other side. along the foreshore the Ship Inn; both of Turn right briefly on the other side, then these pubs serve a great drink and good Follow the Havant Road to the left towards turn left down Bridgefoot Path along the food, so if you are looking for a break half Emsworth . side of the millpond. way along, this is your chance. If your legs have had enough at this point, Take the second left off this road into Nile walk to the end of Langstone High Street you can continue right along the Havant Street, which brings you back up to and turn right onto the main road onto Road into Emsworth and back to the Emsworth Square and your starting point Hayling Island, the A3023. About a beginning. If for the walk hundred metres north on the right hand side you will find the Hayling Billy line path Turn left into Selangor Avenue and follow that forks off to the right.

7 Proceed up the the road round as it turns into Victoria path. Road and brings you through the northern part of South Emsworth .