Footpath Number 8
End: FP 2, Bramshill Border
Distance: 3 Miles
Map: 1 – North West
Whilst there are many paths that culminate at the church, this footpath actually passes directly through the churchyard itself. Starting at the lych-gate follow the tarmac path around the church, pausing if you wish at the grave of Eversley’s most famous rector, Charles Kingsley.
The path goes round the back of the church and into what seems a small gap in a yet hedge, beyond this you pass across a footbridge in a peaceful dell before emerging into a field via a stile.
The footpath follows the line of the hedge to the edge of the field where you cross another stile. At this juncture footpath 7 is to your right, but footpath 8 turns to the left behind Lyndridge House. If you’re lucky you may see an Alpaca in the garden. The path continues across another stile and then you walk up a hill towards Heath Warren woodland.
At the top of the hill over another stile the path follows a muddy route between the edge of the wood and the fields of Church Farm. You’ll see the water reservoir used for crop irrigation to your right, before crossing a further stile. To your right is footpath 5, but the yellow footpath signs indicate straight ahead and you now follow a wide gravel path.
Keep straight on, ignoring any turns to your left or right and you will eventually reach footpath 2 at the edge of the parish boundary adjoining Bramshill, where a metal gate in the hedgerow opposite is a convenient waymarker of the end of this footpath.
