Activities in the local area
Walking the Clarendon Way
One of the most popular walks in this area is the Clarendon Way; many walkers travelling this route have rested their weary legs for the night at New Farm. Crossing the Test Valley between King’s Somborne and Houghton, the Clarendon Way is a 24 mile walk joining the two cities of Winchester and Salisbury. Starting beside the River Itchen in the centre of Winchester and ending near the River Avon at Salisbury Cathedral, this walk provides a stunning variety of scenery. The Clarendon Way crosses directly through New Farm, making it the perfect place for walkers to come and bed down for the night.
There's also the Test way (see 'cycling the test way' below) and plenty of other shorter walks around the farm, to Farley Mount, the Water Meadows at Stockbridge and the old railway line (to name a few). We have maps at the farm we are happy to share with you.
Click for more info on the Clarendon Way
Fishing on the River Test
The River Test is the longest chalk stream in the UK at 39 miles from source to estuary. Historically regarded as the birthplace of modern fly fishing, where better to give it a go?
Click for more info on fly fishing, coarse fishing, how to book a lesson or hire rods on the Test
Horse riding on the Stockbridge Downs
The area around the Test Valley makes for beautiful riding country with direct access onto the Stockbridge Downs, a National Trust Reserve.
Click to see Stockbridge Riding School for more information about riding lessons or joining a hack
Cycling the Test Way
Starting at Inkpen, high on the chalk downs this 44 mile long-distance route follows much of the course of the River Test to Eling where its tidal waters flow into Southampton Water. The Test is undoubtedly Hampshire's longest and finest chalk stream, world famous for its superb trout fishing.
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