Midhurst Footpath Companions
Walking in Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey.

Milland walk on 15th March 2025

Mark and Jo gathered us together at The Rising Sun in Milland for our walk of just under 5 miles.  His walking boots attested to the muddiness of his prewalk which thankfully led to an adjustment of the route to avoid the worst of it.  We started off down Rake Road in the hope that it would warm up and we may get some sunshine, turned into Cook’s Pond Road by the Pond and then onto footpaths across fields towards New Barn Farm when we reached the bridleway walking to the south beside fields.  At Trotton Marsh, we strolled down Borden Lane where we joined the Serpent Trail and into Holm Wood where we stopped for our coffee break.  Staying in the woods we dropped down back onto Borden Lane, crossed Cook’s Pond Road and the Hammer Stream, through Kingsham Wood and a field to come out onto Milland Road by the cemetery of the now demolished Church of the Good Shepherd at Iping Marsh.  The route back to The Rising Sun was back up Milland Road, to the pub where we enjoyed our lunch and refreshments.

The gathering

Cook’s Pond

Beside the fields

Gorse in flower and a flat landscape

Posing by the coppicing

Turning onto the footpath by the first flowering trees

The towering Holm Wood

Foraging for our coffee break

The coffee break

Head of the walk on The Serpent Trail

Crossing Hammer Stream

Warning of a substantial guard posse

A marshy bit of Iping Marsh

Our ambling ensemble

Last bit of footpath

Après walk at The Rising Sun, Milland

The 4.8 mile route around Milland

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