Culver
Trail (approx. 4 miles)
This trail is not recommended for wheelchairs or pushchairs due to a
number of stiles and some steps. Starting at the Windmill, walk down
the track that continues straight along from the entrance gate. Near
the bottom of the slope you come into a wooded area (Steyne Wood).
At the fork go down the right hand path, follow it down to the road.
Turn right down this road and continue along till you get to a junction
with a road on your left. Cross the road and head down the new one.
Follow this road right to the end where it meets Hillway Road.
Turn
right down Hillway and go down till you meet a sharp corner bearing
right and a lane going left. Cross the road and go up the lane. Going
along here you will pass Peacock Hill Farm and Glover’s Farm.
The lane bends to the right a little way after Glover’s. On the
left hand side of the lane at this corner is a footpath with a gate
and a stile. Go over the stile. The path goes fairly straight towards
the chalk pit; it gets gradually steeper uphill as you go. You will
come into a slightly wooded area as you get closer to the pit. There
is a crossroad of paths at the pit, you can either take the left most
path and cut off the corner, or you can go for the one straight on,
this description goes straight on. Head for the Lord Yarborough Monument, which is situated at the top
as it levels off. Continue across the grass to the stile, which leads
onto the road. Go left down the road past the pub. The road forks at
the bottom but you can continue to walk straight on across the grass
to the Beacon. Walk all the way across the grass to the road, bearing
left around the gun emplacements and head for the left-hand corner of
the car park. There is a fence at the bottom, negotiate this, take a
sharp right to a chalk path leading into a wooded area. Out of the woods,
cross a field, heading towards the Caravan site. You have joined the
Isle of Wight Coastal Path. Carry along the Coastal Path to a wooden
building.
The path normally goes over a bridge over a sunken track but
this may not be accessible at the time so you can go around if needs
must. Just head towards the right-hand corner of the field where there
is a gap. You go into a wooded area running beside the cliff. Head
towards the corner where there is a junction in the path. Take the left
fork (footpath BB10). Cross the School drive and head diagonally to a
gap between two fences. The path becomes a lane; follow this back up
to Hillway Road. Go down the hill to the left a little way till there
is a footpath visible on the right-hand side of the road. Follow this
path back into Steyne Wood. After a while you get to a road in the woods.
Cross the road, the path continues on the other side. You reach a junction,
go right. After a while you are back on the track up to the windmill
to where you started. <<< Back to Marsh
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