Although signposted off the A3 at the Chalton and Clanfield junction, you are then left to your own devices. Follow the brown signs to the Hampshire Hog, and just past the pub there is a turning on the left to Butser Hill which is signposted from t
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Take the path that leaves the lower part of the car park behind the waste bin.
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Go through the gate and take the middle path.
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Alternatively, there is path that joins our route from the gate behind the information centre.
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The path to the left leads to a low bank and ditch (probably of Iron Age origin), but the views from the right-hand path are better.
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When you reach the scarp face, turn right and head up along the edge.
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As you approach the scrub, take the left-hand path that leads downhill.
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Follow this path round the head of the valley and continues keeping roughly level along the opposite scarp face.
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Ignore the steps to the right and carry on past the red waymark.
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Take the path to the right up on to the brow of the hill. The path to the left is very narrow, uneven and overgrown, and I cannot recommend it.
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Cross the ridgeway path, and head to the far side of the hill ...
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... round the back of the bushes.
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Join the path along the edge of the scarp, and follow this round to the right.
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Go through the gate.
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Were the path starts to head downhill, cross on to the upper path, and stay on the level.
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Keep straight on round the edge of the hill, ignoring any turnings.
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Join the path that has come up the hill and keep on around the edge.
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Ignore the various paths that go down the hill and just keep on around the edge.
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Take the middle path ...
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... that leads round the back of the scrub and trees.
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Cross the open ground, and go through the gate that is straight ahead.
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Follow the path through the scrub. The car park is then straight ahead of you.
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