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Local walks

Whitwell to Shorwell
This stage starts from Whitwell crossing a mixture of farmland onto St Catherine's Down then following the Coastal Path along the cliff top past Walpen Chine before heading inland across agricultural land to Corve Farm & Bucks Farm to reach Shorwell.

Brading to Whitwell
This stage starts from Whitwell crossing a mixture of farmland onto St Catherine's Down then following the Coastal Path along the cliff top past Walpen Chine before heading inland across agricultural land to Corve Farm & Bucks Farm to reach Shorwell.

Week Down
A circular walk starting at the White Horse, Whitwell passing Nettlecombe onto Week Down to follow the Stenbury Trail and Coastal path returning via Niton.

Around Niton & Whitwell, Coastal Path, Stenbury Down & St Catherine's Down
A circular walk starting from the viewpoint car park overlooking Blackgang, following the Coastal Path to St Laurence, Stenbury Down and St Catherine's Down.

The Pepperpot including Godshill, Hoy's Monument, Whitwell & Stenbury Down
A circular walk from the village of Godshill following the River Yar to Roud and onto to Hoy's Monument and The Pepperpot on St Catherine's Down continuing through Whitwell onto Stenbury Down returning down Gat Cliff on Appuldurcombe Down.

Whitwell, including Niton & Godshill - a walk of 3 churches
A circular walk from Godshill passing alongside Stenbury Down to Whitwell & Niton returning over Head Down, Southford & Beacon Alley.

Godshill walking along the River Yar to Whitwell, then Stenbury Down & the Donkey Sanctuary
A circular walk from Godshill following the course of the the River Yar to Whitwell, then onto Stenbury Down to The Obelisk on Appuldurcombe Down returning past The Donkey Sanctuary & Sandford.

Wroxall including Niton, Whitwell, Ventnor & St Lawrence
Walks from a Pub - A circular walk starting at The Buddle Inn, travelling inland through Niton & The White Lion to Whitwell & The White Horse Inn and onto Wroxall with The Worsley & Four Seasons before reaching the Coastal Path at Ventnor with The Blenheim, The Rose & Spyglass Inn returning along the coast via St Lawrence.

St Catherine's Oratory including Niton, St Lawrence, Whitwell & Hoy's Monument
Walks from a Pub - A circular walk starting at The White Lion, Niton along the cliff top and down across the cliff face (assuming paths open) and along the cliff top path to Ventnor Botanic Gardens before returning inland back to the cliff top to Whitwell and onto Hoy's Monument and St Catherine's Oratory.

Puckaster Cove, including Binnel Bay, Reeth Bay, Castlehaven, St Catherine's Lighthouse, Whitwell, Nettlecombe & Week Down
A circular walk starting at St Lawrence passing through IW Glass to Binnel Bay before a beach scramble across Puckaster Cove to Reeth Bay to reach St Catherine's Lighthouse. Turning inland to ascend Gore Cliff and follow the Yar Trail through Whitwell and onto Week Down before returning along the cliff top path back to St Lawrence