SHAPEGOSPORT.

Gosport IN Shape.

Celebrating active living, mental wellbeing and exploring our coastline, commons and heritage on foot. Four free routes around the town — harbour, beach, valley and forts — all of it flat, all of it on your doorstep.

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Why Gosport moves

Gosport is one of the flattest, most walkable coastal towns in the UK. Twenty-four miles of waterfront, a green valley running through the middle and barely a hill worth the name — which makes 20 to 30 minutes of daily sea-air walking genuinely achievable for all ages.

Flat ground

Kind on knees, prams and wheels — almost no climbing anywhere.

Sea on three sides

Open water and big skies from nearly every route.

Free and social

No gym, no car, no cost. Just shoes and half an hour.

The trails.

The Waterfront & Harbour Trail

The working harbour, the ferry and the old powder yard.

Distance
3.5 miles / 5.6 km
Time
70–90 minutes
Terrain
Flat tarmac and promenade
  1. Falkland Gardens
  2. →Millennium Promenade
  3. →Royal Clarence Marina
  4. →Priddy's Hard

Start on the green by the waterfront, pick up the Millennium Promenade and follow the harbour north. The water is on your right the whole way, with Portsmouth's skyline across the channel. Finish at Priddy's Hard, the old naval armament depot, and walk back the same way or hop the ferry for a different view.

Step-freePram friendlyDog friendly

The Solent Shoreline Loop

Open sea, shingle beach and the best sunsets in the town.

Distance
4.5 miles / 7.2 km
Time
90–110 minutes
Terrain
Sea wall, promenade and shingle
  1. Stokes Bay
  2. →Gilkicker Point
  3. →Fort Blockhouse
  4. →Haslar Sea Wall

Begin at Stokes Bay and walk east with the Solent beside you. Gilkicker Point gives you the widest sea view in Gosport, then the path curves round towards Haslar and Fort Blockhouse at the harbour mouth. Big skies, sea air and ships going in and out all day.

Mostly step-freePram friendly on the promenadeDog friendly

The Alver Valley & Nature Trail

Green, quiet and completely different to the coast.

Distance
4 miles / 6.4 km
Time
80–100 minutes
Terrain
Gravel paths, grass and woodland tracks
  1. Grange Farm
  2. →The Wildgrounds
  3. →Carter's Copse
  4. →Apple Dumpling Bridge

The green lung of Gosport. Start at Grange Farm and follow the valley through meadow and woodland, past the Wildgrounds nature reserve and Carter's Copse, out to Apple Dumpling Bridge. Birdlife, wildflowers and barely a road in sight.

Uneven in placesMuddy after rainDog friendly

The Forts & Ramparts Heritage Walk

Walk the defences that shaped the town.

Distance
3 miles / 4.8 km
Time
60–80 minutes
Terrain
Paths, grass banks and pavement
  1. Gosport Town Ramparts
  2. →Fort Brockhurst
  3. →Bastion No. 1

A short walk with a lot of history in it. Follow the town ramparts and moat, head out along the Gosport Lines towards Fort Brockhurst, and finish at Bastion No. 1. Interpretation boards along the way explain what you are standing on.

Some grass and slopesMostly pram friendlyDog friendly

Before you set off

  • Check the tide before walking the shoreline routes.
  • Wind off the Solent makes it feel colder than it is — layer up.
  • Take water, even in winter.
  • Dogs are welcome on all four routes.