Parking
Start at Forestry England's High Corner Car Park; it has about 15 spaces and no toilets. Parking is paid. The route leaves the car park on a gravel track; don't park on verges or access tracks if the lot is full.
Overview
About High Corner Walk
Why go
- A full woodland circuit from a named car park.
- High Corner Inn is directly on the route.
Heads up
- Published directions give little detail about most of the footing or climbing.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation53–91 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
1 active New Forest alert
- CautionNew Forest outdoor-fire restrictionDo not use BBQs, campfires, stoves, outdoor camping equipment or other naked flames on the open Forest.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
New Forest Tour Guide
Your drive to High Corner Walk, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for New Forest National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this trailhead
High Corner Walk0:00 / 0:21
“You're coming up on High Corner, the start of a three-and-a-half-mile woodland circuit. Give it about two hours; the path passes the High Corner Inn near the start, then loops through the trees back to the car park.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf New Forest Tour Guide.
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Trail guide
Hiking High Corner Walk
A compact woodland circuitHigh Corner Walk is a 3.5-mile (5.
High Corner Walk is a 3.5-mile (5.5 km) loop from High Corner Car Park, returning to the same start. Allow about two hours; the route is described as moderate. It is a woodland circuit with the High Corner Inn directly on the route, making a food or drink stop easy to add. The published 3.5 miles covers the complete loop.
Follow the loopLeave the car park on the gravel track, pass the inn, then take the right-hand path at the…
Leave the car park on the gravel track, pass the inn, then take the right-hand path at the first fork. Continue through woodland past one side turning. At the next junction, go right onto a path running roughly parallel to the way you came. At the T-junction turn left to rejoin your earlier approach, then left again toward the car park. The mapped line measures about 3.4 miles, close to the published rounded distance.
Start and practical detailsStart at Forestry England's High Corner Car Park, with about 15 spaces and no toilets; parking…
Start at Forestry England's High Corner Car Park, with about 15 spaces and no toilets; parking is paid. The inn sits beside the route if you'd like food or a drink. Dogs are welcome on this walk. The directions identify the gravel approach and main turns but give little detail about most of the footing, climbing or seasonal conditions.
Wildlife
Wildlife in New Forest
28 sightingsRed DeerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
10 sightingsWhite-tailed EagleMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
14 sightingsHarbor SealMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
176 sightingsEuropean Fallow DeerMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
93 sightingsWestern Roe DeerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
54 sightingsMute SwanMost seen around 6 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across New Forest. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
