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Dist:0.3km north<br/>View northwest across chalk downland. The hedges with occasional trees mark the route of tracks: the one going from left to right along the horizon is Fawley Lane, the one a little lower down is Ox Drove. In the far distance is a clump of trees on Deacon Hill above Chilcomb.
©Jim Champion
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Looking NW.
©Peter Facey
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This pig farm doesn't welcome visitors.
©Jim Champion
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Hydes Cottages, at the junction of Fawley Lane and Ox Drove.
©Peter Jordan
Dist:0.6km north<br/>This sign applies to a footpath that runs NW from Fawley Lane, through Morestead Down, and meets up with the Roman road (Morestead Road) at SU505265. The "danger zone" is an area of downland to the south of Chilcomb Ranges.
©Jim Champion
Dist:0.7km west<br/>A right of way passes NW from this point up to Morestead Road along the edge of the MoD "danger area" south of Chilcomb Ranges. The sign warns you to keep to the waymarked path and not to touch any unusual objects (unexploded ordnance). The missing beech tree next to the sign is not a casualty of military training.
©Jim Champion
Dist:0.8km northwest<br/>This row of beech trees must have been deliberately planted so close together in a row, along some kind of boundary maybe? There are more further to the left, but they are not so close together. In the distance is Fawley Down and the clump of trees around Hydes Cottages.
©Jim Champion
Dist:0.8km northeast<br/>From the Ox Drove path, looking north west towards Fawley Down.
©Peter Jordan
Dist:0.8km north<br/>Fawley Lane rises from the crossroads at Morestead, up the chalk spur known as Fawley Down and along the ridge to the high point at Cheesefoot Head. The track is a bridleway, and also provides access to the agricultural land on Fawley Down. The hedge to the left bears frequent signs warning against entering the Military Firing Range "danger area".
©Jim Champion
Dist:0.8km west<br/>Morestead is a hamlet. The junction with Hazeley Road is just visible at the bottom of the valley, a place which is frequently flooded. This road is well-used by commuters as it connects the hinterland southeast of Winchester with the M3.
©Peter Facey
Dist:0.9km northeast<br/>About 0.5 Km further along on left you will see through hedge the place where the Winchester Model Aeroplane Club fly their radio controlled planes.
©Peter Facey
Dist:1.0km west<br/>
©Roy Gray
Dist:1.0km northwest<br/>This footpath climbs a valley side on Morestead Down, with the military "danger area" to the right (an area south of the Chilcomb Ranges).
©Jim Champion
Dist:1.0km east<br/>Looking east from what seems to be the end of Old Down Lane. Compare with the scene taken about 6 months earlier: [[56150]]
©Jim Champion
Dist:1.0km east<br/>Looking E.
©Peter Facey

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