The Lepe Loop

Leave Lepe Country Park via the lower car park, looking out for the Lepe Loop trail head on the small green by the road and coach parking. The signpost points the way further west along the road towards the small lighthouse and the watch house. Keep following the path past the old Coast Guard watch house along a line of sea defence groynes.

Keep going until you reach a wooden signpost. If the tide is high, then go up the track towards Inchmery Lane. If the tide is low, then you can follow the beach along until it meets Inchmery road further west. Keep going along Inchmery road until you reach a sharp left hand turn with an open area of grass to the right. Head onto that green area looking out for a signpost which points the way along a public footpath.

Walk through a lovely little woodland until crossing a small bridge and reaching large open fields. Keep close to the left-hand hedgerow and follow the worn path through the fields looking out for signposts as you go.

Keep going, following signposts and go straight over the lane to walk down a gravel track leading to East Hill Farm. Once you can see the buildings keep going straight ahead and look out for the path passing next to fields and heading down hill into woodland. Follow the path down to the bottom and at the three -way signpost turn right to walk uphill, up out through the woods and onto arable fields.

Continue along the footpath which heads south back towards the coast. A series of large fields gives way to some smaller fields and keep following the signposts which will take you round the back of the Coast Guard Cottages to join up to the Lepe overflow car park and then back to the Country Park.