Butser Hill
Butser Hill is a Marilyn, 270m high, in the South Downs National Park, and also counts as a HuMP. The Marilyns are hills anywhere in Britain and Ireland with at least 150 metres of prominence, whatever their height.
Petersfield is the nearest station, 2.6 mi (about 3.5 to 4 mi on foot), so the summit is within walking distance of the train. From Petersfield it's about 1.5 hours to the summit, 1 in 20 on average. Liss is next, 5.9 mi (about 7.5 to 8.5 mi on foot), and 8 stations are within 10 miles in all. The South Downs Way National Trail passes 0.3 mi away.
Butser Hill is a hill and nature reserve in Hampshire, England. South-west of Petersfield, it is a 239.7-hectare (592-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is a National Nature Reserve and a Special Area of Conservation. Part of it is a Geological Conservation Review site and an area of 84.8 hectares, Oxenbourne Down, is designated a Local Nature Reserve. Part of it is a Scheduled Monument.
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Stations within 10 miles of Butser Hill, nearest first. Walking distances are estimates from the straight-line distance and the type of ground, not a measured route. Check a map before you set off. Times use Naismith's rule and don't include stops.
- Petersfield2.6 mi (about 3.5 to 4 mi on foot) · 1.5 hours1 in 20 on average to the summitBronze walking rating
- Liss5.9 mi (about 7.5 to 8.5 mi on foot) · 3 to 3.5 hours to the summitBronze walking rating
- Rowlands Castle6.0 mi (about 8 to 8.5 mi on foot) · 3 to 3.5 hours to the summitBronze walking rating
- Havant8.5 mi (about 11 to 12.5 mi on foot) · 4.5 hours to the summit
- Bedhampton8.6 mi (about 11 to 12.5 mi on foot) · 4.5 to 5 hours to the summit
- Warblington8.6 mi (about 11 to 12.5 mi on foot) · 4.5 to 5 hours to the summit
- Emsworth8.9 mi (about 11.5 to 13 mi on foot) · 4.5 to 5 hours to the summit
- Southbourne9.5 mi (about 12.5 to 14 mi on foot) · 5 to 5.5 hours to the summit