Queen Elizabeth
Country Park is situated on the South Downs in southern England. It
is located on the A3 road three miles south of Petersfield,
Hampshire.
The park contains
1400 acres (6 km²) of open access woodland and downland within
the East Hampshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, including
Butser Hill (270 m), the highest point on the South Downs, and War
Down (244 m). The woodland was mostly planted in the 1930s; it
consists mainly of beech trees.[1] Several Long-distance footpaths
run through the park including Staunton Way, Hangers Way and the
South Downs Way bridleway. The park also contains Mountain biking
tracks. On a clear day the Isle of Wight can be seen from the top
of Butser Hill.
To the east of the
forest, south of the village of Buriton lies the wooded hill of
Head Down (205 m), which "is an area that caters for clubs that
require land with privacy for outdoor recreational activities, such
as archery or off-road vehicles."
Every July the Queen
Elizabeth Country Park is the start point for Oxfam's biggest
annual fundraising event, Trailwalker UK.
The Queen Elizabeth
Country Park and The Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda are
twinned in a project of "cultural exchange, mutual support and has
its main emphasis on supporting Conservation through working
closely with and empowering local communities".
This concept plan is
based on the management plan for the Park, 2005-2010 and has been
produced as an educational resource by Resilience-UK.