Queen Elizabeth Country Park: Concept Plan
Description Evaluation Action plan
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.
 
The operational plan is available on line at  http://www.hants.gov.uk/rh/qecp/qecp-management-plan.pdf