East Meon to Butser Hill, via Salt Hill

Parking is limited on the East Meon roads, however there is a small car park which is signposted from the village centre, where the Meon River passes under the road.
Leave the car park and head across the paddock towards the new houses, heading for the gap in the centre of the houses. Pass through, and follow the road around to the right, then left, to meet a country lane. Go left along the lane, with houses on the left, then soon right onto a footpath passing through a small parking area. Cross over the broken stile in the right corner of the parking area, then up across the field, heading for the hedge at the corner. (photos: Looking back to East Meon)
Continue on the path on the left side of the field, along the hedge, then at the end of the hedge, bear right across a small field. ( a marker post indicates the path) At the tree-hedge, continue towards the woods on the left side of the field. Pass over a stile, go left up a steep section and through the 5-bar gate. (photo: Farm buildings surrounded by rapeseed plants)
Go left along the track to where the track passes into the next field. Turn right here, going up the short but steep hill, on the right side of the fence. Cross another stile just before the top. Carry on after the stile to the gate at the top. (photo: Butser Hill, centre, in the distance)
(photos: Looking across the valley to Heyden Hill area)
Go left through the gate, and follow the path along the top to Salt Hill. After passing through the second gate, bear right down into a dip, then up the other side to a stile. Cross the stile to join the South Downs Way, then left and down to the main road. Go left, crossing the road, and follow the road with some rather larges houses down to the right. The path diverges from the road for a short distance, but meets it again at a cross-roads. (photo: Joining the South Downs Way from Salt Hill)
Take the second right (The first right goes to the Bat and Ball pub at Hambledon), passing on the right side of a wooded triangle. Soon at the next junction, cross the road onto the wide track. (Left goes to East Meon, right down to Lovedean) Follow the track over Hyden Hill and Tegdown Hill, with the expanse of the Meon Valley down to the left. (photos: Butser Hill from Mercury Park)
The track eventually meets the road leading up to Butser Hill from Clanfield. Go left and follow the road towards Butser Hill, avoiding the lane of to the left. (photo: Zooming in on East Meon from Heyden Hill)
Where the road bears right going up to the parking area, take the wide path off left down the western side of Butser Hill. Continue down to the bottom, then left along the track leading to Leythe House. (photos: And a view down the Meon Valley from Tegdown Hill)
Follow the track to meet the country lane at Leythe House. (photo: Farm in the Meon Valley from near Butser Hill)
(photos: Track leading down the western side of Butser Hill.)
Turn left here, down the lane, until the wide bridleway/footpath enclosed by trees/bushes. Turn right and follow the track until a cross-roads of tracks in a clearing. Take the left track, which can be boggy after rain, and continue until the road is reached. Go right along the lane until the small bridge over the Meon River. (photo: And Butser Hill from further along the track)
Take the path off to the right, on the right side of the river and in front of a row of cottages. Follow the path through an allotment area, then left and through a narrow passage between the house. Go right, back alongside the river, in front of the houses. (photos: Butser Hill form the track leading to Leythe House.)