LADIES WALK FT BRIDGE 1851 Andover, Hampshire HEW 653 SU 375 452 {N51o 12' 17.4" W1o 27' 51.8"}
This elegant bridge was made by the foundry of Tasker and Fowle at Andover. It is a smaller twin of the Upper Clatford Bridge in Andover by the same firm. This bridge, a little over five feet in width, carries an unpaved carriage way or drovers lane across the now disused old London Road which lies in a deep cutting below it, both ways being surrounded by ancient trees in a forest setting.
It is the devil to find since neither of these two paths can be reached by car. I never could find the two ends of that disused section of the old London Road which is now a bike and walkway, but the unpaved carriage way which leads to this bridge starts off a cul-de-sac at the end of a still used section of the London Road in a residential neighborhood just off the A3093 opposite to where B3400 comes in from Andover Down. There is a pedestrian footpath at that intersection going through to where you want to be, but to get rid of one's car, one must approach that residential neighborhood from a rotary on the "Churchill Way" section of the A3093, then come around to the street called London Road and park at the dead end. Take the paved footpath to the first right and go uphill on a steep gravel path to the top where you take a right turn again and walk along the old carriage way for about ¾ of a mile to the bridge.
