This is a cirular set of caches placed in the Hamlet of Apse Heath.
This pleasant walk will take you over footpaths and pedestrian ways. The distance to complete the route is roughly 1.2 miles.
The footpaths mentioned start at #1 which are NC21 following then onto NC19.
You can find these caches in any order you wish depending where you start from i.e. parking or walking. Waypoint here is parking for #1 clockwise.
You will need to bring a pen and maybe some tweezers just in case. Please replace as found, safely and re-camoflagued where necessary.
Apse Heath is bordered by the leafy villages of Alverstone and Queen's Bower, and is surrounded by areas of woodland and agricultural land. It also sits roughly 2 miles east of the village of Newchurch and 1 mile west of Lake.
The word "apse" in the local dialect means an Aspen tree, or Populus tremula Thus, Apse Heath refers to a Heath (small moor) populated by Aspens.
The hamlet has gained some popularity over pranksters and their efforts to alter the sign with marker pens or electrical tape, changing the 'P' in 'APSE' to an 'R', thus editing the sign to read 'ARSE HEATH'. Although Island Roads tends to hastily clean the sign down and remove the damage, the sign is rarely ever clean for long, much to the amusement of both schoolchildren from the hamlet and the neighbouring village of Lake and tourists alike.