Literary Netley, Guided Walk

But how shall I describe Netley to you? The ruins are vast and retain fragments of beautiful fretted roofs pendent in the air with all variety of Gothic patterns of windows wrapped round and round with ivy… Many trees are sprouted up against the walls and only want to be increased with cypresses. A hill rises about the abbey encircled with wood. In short, they are not the ruins of Netley but of Paradise. Horace Walpole

This walk tells the stories of those associated with Netley abbey and its ruins, starting with the arrival of the Cistercians who built the abbey and taking the story through to the nineteenth century with readings and poetry.