Chalk Stream Quest Interactive Walking Trails
Ready for an adventure? Choose your location below!
Choose from eight different quest locations across northern Hampshire and embark on your Chalk Stream Quest today.
Across all quest locations, up to 12 QR codes are hidden in plain sight. Once you spot one, scan it with your smartphone to watch a bite-sized animated film featuring a chalk stream species. Each trail combines easy walking routes with interactive digital content, making nature exploration fun and informative.
Quest Locations
How the Chalk Stream Quest works
- Choose a location from the list above, across the Rivers Test and Itchen catchments.
- Head over and explore the route, suitable for families and casual walkers.
- Search for small QR code signs placed at points of interest along the way.
- Scan the code with your smartphone to watch a short animated wildlife video.
- Learn as you walk, discovering the species that live along each stream.
What wildlife can you find?
The wildlife that call our chalk streams home are often shy and tricky to spot.
We have worked closely with local communities at each quest location to place QR codes near where you might spot that species in real life, so grab a pair of binoculars and keep your eyes peeled! In any case, enjoy learning about the wildlife of our chalk streams through QR-linked animated videos.
Our 12 animated videos dive into the creatures below:
- Brown trout
- Bullhead
- Caddisfly
- Coot
- Eel
- Freshwater shrimp
- Kingfisher
- Otter
- Scarlet tiger moth
- Southern damselfly
- Water vole
- White-clawed crayfish