Naked Man Oh, by the way, the 'Naked Man' is the name of a tree that was used to hang smugglers and rustlers. What were you expecting?? !!! Distance: 5 miles Map: OS Outdoor Leisure 22; New Forest. Start: A choice of starts - most of the time it will be fine to park at the Wilverley Plain car park, a map showing the start point is available here. During summer weekends, this can get very busy so I suggest the Wilverley Inclosure car park instead. If arriving from Brockenhurst, this is a couple of hundred yards past Wilverley Plain car park on the right. A sign at the side of the road points right towards, car park, barbecue and scouts. The walk goes through both car parks so you can pick it up wherever you wish.   The walk: I'll start the walk from Wilverley Inclosure car park, the alternative summer one, as this is where I park the most. Leave Wilverley Inclosure car park and return back to the minor road you arrived on. Turn right and walk alongside the road for a short while to reach Yew Tree Bottom car park. Cross the road and enter the car park. Walk right through it to leave by way of a small gravelly path that leads downhill to the left. Gradually becoming grassy, the path leads you to the disused Brockenhurst / Ringwood railway line. Stroll up onto the railway line and turn left. This section of easy walking takes you past a camping and caravanning park. Shortly after the park, you pass underneath two road bridges, the second being the more busy of the two. Just after this second bridge, look out on the left for a pathway which takes you off the railway track and onto a wide grassy area upon which you should turn right and walk parallel to the electricity lines. A couple of a hundred or so yards later, turn left on a small slightly gravelly path to cross, what is in the winter especially, an area of wetland by way of a small concrete bridge. Shortly after the bridge, the path forks indistinctly. Bear left, and walk along the grassy area at the bottom of the valley, but somewhat up from the marshy area at the valley floor. You are now walking between Long Slade Bottom to the left and Horseshoe Bottom to the right. The valley floor may be dry in the summer, but when I walked this route in January, it was best to stay a bit up the right hand valley side to save getting too wet underfoot. Up to your left, you will pass two car parks as you reach the head of the valley. At this point continue slightly left ahead along the stony path which ascends gently ahead of you. Continue along the path as it leads you to a minor road just opposite the entrance to Wilverley Plain car park. Cross the road and take the track into the car park. Walk through the length of the car park (during the summer, refreshments are probably available from an ice cream vendor here). You leave the car park and continue practically straight ahead with Wilverley Inclosure to your left and Wilverley Plain on the right. Eventually reach the Naked Man. I hope you didn't get your hopes too high for anything spectacular, but I can assure you there did used to be hangings from this tree at one time. Shortly after the tree, turn left through a gate (which was incidentally padlocked when I visited, but the fence is easily climbable beside the gate). Walk ahead a short way and take the right hand, slightly indistinct path at the fork ahead. The path soon becomes a bit more substantial as it leads you through a mixed deciduous and coniferous plantation. Reach a track and bear right to reach the main A35 road which you may have been able to hear for a few minutes up to now. Upon reaching a gate which leads out onto the main road, turn left onto a gravelly cycle track. Remain on the track for the rest of the walk, continuing ahead at any turnings. Occasionally during the weekend you may be lucky enough to see a pony and trap enjoying this particularly nice part of the New Forest. The track will eventually lead you back to Wilverley Inclosure car park and the end of your walk.