This heritage trail takes in the most western of the Tillingbourne villages, TILLINGBOURNE TRAILS scenic Shalford, on the banks of the River Wey. Explore the ins and outs of the original settlement, including Shalford Mill and the church of St Mary, before continuing through the meadows and along the Wey itself, absorbing both the beautiful countryside and historic monuments of the Shalford area. Length 4.5 km Duration approx. 2 hours Easy level of difficulty

START from Shalford Station For more details, download the printable pdf (www.tillingbournetales.co.uk/places/trails) Returning to the A281, cross car park (GU4 8BZ). at the pedestrian crossing and Walk away from the station and, turn right along the pavement keeping to your right, walk over in front of the white cottages. the grassy triangle up to the You will soon reach the war pedestrian crossing over the memorial, the double stocks A281. and the entrance to Shalford Although the current St Mary’s was only dedicated Churchyard. in 1847, it is at least the fourth building on site Cross the A281 and turn right since the first Saxon (10th century?) church. The over the bridge. Turn left on Victorian church is built in Early English style. to the public footpath towards the wooden gates of Walk through the churchyard on a roughly diagonal course, keeping the Shalford Cemetery on your church to your right. Turn left down the narrow path between two left. memorial crosses opposite the blue doors at the side of the church. Follow the path into the trees and you will emerge onto a tarmac path, opposite the premises of the Thames Water Treatment Plant. Keeping the waterworks to your Shalford cemetery and its chapel came into use in 1887, after the churchyard at left, turn right and follow the tarmac St Mary’s Church became too full. They are located on land known as the Kiln path. The bridge provides a last Field, which was part of the Godwin-Austen Estate. The Grade II Listed glimpse of the Tillingbourne before chapel has been unused for many years, but there are plans to bring it back into it joins the River Wey. use for community purposes. On reaching the playing fields, leave the tarmac path and turn left, Stay outside the cemetery gates following the edge of the woods on and turn left, following the left your left. hand path, keeping the Cemetery and hedge to your right. Keep the field to your right, past a bench on the left, then turn left to five barred gates and an interpretation board. Go through the gate into the When you reach the gravel track meadows. Continue on this path (The Pilgrims Way). As you cross a small Dagley Lane, with a railway wooden bridge, you can just see the ruins of St Catherine's Chapel to your bridge to your left and opposite left above the treeline. to the allotments, turn right. START Continue until you reach the Wey Navigation. Turn left and cross the At the kissing gate on your left, admire footbridge. After crossing go down the Shalford Meadows, but turn right, and round back under it, following along the narrow path into the woods, the bank over the Golden Sands. following the fence on the left, just Walking route before the gate (ignore path through Continue along the towpath until St © License No. 100019613 Catherine’s Lock is reached. Cross another kissing gate on your left). Continue and follow the signpost to turn left the bridge and weir, and then take The ‘Sea Horse’ is down towards Shalford Mill. Cross over the Look out for the large old tree stump on the oldest public the path beside the canal. bridge that crosses the Tillingbourne in front the left on the other side of the wire house in Shalford, fence, and shortly afterwards bear right and though it is of the mill, and follow the shady path to the Pass the Lengthmans cottage and back on to Dagley Lane and, keeping first recorded in gate and into the meadow, where the hills follow the path as it turns left right, descend to the A281. 1789, a manor known as The Chantries are ahead. across the Riff Raff weir over the court book records river. Continue with the river on Cross at the pedestrian crossing and its previous name your left, as the path goes steeply turn right, walking in the direction of as ‘The Mermaid’. uphill to the kissing gate at Dagley the Seahorse on the other side. Such nautical At the far side of the meadow go Lane. names occur along over the stile and turn left down port routes, such East Shalford Lane. Keep Turn right here and follow Dagley Lane, past the allotments. as the Portsmouth straight on, re-crossing the Go over the railway bridge and then turn left to follow the road back to Road. Tillingbourne on Lemon Bridge. the A281. Go back over the pedestrian crossing to return to the Start Point at Shalford Station (refreshments suggested at Snooty Fox Café).

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Wildlife of the Tillingbourne

Get involved A place like Shalford Mill needs a team of committed volunteers to make it happen. Luckily, Shalford has just such a team of people who muck in with all the Beautiful jobs that need doing to keep it up and running. This can include help with guided tours or other events which run throughout the year. demoiselle To find out more, visit the Mill’s website or email The beautiful damselfly (Calopteryx virgo) is one of only [email protected] two British damselflies with obviously coloured wings. The females have brown wings and a green body, and the males have dark-coloured wings with a white wing spot against a metallic blue-green body.

The male species undertakes courtship behaviour to attract the female, by resting on bankside vegetation while awaiting them, and then using his fluttering The Surrey Hills Society is an independent charity flight as a display. Their which encourages people to explore, protect and TILLINGBOURNE TRAILS main flight period is late enhance the local landscape, including that of the May until the end of Tillingbourne. In order to do this, volunteers are August. needed to help organise and support walks, talks and events for members, as well as various conservation projects within the AONB. Shalford

For more info, see www.surreyhills.org/society The Surrey Wildlife Trust manages almost 8,000 hectares of land in Surrey (5% of the county) Other links with the aim of creating a better future for the Shalford Village - shalfordvillage.co.uk local wildlife, and for the enjoyment of local Shalford Parish Council - shalfordpc.org.uk Explore more than 4km of people. Shalford Mill - www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ beautiful historic sites around the shalford-mill To get involved, whether through volunteering, Surrey Hills AONB - www.surreyhills.org village, including one of the most donating or adopting species to protect, please Surrey Heritage (Exploring Surrey’s Past) - complete mills along the valley find out more and visit www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/ www.surreywildlifetrust.org 1st edition 2016 Tillingbourne Tales HLF project - www.tillingbournetales.co.uk