The HILLS was one of the first landscapes THE WAY is a national trail TRAVEL INFORMATION in the country to be designated an Area of Outstanding which follows the chalk scarp of the North Downs There is a frequent Southern Railway service Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1958. It is now one of 38 for 153 miles from to and from Victoria to station. AONBs in and and has equal status in , passing 8 castles and 3 cathedrals. To find Travel time is approximately 30 minutes. planning terms to a National Park. The Surrey Hills out more please visit www.nationaltrail.co.uk AONB stretches across rural Surrey, covering a quarter For train times, fares and general rail information of the county. THE NATIONAL TRUST manages land on the scarp edge at Hanging Wood and South Hawke please contact National Rail Enquiries on For further information on the 03457 484950. Surrey Hills please visit including woodland, scrub, and chalk grassland. www.surreyhills.org The Trust, a charitable organisation, acquires areas principally for conservation and landscape and has For more information about Southern Railway a policy of open access to the public. Please visit please visit www.southernrailway.com. www.nationaltrust.org.uk for further information. For information on bus routes that serve THE WOODLAND TRUST a charity founded Woldingham station please visit in 1972, is concerned with the conservation of www.surreycc.gov.uk. Britain's woodland heritage. Its objectives are to To East conserve, restore and re-establish trees, plants and & London wildlife, and to facilitate public access. For more Victoria Station Discover the delightful information please visit www.woodlandtrust.org.uk The PARTNERSHIP provides a countryside management service in northeast EXPLORE SURREY after enjoying this walk, Woldingham Surrey from Tadworth to , in Croydon why not carry on exploring Surrey? Discover more M25 Banstead and Sutton plus in to Bromley with its conservation about the beautiful countryside on your doorstep Woldingham Leatherhead Countryside grazing programme. Downlands is one of the Surrey by visiting www.surreycc.gov.uk/explore or Countryside Partnerships and works on chalk follow @ExploreSurreyUK grassland, ponds and woodland sites with the Farnham Walk essential support of conservation volunteers. The reprint of this leaflet (January 2016) has been Godalming funded by the Surrey Hills Board and produced in Surrey Hills For further information on the Downlands partnership with the Downlands Partnership. Cranleigh Haslemere Partnership, including volunteering opportunities and details of other local walks, please visit To & Uckfield www.downlandsproject.org.uk. Printed on environmentally friendly paper Front cover photo c Countryside Agency/Tina Stallard Design and illustrations by Registered charity the Downlands Trust supports Far Post Design, www.far-post.co.uk the aims and work of the Downlands Partnership; find out more at www.downlandstrust.weebly.com or visit their Facebook page. Surrey Hills @SurreyHillsAONB www.surreyhills.org www.surreyhills.org DISCOVER WOLDINGHAM Explore St Agatha's Church, first recorded on this Wander through the mature woodlands which COUNTRYSIDE site in 1270. The present building dates from 1832, include native oak, ash, cherry, beech, whitebeam and For a perfect day out in the Surrey Hills catch the and was restored in 1889 by Sir Walpole Greenwell. field maple. Fallen trees provide a habitat for insects The church is claimed to be the highest as well as the regular train service from London Victoria. Don't and fungi. Coppicing is being introduced in some smallest in Surrey. A centuries-old yew tree grows on areas to encourage spring flowers and butterflies. This forget to bring some sandwiches and a drink. In the south side and an ash tree, reputed to be 900 technique involves regularly cutting trees such as just half an hour your train will be pulling into years old, grows by the west door. hazel and hornbeam to the base or stool to stimulate Woldingham Station, and within seconds you will regrowth. Rapid sprouting of smaller be breathing in the fresh air and beauty of the Stroll through chalk grasslands on slopes at South stems provides timber for beanpoles, Surrey Hills countryside. Follow the main walk Hawke and below Great Church Wood. They are rich firewood and charcoal. route or one of the shorter options and stop from habitats of fine grasses and small flowering plants such time to time to rest, admire the panoramic views as birdsfoot trefoil and twayblade Bluebell and to take refreshment. After your leisurely walk, which support butterflies birds head back through Knights Garden Centre to the and mammals. These have become rare habitats with the loss of traditional Dene Tea Room, ideal for a light lunch or high tea Just a few minutes walk down the valley there is a sheep grazing and the decline in the before relaxing on the train home. delightful tea room at Knights Garden Centre. rabbit population. Hawthorn and A perfect way to finish your day out with a light meal dogwood scrub have invaded and Discover the Marden Park estate, or tea and cakes before catching the train home. For today conservation relies on scrub established in the 17th century by Sir more information telephone 01883 652712 or visit clearance and the reintroduction Robert Clayton, Lord Mayor of London. www.knights-gardencentres.co.uk of grazing. The house, rebuilt in the 1880s, became Common the Convent of the Sacred Heart - Birdsfoot Dog Rose a Catholic boarding school, now known Trefoil • FOLLOW THE COUNTRYSIDE CODE • as . Respect. Protect. Enjoy. Please Common • Enjoy the countryside and respect its life and work. Twayblade • Protect wildlife, plants and trees. • Guard against all risk of fire. • Keep your dogs under close control. • Take your litter home. • Fasten all gates. • Take special care on country roads. • Make no unnecessary noise.

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At bear left O C South Lodge N a shortcut here cross road with care and follow path ahead on road with Woldingham School on right many-trunked beech tree. then immediately turn left and ahead through gate, woods and field to Woldingham passing a cemetery and the second shortcut.(For a Take right fork to Gangers Hill. TO FARNHAM uphill into Marden Park Woods. School, and retrace earlier route to Woldingham shorter route go through the kissing gate on the left, Cross with care and follow Station). Turn right along road then join follow path uphill and go through second gate into the This path, part of the North bridleway ahead past Hanging bridleway on right, still following North Downs woods. Follow path, bearing right to Gangers Hill Downs Way National Trail, Wood Farm. At Hill Way through South Hawke. and left to rejoin main route at Three Ways). Bear leads through a pocket of rich Lane turn left and follow path left through iron gates onto Horse Chestnut chalk grassland, with early uphill beside road. Look for butterflies on buddleia, rosebay Avenue and follow road up valley. purple orchids and St John's Wort and on through Look out for the huge stool of a willowherb and bramble. Sparrowhawk and Early scrub and woodland. You may find primroses and dead beech tree and remnants kestrel hunt above the ridge. Sheep and goats are Horse chestnut violets but dog’s mercury and mosses dominate Purple Orchid of an old boundary line. There grazed below to maintain the diversity of the was introduced into Britain under hawthorn, field maple and hazel. Look for are maple, ash and cherry as well Dogs Mercury chalk grasslands. Enjoy the views across the ridges in the sixteenth century. fungi on fallen branches. as beech here. and valleys of the beyond Oxted. Look back down the valley to glimpse the red brick mansion, now Woldingham School. Horse Chestnut