HOW TO GET TO TONGHAM COMMUNITY WOOD

ENTRANCES: 1) Main – off Garbetts Way (end of garages diagonallys opposite Chester Way): Wheelchair, bicycle, pushchair friendly. Parking. éè TIP: look out for Garbetts Way road sign attached to wall at start of garages. 2) End of The Moors: Wheelchair, bicycle, pushchair friendly é 3) End of Grieve Close: Pedestrian only kissing gate. Parking. è

BY CAR: Follow the map above. TIP: Follow signs to the from the A31. TIP: Take the ‘ ‘ exit off the A331.

BY BICYCLE / FOOT: Additional routes available (see blue dotted line in map insert). 1) Via old railway line between Ash Green and Tongham, then by road to Garbetts Way entrance, through wood to The Moors exit, under subway (can detour via Tongham Pool on left), then follow Blackwater Valley Path. 2) Blackwater Valley Path (Heron Wood), under subway to The Moors entrance, exit at Garbetts Way, onto Grange Road towards (via Packham Antiques Warehouse).

BY TRAIN / BUS: Nearest train stations: Ash Station, 25-30 mins walk or get bus from opposite side of the road. No. 20 bus ( - Aldershot) to The Cricketers, Tongham stop. Aldershot station, 30 mins walk or get bus from adjacent bus station. No.3 (Aldershot-Yateley) or No. 20 bus to Manor Road stop (press bell when The Cricketers is in view).

NEAREST REFRESHMENTS: The Cricketers Pub (The Moors), The White Hart Pub (Grange Road/The Street), The Bakery or Londis (The Street). USEFUL REFERENCES: · www.surreycc.gov.uk - interactive map

· http://www.nationalrail.co.uk - National Rail Enquiries (tel: 08457 48 49 50)

· http://www.pindar.com/scc/ - Surrey bus timetables (tel: 0870 608 2608)

· Books: On Your Bike in Surrey, Valerie Bennett (2001) – circular bike routes including Tongham. Blackwater Valley Circular Walks, Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership (2005) – Circular walks including Tongham, www.blackwater-valley.org.uk