THE INN at WEST END and BRENTMOOR HEATH 1� Heath

The Inn at West End is a lovely village pub which welcomes walkers (dogs are THE INN AT WEST END AND welcome in the courtyard garden only), ideal for post-walk refreshments. BRENTMOOR HEATH A circular pub walk of just over 3 miles, from The Inn at West End near Chobham in Surrey. The walking route explores Brentmoor Heath, a beautiful patchwork of woodland and heather-rich acid heathland, before heading south to loop though woodland, meadows and quiet residential lanes on the way back to the inn. Moderate Terrain Getting there

There are two villages called West End in Surrey, so 3 miles make sure you are heading to the correct one. This West End is located on the main A322, about 4 miles west of Woking and 2 miles west of Chobham. The Inn at West Circular End is located on the main A322 road, at the northern end of the village. If you are coming by public transport, there are bus stops directly outside the pub. If you are 1.5 hours coming by car, the pub has its own car park. If this is full, there is also roadside parking available along the length of the adjacent Brentmoor Road.

270918 Approximate post code GU24 9PW.

Walk Sections

Go 1 Start to Viewpoint

Access Notes

1. The walk is relatively flat, with just a few steady gradients. Leave the pub car park via the vehicle entrance and turn 2. The paths through the heath and meadows can get very left along the pavement. Pass a bus shelter to reach the muddy after periods of rain, so good boots are crossroads with traffic lights and turn left into Brentmoor recommended (or wellies in the winter months). Road. After just 40 metres, cross over the road to turn right through the staggered barrier, to enter Brentmoor 3. There are lots of intersecting paths on the heath, so the iFootpath App’s live GPS map will be helpful for navigation. Get the iFootpath App for a smarter walking 4. The first stretch includes a staggered barrier, sleeper experience. Hundreds of walking guides in the bridge and a gate-side gap. palm of your hand with live maps that show your progress as you walk. Say goodbye to wrong 5. The final mile stretch (which can be excluded if you turns! wish) also includes a short stretch of road walking (within a 30mph zone) plus two stiles (which have fence gaps suitable for most dogs to pass through).

© Copyright iFootpath part of OneToRemember LLP THE INN AT WEST END AND BRENTMOOR HEATH 1 Heath. Follow the obvious path leading you across the triangle MOD Boundary to Brentmoor of grassland. At the far side, go straight ahead to join the path 2 3 with a fence and hedge on your left and woodland on your right. Road

Pass alongside a small section of fence to reach a fork in the path. Take the right-hand branch and follow this path leading you between the trees (with an open area of heath visible across to your right). Continue to the end of this path, to reach a staggered T-junction with a gate and holly hedge ahead. Turn right to follow the path leading you uphill, passing through holly bushes to emerge out to the main vehicle access track within Brentmoor Heath.

You will see one access track to your right and a choice of two tracks to the left. Take the second left-hand track. As this track bends right, it is worth forking left on a short detour to reach the bench at a viewpoint. This makes the perfect spot to enjoy the far-reaching views and to understand the heath. Brentmoor Heath is a local nature reserve, managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust. It is a small patch of a much larger heath (which you can see spreading into the distance), the vast majority of which is Turn left to join the main track, initially with the MOD fence owned by the MOD and is not publicly accessible. The nature running on your right. The track leads you gently downhill to reserve comprises both wet and dry heath habitats, with areas reach a vehicle barrier. Pass alongside this, keep ahead for of woodland, acid grassland and ponds. The dry heath is around 40 metres and, where the main track bends right, turn dominated by heather with a scattering of gorse. The wet heath left. This side path crosses a small sleeper bridge to join a path supports insectivorous sundews, cotton-grass and white beak leading into the open heath. sedge. Stands of mature Scots pine and an area of young oak and birch add to the diversity of habitats present on the reserve. Ignore the ﬁrst left-hand side track and you will reach a fork in the grass track. Take the right-hand branch and it will lead you to a crossroads, with a garden hedge and house (just ahead to your right). Go straight ahead, passing the house on your right and with a ditch on your right. Follow the main path ahead as it 1 2 Viewpoint to MOD Boundary dog legs right then left, to continue with the ditch now on your left.

Keep ahead and you will emerge to a junction with a residential access track. Turn right along the residential lane and continue down to the T-junction with Brentmoor Road. (If you want to shorten the walk and avoid the two stiles, you could turn left here, follow the length of Brentmoor Road to reach the crossroads, then turn right to return to the pub).

Brentmoor Road to Lucas Green 3 4 Road

When you are ready to continue, retrace your steps back to the main track and turn left to continue along this. At the end of the track you will reach a junction, with the pretty Heather Hills Cottage ahead. Take the track which runs just to the right of this cottage and then turn right onto the vehicle access track which heads towards the road. Just before you reach the metal gateway, fork left between wooden bollards to join a woodland path.

At the ﬁrst fork, keep right. Now simply keep ahead on this main woodland path. At the crossroads of paths (marked with a waymarker with blue arrows), continue straight ahead to continue on the main woodland path. The path leads you gently downhill to reach the next waymarker post. Follow the blue arrows to bear left and then right. At the next crossroads, keep For the full walk, cross over the road and go straight ahead onto straight ahead once again. the stone track signed as a public footpath. Where the track ends, simply keep ahead to follow the narrow, unmade path At the far end of this path, you will reach the tall wire fence and between trees and hedgerows. You will come to a wide wooden gates ahead, marking the MOD boundary. The area behind the gate and stile ahead. Go through the gate or cross the stile fence is known as Pirbright Ranges. Pirbright Ranges have (there is a large fence gap for dogs) and keep ahead to cross a been used by the army since 1879 and are still in use today for branch of Trulley Brook via the concrete slab bridge. training, indeed you have probably been hearing the gun ﬁre for most of your walk. A number of red deer were released into the After the bridge you will emerge into a wild meadow, with a ranges in 2010 and help with conservation grazing. choice of two paths. Take the left-hand branch, follow this for just 20 metres and then turn left through a hedge gap (which

© Copyright iFootpath part of OneToRemember LLP THE INN AT WEST END AND BRENTMOOR HEATH 2 conceals a disused metal kissing gate) to reach the next large Cross over the lane with care and go straight ahead to join the meadow. Take the path diagonally right (about 1 o’clock) which paved footpath. At the path fork, take the right-hand branch crosses the meadow and passes immediately alongside a which leads you ahead to a residential road. Turn right along the beautiful alder tree. pavement and follow this as it swings left to reach a small roundabout. Turn right into Kerria Way and, at the next At the far side, the path leads you over a footbridge across roundabout, turn left into Gardenia Drive. Take the ﬁrst left into another branch of Trulley Brook. After the bridge, turn left Camellia Court and, where this road bends left, go straight (passing another disused kissing gate) and continue on the ahead through the fence gap to enter a grass parkland. public footpath, with a tree-line on your right and a tall wire fence on your left. This fence is the boundary for the grounds of Go straight ahead, passing between two picnic tables and Lucas Green Manor, which we will be passing shortly. Towards passing the bowling green and hall on your left. Turn left to pass the end of the footpath, it widens out to become a vehicle track. in front of the hall and then turn right, through the car park Keep ahead and you will emerge alongside a gate to reach entrance, to reach Rosewood Way. Cross over to the far Lucas Green Road. pavement and turn right along this to reach the T-junction with the main road (A322). Turn left along the pavement and this will lead you directly back to the Inn at West End on your left, for some well-earned hospitality. 4 5 Lucas Green Road to Fenns Lane

Disclaimer This walking route was walked and checked at the time of writing. We have taken care to make sure all our walks are safe for walkers of a reasonable level of experience and fitness. However, like all outdoor activities, walking carries a degree of risk and we accept no responsibility for any loss or damage to personal effects, personal accident, injury or public liability whilst following this walk. We cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies that result from changes to the routes that occur over time. Please let us know of any changes to the routes so that we can correct the information. Walking Safety For your safety and comfort we recommend that you take the following with you on your walk: bottled water, snacks, a waterproof jacket, waterproof/sturdy boots, a woolly hat and fleece (in winter and cold weather), a fully-charged mobile phone, a whistle, a compass and an Ordnance Survey map of the area. Check the Taking care of traffic, turn left along this road. Ignore Ford Road weather forecast before you leave, carry appropriate clothing and on your right and, soon afterwards, you will pass the grand do not set out in fog or mist as these conditions can seriously affect Tudor manor house called Lucas Green Manor on your left. The your ability to navigate the route. Take particular care on cliff/ house dates from the 1500s, with additions and extensions mountain paths where steep drops can present a particular hazard. made in the 1600s and 1800s. It is timber-framed with red brick Some routes include sections along roads – take care to avoid any cladding and a tile-hung upper floor and has grounds that traffic at these points. Around farmland take care with children and stretch over 24 acres. Internally there are two original inglenook dogs, particularly around machinery and livestock. If you are fireplaces and much of the wood panelling remains in place. walking on the coast make sure you check the tide times before you set out. Continue past the Manor and Manor Barn and, immediately afterwards, look for a footpath fingerpost on your left. Turn left to join the narrow woodland footpath, leading you through the trees and through a wooden kissing gate. The path continues, passing through scrub and passing a few electrically-fenced horse paddocks on your right. Keep ahead, crossing two footbridges over the branches of Trulley Brook. Go through the gate and then bear slightly left to reach a stile. Cross this (it has a gap for dogs beneath) and follow the path leading through the woodland. You will emerge out to a junction with Fenns Lane.

5 6 Fenns Lane to End