FARNHAM WALKING FESTIVAL 16 MAY – 7 JUNE 2020
FARNHAM WALKING FESTIVAL
BOOK NOW! FARNHAM SHAKESPEARE WALKS SATURDAY 16 AND SUNDAY 17 MAY
‘SUPERB ACTING, ‘HILARIOUS, ENERGETIC, SUCH FUN…’ ENTERTAINING AS EVER…’ FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY! On this 1.5-mile interactive walking tour of Farnham, you’ll encounter Shakespeare and his characters as they bring Farnham to life in the least likely of places! Booking essential (limited spaces). Tickets cost £12.50 per person (plus booking fee) Tickets from www.farnham.gov.uk/fsw20 Walks leave from the Mercure Bush Hotel, Farnham at: 12pm, 12.20pm, 12.40pm, 1pm, 1.20pm, 2pm, 2.20pm, 2.40pm, 3pm, 3.20pm
Principal sponsor Summer sponsor Organised by WELCOME TO THE FARNHAM WALKING FESTIVAL 2020 Welcome to our 2020 Jamboree of Walking. In the largest festival yet, we offer you Farnham, its villages and the beautiful Surrey and Hampshire countryside that surrounds us. Set across the three weeks from 16 May to 7 June, we have walks for all – whatever your age, fitness or walking ability. We offer a range from half-mile strolls around town to 14-mile hikes through the countryside and everything in between. All walks during this festival are led by experts in their field, and most are free of charge to join. We hope to encourage fitness, knowledge of the area and help you have a good time.
HOW TO BOOK Bookings vary according to the walk: please see the notes against each entry. Places for booked walks are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, so get your bookings in early. Please check the webpage for additional walks and changes to the programme.
Key Walk Grade FARNHAM & DISTRICT RAMBLERS Walks hosted by Easy Farnham & E We are very grateful this year to welcome District Ramblers a strong collaboration with the Farnham & M Moderate Dogs allowed District Ramblers. They have kindly agreed to L Long open all their walks over the period to our Family friendly S Strenuous walkers. The walks are indicated in the listings Wheelchair with the Ramblers’ symbol. No bookings accessible Interests are required on their walks, and you are Café/Pub ❀ Nature ‘HILARIOUS, ENERGETIC, en route welcome to ‘turn up and join in’. Please note ENTERTAINING AS EVER…’ Bring packed ? Art their longer walks tend to be for dedicated lunch walkers, and may we remind you that you are Parking nearby 6 History (maybe payable) responsible for your general fitness and the Health suitability of your footwear and clothing. THE SMALL PRINT Farnham Town Council, the organisers and the walk leaders have undertaken risk assessments for all walks, but all walkers are responsible for their own fitness levels and safety. Walkers are also responsible for ensuring they wear the correct clothing and footwear and register on the walk before departure. Please note some walks may allow dogs on them. Owners must ensure the safety of the participants and must not bring dogs if there are any concerns about keeping them under control. Website www.FarnhamWalkingFestival.org Email [email protected] Principal sponsor Summer sponsor
Care Homes and Home Care – live the life you choose SATURDAY 16 AND SUNDAY 17 MAY
Farnham Town Council has commissioned the Guildford Shakespeare Company to devise a special walk for Farnham for the first time! Like a theatrical treasure- hunt, on this interactive walking tour, you’ll encounter Shakespeare and his characters bringing hidden Farnham to life in the least likely of places.
FARNHAM SHAKESPEARE WALKS E ? 6 Walk Performers: Guildford Shakespeare Company Start Time: Varies, from 12 pm as booked Finish Time: Walks last approximately one hour Distance: Approximately 1.5 miles Meeting Point: Mercure Bush Hotel, The Borough, GU9 7NN (SU840469 – OS Map) Parking: Any town centre car park (Charges may apply) Bookings: Tickets cost £12.50 pp (plus booking fee) and are available from www.farnham.gov.uk/fsw20 Booking essential
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THROUGH FARNHAM TOWN SELBORNE, HAMPSHIRE E ? 6 COUNTRYSIDE M Walk Leader: Roy Waight Walk Leader: Glenn R. Start Time: 6 pm Telephone: 07769 758976 Finish Time: Approximately 8 pm (Farnham & District Ramblers) Distance: Approximately 2 miles Start Time: 10 am Meeting Point: Waggon Yard car park, Finish Time: Approximately 3.30 pm GU9 7PS (SU839466 – OS Map) Distance: Approximately 10 miles (Charges may apply) Meeting Point: NT car park behind the Bookings: Email Roy at Selborne Arms, Selborne, GU34 3JR [email protected] (SU742335 – OS Map) Discover some of the quirky things No Booking Required people often miss when they walk around Farnham: from Waggon Yard Undulating walk around Selborne. where the old corn-market wagons Bring a packed lunch. Pub at finish. once gathered, via Farnham Maltings, through the old Saxon centre around the church, to The Borough and beyond. MONDAY 18 MAY
PILGRIMAGE TO WINCHESTER SELBORNE & NORTHFIELD HILL PART 1 M L ❀ 6 Walk Leader: Malcolm Mac. Walk Leader: Guy Singer Telephone: 07855 952354 (Farnham & District Ramblers) Start Time: 10 am Start Time: 10.30 am Finish Time: Approximately 4 pm Finish Time: Approximately 1 pm Distance: Approximately 11 miles Distance: Approximately 4.5 miles Meeting Point: St Andrew’s Church, Upper Church Lane, GU9 7PW Meeting Point: NT car park behind the (SU838467 – OS Map) Selborne Arms, Selborne, GU34 3JR (SU742335 – OS Map) No Booking Required No Booking Required Note: This is a linear walk. The second leg will be on Wednesday 20 May and A walk around Selborne then on to the final leg on Friday 22 May. Part 1 Northfield Hill. Then to Selborne can be walked on its own or with the Common and finally down the Zig Zag other parts. path. Some hills. The start of an adventure – A Pilgrimage from Farnham to Winchester. This section explores the less-walked Pilgrims’ Way from Farnham to Alton.
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FARNHAM BIODIVERSITY WALK AN EVENING STROLL AROUND FARNHAM PARK M ❀ 6 E ❀ Walk Leaders: Libby Ralph 6 and other members of the Walk Leader: Guy Singer Farnham Biodiversity Group Start Time: 7 pm Start Time: 9.30 am Finish Time: Approximately 9 pm Finish Time: Approximately 12 pm Distance: Approximately 2.5 miles Distance: Approximately 5 miles Meeting Point: Outside Town Council Meeting Point: Wrecclesham Recreation Offices, South Street, GU9 7RN Ground, Riverdale, Wrecclesham, (SU842468 – OS Map) GU10 4QT (SU824450 – OS Map) No Booking Required No Booking Required A lovely evening’s meander through A country walk west of Farnham, Farnham Park to the Castle and back highlighting different habitats and across farmland, with a good view over biodiversity around us. the town. This is intended to be a leisurely stroll enjoying the countryside. THE BASICS OF AN EFFICIENT GAIT E Walk Leader: Danny Bridgeman (restore-your-body.com) Start Time: 2 pm Finish Time: Approximately 2.45 pm Distance: Walking on the spot Meeting Point: Bandstand at Gostrey Meadow, Weyside, GU9 7RH (SU841466 – OS Map) Booking: Through Farnham Walking Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 We might think we know how to walk well, but, in reality, are you matching your anatomy? In this walking class, you will learn a new gait; one that is comfortable, natural, easy to adopt and very efficient for those who like long walks. WEDNESDAY 20 MAY
PILGRIMAGE TO WINCHESTER SELBORNE TO PART 2 NEWTON VALENCE
L ❀ 6 E Walk Leader: Guy Singer Walk Leader: Sally Mi. Telephone: 07778 458388 9.15 am for a 9.26 train Start Time: (Farnham & District Ramblers) Finish Time: Approximately 4.30 pm Start Time: 10.30 am Distance: Approximately 11 miles Finish Time: Approximately 12.30 pm Meeting Point: Farnham Station, Approximately 3.5 miles GU9 8AG (SU844465 – OS Map) Distance: (South side, Alton Platform) for the Meeting Point: NT car park behind the 9.26 train or Alton Station at 9.45 am. Selborne Arms, Selborne, GU34 3JR (Train ticket to Alton may be required. (SU742335 – OS Map) Return by bus from Bishop’s Sutton.) No Booking Required No Booking Required Walking from Selborne to Newton Note: This is a linear walk. The final leg Valence visiting the church. Down the will be on Friday 22 May. Part 2 can be Zig Zag path designed by Gilbert White. walked on its own or with the other parts. The adventure continues. Through CENTRAL FARNHAM the town at Alton, through glorious TREE WALK farmland along the St Swithun’s Way to the village of Bishop’s Sutton where we E ❀ 6 pause for breath. Walk Leader: Peter Bridgeman Start Time: 2 pm ELSTEAD CIRCULAR Finish Time: Approximately 4.30 pm M Distance: Approximately 2 miles Walk Leader: Rob M. Telephone: 07919 406488 Meeting Point: Bandstand at Gostrey (Farnham & District Ramblers) Meadow, Weyside, GU9 7RH (SU841466 – OS Map) Start Time: 10 am Booking: Through Farnham Walking Finish Time: Approximately 12.30 pm Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 Distance: Approximately 5 miles A walk around the Central Farnham Meeting Point: End of Hookley Lane, Conservation Area featuring some 50 Elstead, GU8 6JE (SU914428 – OS Map) native and exotic trees and identifying others during the walk. A list of trees No Booking Required with brief descriptions will be provided. Elstead area. Hookley Lane, New Pond, Borough farm, Silk Mill pond, Pudmore pond circular.
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GREEN SPACES OF THE BOURNE ODIHAM AND GREYWELL M ❀ M Walk Leader: Richard Sandars Walk Leader: Sue L. (Bourne Conservation Group) Telephone: 07474 375019 (Farnham & District Ramblers) Start Time: 10 am Start Time: 10 am Finish Time: Approximately 1 pm Finish Time: Approximately 3 pm Distance: Approximately 3.5 miles Distance: Approximately 10 miles Meeting Point: The Bourne Green (Recreation Ground) opposite Meeting Point: Odiham Wharf, Colt Hill St. Martin’s Church, GU10 3PU canal side car park, Odiham, RG29 1DH (SU847446 – OS Map) (SU747517 – OS Map) Booking: Through Farnham Walking No Booking Required Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 Canal paths and drovers tracks with Starting from The Bourne Green the both ends of the Greywell Tunnel. walk will cross some open ground, close woodland and heathland, passing through Sable Wood and Bourne Wood, before meeting up with an RSPB guide through the Farnham Heath Nature Reserve. Woodland tracks – some quite steep. THURSDAY 21 MAY (cont)
THURSDAY RAMBLERS’ BATS OF FARNHAM PARK SHORT WALK E ❀ 6 M Walk Leader: Nick MacFarlane Walk Leader: To follow (Waverley Borough Council) Start Time: 10.15 am Start Time: 8 pm Finish Time: Approximately 3 pm Finish Time: Approximately 10.30 pm Distance: Approximately 6-8 miles Distance: Approximately 3 miles Meeting Point: To follow Meeting Point: Park Ranger’s Office, Farnham Park car park, GU9 0AU No Booking Required (SU837475 – OS Map) The Ramblers’ Thursday shorter walks Booking: Email Nick at range between 6 and 8 miles and are [email protected] walked at a slightly slower pace with a lunch stop. We suggest walkers bring Join the Ranger, exploring the wonders their own lunch and drink. Details to of Farnham Park’s bats and their follow, please check bit.ly/FWFST2020. habitats. Get your hands on a bat detector and learn the sounds of different species. Following the walk, PATHS LESS TRODDEN there is an optional demonstration E ❀ 6 of bat analysis software. Please wear boots or strong shoes and bring a torch Walk Leaders: Libby Ralph and Richard (but not a head torch). Burgess (Friends of Farnham Park) Start Time: 2 pm Finish Time: Approximately 4 pm Distance: Approximately 3 miles Meeting Point: Park Ranger’s Office, Farnham Park car park, GU9 0AU (SU837475 – OS Map) No Booking Required A meander through the woods and less-trodden paths of Farnham Park, exploring the course of the Nadder Stream. Please note, paths in this area can be very muddy if the weather is wet.
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PILGRIMAGE TO WINCHESTER SELBORNE AND NOAR HILL PART 3 M L ❀ 6 Walk Leader: Malcolm Mac. Walk Leader: Guy Singer Telephone: 07855 952354 (Farnham & District Ramblers) Start Time: 9.15 am for a 9.26 train Start Time: 10 am Finish Time: Approximately 5 pm Finish Time: Approximately 1 pm Distance: Approximately 11 miles Distance: Approximately 5.5 miles Meeting Point: Farnham Station, GU9 8AG (SU844465 – OS Map). Meeting Point: NT car park behind the (South side, Alton Platform) for the Selborne Arms, Selborne, GU34 3JR 9.26 train or Alton Station at 9.45 am (SU742335 – OS Map) for the 64 bus or The Ship, Bishop’s No Booking Required Sutton at 10.10 am. (Return ticket to Alton may be required and a bus return A walk around Noar Hill including the ticket to Winchester.) nature reserve. No Zig Zag path, but some hills. No Booking Required Note: This is a linear walk. Part 3 can be walked on its own or with the other parts. We’re almost there! Walking from Bishop’s Sutton along the St Swithun’s Way to Winchester and our triumphant arrival at the home of the Saint. Linger in Winchester and return when you wish. SATURDAY 23 MAY
HINDHEAD DOWNHILL FAMILY TREASURE TRAIL AROUND FARNHAM L ❀ 6 E ? ❀ 6 Walk Leader: Guy Singer Walk Leader: Self-led Start Time: 9.50 am for a 10.04 bus Start Time: Any, but better if the Finish Time: Approximately 4 pm Museum and Castle are open, Saturdays Distance: Approximately 11.5 miles and Tuesdays to Fridays, 10 am to 4 pm Meeting Point: Bus stop outside Finish Time: Routes take approximately Farnham Station, GU9 8AG 1 hour 30 minutes (SU844465 – OS Map) Distance: Approximately 1.5 miles (Town side) for the 10.04 bus or Devil’s Punchbowl NT car park at 10.30 am Meeting Point: The Museum of Farnham, 38 West St, GU9 7DX No Booking Required (SU835466 – OS Map) Note: This is a linear walk; we will not Packs available: At any regular opening be returning to Hindhead time after Saturday 23 May from The Lovely walk downhill from the Devil’s Museum of Farnham, 38 West Street, Punchbowl and Gibbett Hill to Thursley, GU9 7DX or Blue Bear Book Shop, then gently undulating to Tilford and Town Hall Buildings, 3 The Borough, back to Farnham. GU9 7ND. Cost per pack £6.99 to the Museum or Bookshop. Are you looking for something to do with family and friends or seeking a fun day out with the kids in Farnham? Then why not explore the town on this self-guided treasure-themed trail. The walk takes you on a picturesque route, including the excitement of our ancient castle as you solve the clues on this adventure.
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ANCIENT FEARNEHAMME WINCHFIELD HURST AND DOGMERSFIELD M ❀ 6 Walk Leader: Chris Shepheard M Walk Leader: Paul B. 10 am Start Time: Telephone: 07768 152691 Finish Time: Approximately 1.30 pm (Farnham & District Ramblers) Distance: Approximately 4.5 miles Start Time: 10 am Meeting Point: Opposite Hatch Mill at Finish Time: Approximately 3.30 pm Riverside 2 Car Park (Pay & Display), Distance: Approximately 10 miles Mike Hawthorn Drive, GU9 7UE (SU845471 – OS Map) Meeting Point: Large free CP next to Basingstoke canal on Sprats Hatch Lane Email Chris at Booking: opposite Barley Mow pub, Winchfield. [email protected] RG27 8DD (SU777538 – OS Map) Exploring some of the hidden No Booking Required archaeological sites around Farnham, this walk will introduce walkers to the Winchfield Hurst, around Dogmersfield lives of their ancient ancestors through Lake, Tundry Pond and through the places they lived and worked. Crookham village. Mainly fairly flat across fields with a stretch on the canal towpath. Pub option at lunch and end for a drink, but bring a packed lunch.
BOURNE WOODS
E Walk Leader: Ann W. Telephone: 01252 723502 (Farnham & District Ramblers) Start Time: 10.30 am Finish Time: Approximately 12.45 pm Distance: Approximately 4 miles Meeting Point: The Bourne Green, Cricket Club car park, GU10 3PR (SU849446 – OS Map) No Booking Required Undulating through countryside. SUNDAY 24 MAY (cont) MONDAY 25 MAY
BISHOP’S TABLE GHOST WALK FROM THE BAT TO THE COW IN THE BOURNE VALLEY E 6 E ❀ 6 Walk Performers: Theatre of Dark Encounters Walk Leader: David Dearsley (Bourne Conservation Group) Start Time: 5.45 pm, 7.15 pm or 8.45 pm Start Time: 10.30 am Duration: Approx 1 hour 30 minutes Finish Time: Approximately 12.30 pm Distance: Approximately 1.5 miles Distance: Approximately 2.5 miles Meeting Point: Bishop’s Table Hotel, 27 West St, GU9 7DR (SU836467 – OS Map) Meeting Point: Bat and Ball Pub, Lower Bourne, GU10 4SA Booking: Through Farnham Walking (SU833444 – OS Map) Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 Booking: Email David at Booking essential [email protected]. As the guide leads you through the A short scenic walk from the Bat and labyrinth of paths, they will take you Ball Pub to the Spotted Cow Pub with deep into the history of the town visits to a wildlife garden to see and and who used to live here … but be release the results of moth trapping and warned, something is moving in the view the cottage lived in by local author shadows. Perhaps the ghosts of so many George Sturt. years ago want to tell their own story? "I learned a lot; I laughed a lot; CRONDALL & I screamed a lot!" HORSEDOWN COMMON This walk is kindly sponsored by the M Bishop’s Table Hotel, an 18th-century Walk Leader: Steve W. hotel in the heart of our beautiful town. Telephone: 07564 496511 See bishopstable.com for all their details. (Farnham & District Ramblers) Start Time: 10.30 am Finish Time: Approximately 12.30 pm Distance: Approximately 4.3 miles Meeting Point: Park in the road by Crondall Church, Crondall, GU10 5QR (SU795486 – OS Map) No Booking Required A walk taking in Crondall & Horsedown Common via fields, footpaths and minor roads.
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HOGS BACK BREWERY ‘TOTTER’ A BRIEF HISTORY OF FARNHAM M 6 E ? ❀ 6 Walk Leaders: Guy Singer Walk Leader: Suzân Lewis-Jones Start Time: 10 am Start Time: 10.30 am Finish Time: Approximately 4.30 pm Finish Time: Approximately 11.30 am or 1 pm Distance: Approximately 8 miles Distance: Approximately 0.5 or 2 miles Meeting Point: Outside Town Council Offices, South Street, GU9 7RN Meeting Point: In front of Farnham (SU842468 – OS Map) Maltings reception, Bridge Square, GU9 7QR (SU840465 – OS Map) Booking: Through Farnham Walking Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 Booking: Through Farnham Walking Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 Booking essential An interesting walk for all ages with An interesting walk along the North nature and historical overtones. Downs Way to the Hogs Back Brewery Come and explore the local area, learn for lunch (bring your own, possibly beer something new and share your knowledge. on sale in their bar) and a free tour A short walk around The Maltings with of their works. After the visit, we will an optional extension around the town ‘totter’ back down roads and country through time and history. lanes to Farnham. This walk is kindly sponsored by the Hog’s Back Brewery, Surrey’s award- ROWLEDGE THROUGH THE AGES winning brewer of fine English Ales and M 6 Lagers. See hogsback.co.uk for details. Walk Leader: Roy Waight Start Time: 2 pm FAMILY TREASURE TRAIL AROUND FARNHAM Finish Time: Approximately 5 pm For details see the full entry on Approximately 4.5 miles Saturday 23 May Distance: Meeting Point: The Old Vicarage, Opposite St James Church, Rowledge, GU10 4EN (SU820431 – OS Map) Booking: Email [email protected] Through the village of Rowledge, trespassing into Wrecclesham, we see the old row ditch and lanes between squatters’ plots. Learn something of the history of the village and end up with wine and nibbles in the original vicarage. WEDNESDAY 27 MAY
FARNHAM PUBS FAMILY TREASURE TRAIL AND BREWERIES AROUND FARNHAM For details see the full entry on E 6 Saturday 23 May Walk Leader: Alan Buttery (Farnham & District Ramblers) ROWLEDGE AND ALICE HOLT Start Time: 10 am E Finish Time: Approximately 1 pm Walk Leader: Caroline G. Distance: Approximately 3.5 miles Telephone: 01252 792091 Meeting Point: Waggon Yard car park, (Farnham & District Ramblers) GU9 7PS (SU839466 – OS Map) Start Time: 10.30 am (Charges may apply) Finish Time: Approximately 12.30 pm Bookings: Through Farnham Walking Distance: Approximately 3.5 miles Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 Meeting Point: Recreation Ground In Victorian times, Farnham was reputed car park, Holt Pound, GU10 4BW to have the most pubs per head in the (SU821433 – OS Map) country. This walk explains how that came to be, the family empires behind No Booking Required that growth, see the many buildings that Walking from Rowledge through the once were inns and share stories about forest, stopping at the Café. their history.
ALICE HOLT LODGE SELBORNE, HAMPSHIRE E ❀ M Walk Leader: Brian Grieg Walk Leader: Chris H. 6 pm Telephone: 07736 100927 Start Time: (Farnham & District Ramblers) Finish Time: Approximately 7.30 pm Start Time: 10 am Distance: Approximately 1 mile Finish Time: Approximately 12.30 pm Meeting Point: Alice Holt car park at Distance: Approximately 5 miles Research Station, Wrecclesham, GU10 4LH (SU803428 – OS Map) Meeting Point: NT car park behind the Selborne Arms, Selborne, GU34 3JR Bookings: Through Farnham Walking Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 (SU742335 – OS Map) A walk around the grounds of Alice Holt No Booking Required Lodge on a trail of 30 specimen trees, several Selborne Common and Noar Hill. Down of which have survived from Victorian times the Zig Zag path – great views. when the Lodge was a private residence.
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FARNHAM WALKING FESTIVAL 16 May-7 June 2020
Name Start Address Start Time Length Booking details Farnham Bush Hotel As booked 1.5 miles farnham.gov.uk/fsw20 Shakespeare GU9 7NN Walks Through Waggon Yard 6 pm 2 miles [email protected] Sat 16 May Farnham Town GU9 7PS Farnham Bush Hotel As booked 1.5 miles farnham.gov.uk/fsw20 Shakespeare GU9 7NN Walks Selborne Selborne 10 am 10 miles No booking required Sun 17 May Countryside GU34 3JR Pilgrimage to St Andrew’s Ch. 10 am 11 miles No booking required Winchester (1) GU9 7PW Selborne & Selborne 10.30 am 4.5 miles No booking required
Mon 18 May Northfield Hill GU34 3JR Biodiversity Wrecclesham 9.30 am 5 miles No booking required Walk GU10 4QT Efficient Gait Gostrey Meadow 2 pm 0.5 miles bit.ly/FWF2020 GU9 7RH
Tue 19 May Tue Farnham Park South Street 7 pm 2.5 miles No booking required Stroll GU9 7RN Pilgrimage to Farnham Station 9.15 am 11 miles No booking required Winchester (2) GU9 8AG Elstead Circular Elstead GU8 6JE 10 am 5 miles No booking required Newton Valance Selborne 10.30 am 3.5 miles No booking required circuit GU34 3JR Wed 20 May Wed Central Gostrey Meadow 2 pm 2 miles bit.ly/FWF2020 Farnham’s Trees GU9 7RH
KEY Easy Moderate Long Strenuous Self-led walks walks walks walks walks Name Start Address Start Time Length Booking details RSPB Bourne Green 10 am 3.5 miles bit.ly/FWF2020 The Bourne GU10 3PU Odiham & Odiham 10 am 10 miles No booking required Greywell RG29 1DH Ramblers’ Walk To follow 10.15 am 8 miles No booking required
Thu 21 May Paths Less Farnham Park 2 pm 3 miles No booking required Trodden GU9 0AU Bats of Farnham Park 8 pm 3 miles nick.macfarlane@ Farnham Park GU9 0AU waverley.gov.uk Pilgrimage to Farnham Station 9.15 am 11 miles No booking required Winchester (3) GGU9 8A Selborne & Selborne 10 am 5.5 miles No booking required
Fri 22 May Fri Noar Hill GU34 3JR Hindhead Farnham Station 9.50 am 11.5 miles No booking required Downhill GU9 8AG Farnham Museum Any 2 miles No booking required
Sat 23 May Treasure Trails GU9 7DX Ancient Riverside 2 10 am 4.5 miles chris.shepheard@ Fearnehamme GU9 7UE chrispics.co.uk Winchfield & Winchfield 10 am 10 miles No booking required Dogmersfield RG27 8ZY Bourne The Bourne 10.30 am 4 miles No booking required
Sun 24 May Woods GU10 3PR Bishop’s Table Bishop’s Table As booked 2 miles bit.ly/FWF2020 Ghost Walk GU9 7DR Bourne Valley Lower Bourne 10.30 am 2.5 miles david@ Moths GU10 5QR dmconsulting.co.uk Crondall & Crondall 10.30 am 4.3 miles No booking required
Mon 25 May Horsedown GU10 5QR Hogs Back South Street 10 am 8 miles bit.ly/FWF2020 Brewery GU9 7RN Brief History Farnham Maltings 10.30 am 0.5 or 2 bit.ly/FWF2020 of Farnham GU9 7QR Farnham Museum Any 2 miles No booking required
Tue 26 May Tue Treasure Trails GU9 7DX Rowledge Rowledge 2 pm 4.5 miles [email protected] History GU10 4EN
18 Mon 25 May Name Start Address Start Time Length Booking details Pubs & Waggon Yard 10 am 3.5 miles bit.ly/FWF2020 Breweries GU9 7PS Selborne & Selborne 10 am 5 miles No booking required Noar Hill GU34 3JR Rowledge Rowledge 10.30 am 3.5 miles No booking required GU10 4BW
Wed 27 May Wed Farnham Museum Any 2 miles No booking required Treasure Trails GU9 7DX Alice Holt Alice Holt 6 pm 1 mile bit.ly/FWF2020 Lodge GU10 4LH Hankley Hankley 10 am 6 miles No booking required Common Common CP Mattingley Mattingley 10 am 10 miles No booking required & Rotherwick RG27 8LA Ramblers’ Walk To follow 10.15 am 8 miles No booking required Thu 28 May Farnham Museum Any 2 miles No booking required Treasure Trails GU9 7DX Foraging Frensham 10 am 6 miles bit.ly/FWF2020 & Folklore GU10 3BT Farnham Museum Any 2 miles No booking required Treasure Trails GU9 7DX SUEZ Runfold Runfold 1.30 pm 2 miles bit.ly/FWF2020 Fri 29 May Fri Quarry GU10 1PB Alice Holt Alice Holt 6 pm 1 mile bit.ly/FWF2020 Arboretum GU10 4LQ Literary Tour Farnham Station 10 am 8 miles No booking required GU9 8AG Artington Compton 10.15 am 5.6 miles No booking required GU3 1JA
Sat 30 May Farnham Museum Any 2 miles No booking required Treasure Trails GU9 7DX Winterfold Hurtwood 10 am 10 miles No booking required & Hurt Wood GU6 8QU Bourne The Bourne 2.30 pm 4 miles bit.ly/FWF2020
Sun 31 May Footpaths GU10 3PR KEY Easy Moderate Long Strenuous Self-led walks walks walks walks walks Name Start Address Start Time Length Booking details Defence Stockbridge 10 am 10 miles chris.shepheard@ Line 3 GU10 2DD chrispics.co.uk Frensham Great Pond CP 10.30 am 4 miles No booking required Great Pond GU10 2QD
Mon 1 June Frensham Little Pond CP 2 pm 4.5 miles bit.ly/FWF2020 & Pierrepont GU10 3BT North Downs Hickley’s Corner 10 am 11 miles bit.ly/FWF2020 Way Part 1 GU9 8AH Trees of Rowledge 6 pm 1 mile bit.ly/FWF2020 Tue 2 June Tue Clare Mead GU10 4AA Bounce around The Bourne 6.45 am 3 miles bit.ly/FWF2020 the Bourne GU9 8HA Deepcut Mytchett 10 am 5 miles No booking required and canal GU16 6DD Middle Farnham Park 10.30 am 4 miles No booking required
Wed 3 June Wed Old Park GU9 0AU Farnham’s South Street 2 pm 2 miles bit.ly/FWF2020 Plaques GU9 7RN Hawley Lake Hawley 10 am 10 miles No booking required GU14 9LH Ramblers’ Walk To follow 10.15 am 8 miles No booking required Farnham’s Shepherd & Flock 10.30 am 7 miles No booking required Pill Boxes GU9 9JB Netwalking Castle Inn 1 pm 2 miles No booking required Thu 4 June GU9 7HR Moor Park South Street 7 pm 4 miles No booking required Meander GU9 7RN North Downs Guildford 10 am 14 miles bit.ly/FWF2020 Way Part 2 GU1 4UT Frensham to Great Pond CP 10 am 6 miles No booking required
Fri 5 June Fri Hindhead GU10 2QD Farnham Riverside 2 10.15 am 4.5 miles john_cregan@ Watermills GU9 7UE tiscali.co.uk Wrecclesham Wrecclesham 10.30 am 4.5 miles stevenknowles1@
Sat 6 June Village GU10 4QT gmail.com Lions Club of Farnham – Community Walks and Picnic Walk from Farnham’s villages to Gostrey Meadow and join us for ‘Music in the Meadow’. Start times vary depending on the start point. No booking required.
Sun 7 June See www.bit.ly/FWFPICNIC2020 20 THURSDAY 28 MAY
HANKLEY COMMON MATTINGLEY AND HISTORICAL WALK ROTHERWICK M 6 M Walk Leader: John Casey Walk Leader: Paul B. (Godalming & Haslemere Ramblers) Telephone: 07768 152691 (Farnham & District Ramblers) Start Time: 10 am Start Time: 10 am Finish Time: Approximately 1 pm Finish Time: Approximately 3 pm Distance: Approximately 6 miles Distance: Approximately 10 miles Meeting Point: Meeting Point: Hankley Common Car Park, off Thursley Road Meeting Point: Mattingley next to by Truxford Wood Farm, near Thursley Church. Restricted to 12 cars so (SU891411 – OS Map) car share if possible. RG27 8LA Postcode not supplied as it will confuse. (SU736581 – OS Map) No Booking Required No Booking Required Historical walk at Hankley Common Mattingley via West Green to Rotherwick taking in the Atlantic Wall, films shot at for lunch with pub option; continuing the Common, the Bossom plane crash clockwise through fields back to Mattingley. and the Wigwam Murder. THURSDAY RAMBLERS’ FAMILY TREASURE TRAIL SHORT WALK AROUND FARNHAM M For details see the full entry on Saturday 23 May Walk Leader: To Follow (Farnham & District Ramblers) Start Time: 10.15 am Finish Time: Approximately 3 pm Distance: Approximately 6-8 miles Meeting Point: To Follow No Booking Required The Ramblers’ Thursday shorter walks range between 6 to 8 miles and are walked at a slightly slower pace with a lunch stop. We suggest walkers bring their own lunch and drink. Details to follow, please check bit.ly/FWFST2020. FRIDAY 29 MAY
FARMS, FORAGING RESTORATION OF RUNFOLD AND FOLKLORE SOUTH QUARRY AND LANDFILL
M ❀ E ❀ 6 Walk Leader: Lizzie Spruce Walk Leader: Mark Bowgen (SUEZ) Start Time: 10 am Start Time: 1.30 pm Finish Time: Approximately 1 pm Finish Time: Approximately 3.30 pm Distance: Approximately 6 miles Distance: Approximately 2 miles Meeting Point: Meeting Point: Frensham Meeting Point: SUEZ Runfold Site, Little Pond NT Car Park, Frensham, Guildford Rd, Runfold, GU10 1PB GU10 3BT (SU857418 – OS Map) (SU869475 – OS Map) (Parking charge for non-NT members) Bookings: Through Farnham Walking Bookings: Through Farnham Walking Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 Join us for a walk around Runfold South A meander around Tilford and Quarry and Landfill, which has been Frensham via a micro-brewery with a active since 1951, first as a sand quarry few forageable plants and their folklore. and later as a landfill and is now being restored to woodland and grassland.
FAMILY TREASURE TRAIL AROUND FARNHAM ALICE HOLT FOREST – For details see the full entry on THE ARBORETUM Saturday 23 May E ❀ Walk Leader: Brian Grieg Start Time: 6 pm Finish Time: Approximately 7.30 pm Distance: Approximately 1.5 miles Meeting Point: Alice Holt Forestry Commission, Gravel Hill Road car park, Holt Pound, GU10 4LQ (SU802433 – OS Map) Bookings: Through Farnham Walking Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 The walk will highlight 30 of the most interesting species of trees in the Arboretum and include a brief description of Alice Holt Forest.
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A LITERARY TOUR WINTERFOLD & HURT WOOD M ❀ 6 M Walk Leader: Guy Singer Walk Leaders: Paul & Olivia C. Telephone: 07565 533309 10 am Start Time: (Farnham & District Ramblers) Finish Time: Approximately 4 pm Start Time: 10 am Distance: Approximately 8 miles Finish Time: Approximately 3.30 pm Meeting Point: Farnham Station, GU9 8AG Distance: Approximately 10 miles (SU844465 – OS Map) (South Side, Alton Platform). This is only the meeting point; Meeting Point: Hurtwood CP No 6 we will not be travelling by train. [radar site] at junction of Alderbrook Road & Greensands Lane, Cranleigh, No Booking Required GU6 8QU (TQ059427 – OS Map) A literary tour around some of the former No Booking Required houses and important sites for Farnham’s authors: Swift, Cobbett, Sturt and Barrie. Undulating loop around Winterfold Heath & Wood and Hurt Wood with lunch at Peaslake. Mainly high elevation FAMILY TREASURE TRAIL with plenty of views. Optional pub at AROUND FARNHAM lunchtime but please bring lunch. For details see the full entry on Saturday 23 May THE BOURNE FOOTPATHS HISTORY ARTINGTON M ❀ 6 M Walk Leader: Liz Witham Walk Leaders: Jenny C. & Freddie (Farnham & District Ramblers) Telephone: 07949 604255 Start Time: 2.30 pm (Farnham & District Ramblers) Finish Time: Approximately 4.30 pm Start Time: 10.15 am Distance: Approximately 4 miles Finish Time: Approximately 1.15 pm Meeting Point: The Bourne Green, Distance: Approximately 5.6 miles Cricket Club car park, GU10 3PR Meeting Point: Park near the Withies (SU849446 – OS Map) Inn, Withies Lane, Compton, Guildford Booking: Through Farnham Walking GU3 1JA (SU964468 – OS Map) Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 No Booking Required A hilly walk at a gentle pace with Lovely circular walk, partially along the some history about the names of the Pilgrims’ Way, passing through Loseley Park. footpaths in The Bourne. MONDAY 1 JUNE
DEFENCE LINE 3 EXPLORING AROUND FRENSHAM & PIERREPONT M ❀ 6 M ❀ Walk Leader: Chris Shepheard Walk Leader: Sarah Burt Start Time: 10 am (Farnham & District Ramblers) Finish Time: Approximately 3.30 pm Start Time: 2 pm Distance: Approximately 10 miles Finish Time: Approximately 4.30 pm Meeting Point: Stockbridge Pond car park, Tilford, GU10 2DD (SU874429 – OS Map) Distance: Approximately 4.5 miles Booking: Email Chris at Meeting Point: Frensham Little Pond [email protected] NT Car Park, Frensham, GU10 3BT (SU857418 – OS Map) Continuing Farnham’s World War 2 (Parking charge for non-NT members) defence walks, the route heads off across the military training lands to Booking: Through Farnham Walking rejoin the GHQ Line at Elstead. On the Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 way, we’ll visit Surrey’s only sea wall and A walk exploring paths, tracks, meadows learn about some of the other once- and woods around Frensham village, both secret activities on the commons. ponds and Pierrepont House and Farm.
FRENSHAM GREAT POND & VILLAGE
E Walk Leader: Mervyn T Telephone: 07885 685733 (Farnham & District Ramblers) Start Time: 10.30 am Finish Time: Approximately 12.45 pm Distance: Approximately 3.8 miles Meeting Point: Frensham Great Pond CP, GU10 2QD (SU844405 – OS Map) No Booking Required A leisurely walk from Frensham Great Pond alongside River (which can be muddy in parts) to the weir. On into Frensham village along roadside returning to Frensham Pond via heathland. One short steep incline.
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NORTH DOWNS WAY – A TREE WALK AROUND THE PART 1 TO GUILDFORD CLARE MEAD ESTATE S ❀ E ❀ Walk Leader: Chris Howard Walk Leader: Brian Grieg (Surrey Hills Society) Start Time: 6 pm Start Time: 10 am Finish Time: Approximately 7 pm Finish Time: Approximately 4 pm Distance: Approximately 1 mile Distance: Approximately 11 miles Meeting Point: Meeting Point: Rowledge Meeting Point: Start of the NDW, Hickley’s Village Square, Rowledge, GU10 4AA Corner, GU9 8AH (SU843466 – OS Map) (SU823433 – OS Map) Booking: Through Farnham Walking Booking: Through Farnham Walking Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 Note: This is a linear walk. Part 2 to A gentle walk around the Clare Mead Dorking will be on Friday 5 June. residential estate, to look at the mature Part 1 can be walked on its own. trees remaining from the grounds An 11-mile hike at a reasonable pace of Mayfield House and the younger along this classic route to Guildford. specimens planted when the estate was Due to the hills, this walk is for more built in the 1980s. experienced ramblers. We are finishing at Guildford from where your own arrangements should be made to return. WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE
A BOUNCE AROUND MIDDLE OLD PARK AND THE BOURNE FARNHAM PARK E E Walk Leader: Lizzie Spruce Walk Leader: Agnes I. Telephone: 07775 642163 6.45 am Start Time: (Farnham & District Ramblers) Finish Time: Approximately 8.30 am Start Time: 10.30 am Distance: Approximately 3 miles Finish Time: Approximately 12.45 pm Meeting Point: St Thomas-on-The Distance: Approximately 4 miles Bourne Church, Frensham Road, The Bourne, GU9 8HA Meeting Point: Park Ranger’s Office, (SU845455 – OS Map) Farnham Park car park, GU9 0AU (SU837475 – OS Map) Booking: Through Farnham Walking Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 No Booking Required A chance to explore and enjoy the From Farnham Park to Middle Old Park. footpaths crisscrossing The Bourne before Café at the end of the walk. the rest of the world has woken up. FARNHAM’S COMMEMORATIVE DEEPCUT AND THE PLAQUES BASINGSTOKE CANAL E 6 M Walk Leader: Peter Bridgeman Walk Leaders: Celia G. & Clive P. Start Time: 2 pm Telephone: 07776 153143, 07769 655154 (Farnham & District Ramblers) Finish Time: Approximately 4 pm Start Time: 10 am Distance: Approximately 2 miles Finish Time: Approximately 12.45 pm Meeting Point: Borelli Walk, South Street, GU9 7RU (SU842467 – OS Map) Distance: Approximately 5 miles Booking: Through Farnham Walking Meeting Point: Canal Centre, Mytchett Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 Pl Rd, Mytchett, GU16 6DD (SU893549 – OS Map) A new walk featuring some 50 plaques in and around the Central Conservation No Booking Required Area. These include famous names and From the Canal Centre at Mytchett to events over the centuries and pointing Deepcut Lock and back along the canal, out some of the eccentricities of some a few slopes. of the inscriptions.
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HAWLEY LAKE WORLD WAR 2 PILL BOXES M M 6 Walk Leader: Jon C. Walk Leader: Alan Keeley Telephone: 07766 804448 (Farnham & District Ramblers) (Farnham & District Ramblers) Start Time: 10.30 am Start Time: 10 am Finish Time: Approximately 3 pm Finish Time: Approximately 3 pm Distance: Approximately 7 miles Distance: Approximately 10 miles Meeting Point: Shepherd and Flock Meeting Point: Hawley sailing club/MOD Roundabout, GU9 9JB CP. Cove, Farnborough, GU14 9LH [646 (SU853474 – OS Map) metres NW] (SU838577 – OS Map) No Booking Required No Booking Required Walk along Greensand Way to Waverley A walk through the woods and fields Abbey and return looking at pill boxes from Hawley Lake, taking in Yateley as we go. common, Minley Woods and Fleet Pond. Bring lunch.
THURSDAY RAMBLERS’ SHORT WALK
M Walk Leader: To follow Start Time: 10.15 am Finish Time: Approximately 3 pm Distance: Approximately 6-8 miles Meeting Point: To Follow No Booking Required The Ramblers’ Thursday shorter walks range between 6 to 8 miles and are walked at a slightly slower pace with a lunch stop. We suggest walkers bring their own lunch and drink. Details to follow, please check bit.ly/FWFST2020. THURSDAY 4 JUNE (cont) FRIDAY 5 JUNE
NETWALKING NORTH DOWNS WAY – PART 2 GUILDFORD TO DORKING E S ❀ Walk Leader: Guy Singer Walk Leader: Chris Howard Start Time: 1 pm (Surrey Hills Society) Finish Time: Before 2 pm Start Time: 10 am Distance: Approximately 2 miles Finish Time: Approximately 5 pm Meeting Point: Castle Inn, Castle Street, Distance: Approximately 14 miles GU9 7HR (SU839469 – OS Map) Meeting Point: Outside Guildford No Booking Required Station, Station Approach, Guildford, An opportunity for business people to have GU1 4UT (SU992496 – OS Map) a healthy lunch break and meet like-minded Booking: Through Farnham Walking colleagues to network while walking. Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 Note: This is a linear walk. Part 2 can be walked on its own. A MEANDER TO MOOR PARK Part 2. A strenuous 14-mile hike at a E ? ❀ 6 reasonable pace along the North Downs Walk Leader: Guy Singer Way from Guildford to Dorking. Due to the length and the hills, this walk is for more Start Time: 7 pm experienced ramblers. We finish at Dorking Finish Time: Approximately 9 pm from where your own arrangements should be made to return. (Train). Distance: Approximately 4 miles Meeting Point: Meeting Point: Outside A LINEAR WALK FROM Town Council Offices, South Street, FRENSHAM TO HINDHEAD GU9 7RN (SU842468 – OS Map) M No Booking Required Walk Leader: Chris H. A stroll along the Borelli Walk, across the Telephone: 07736 100927 Shepherd and Flock to the gates of Moor (Farnham & District Ramblers) Park, returning along the North Downs Way. Start Time: 10 am Finish Time: Approximately 1.15 pm Distance: Approximately 6 miles Meeting Point: Frensham Great Pond CP, GU10 2QD (SU844405 – OS Map) No Booking Required A linear walk from Frensham to the Devil’s Punch Bowl.
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FARNHAM WATERMILLS LIONS CLUB OF FARNHAM M 6 COMMUNITY WALKS AND PICNIC Walk Leader: John Cregan (Farnham & District Ramblers) E Start Time: 10.15 am Walk Organisers: Lions Club of Farnham Finish Time: Approximately 1 pm Start Time: Varies Distance: Approximately 4.5 miles Finish Time: Approximately 2.30 pm Distance: Varies Meeting Point: Opposite Hatch Mill at Riverside 2 Car Park (Pay & Display), Meeting Point: Check website for details Mike Hawthorn Drive, GU9 7UE of the individual start points (SU845471 – OS Map) No Booking Required Booking: Email John at A community picnic, walking from the [email protected] various villages in Farnham to Gostrey Elongated ellipse along the Wey. Looking Meadow, where we can all enjoy our at history, use and siting of the watermills picnics together if we want. Please bring and river re-routing for flood prevention. a packed snack with you. Why not stay Yo u ’ll see three mills (plus the remains for Music in the Meadow and return at of two more) and hopefully get a feel for your leisure? For details, please check how the town grew around the river. with the Lions Club of Farnham’s or the Farnham Walking Festival’s website – WRECCLESHAM VILLAGE WALK bit.ly/FWFPICNIC2020.
M 6 Walk Leader: Steven Knowles (Farnham & District Ramblers) Start Time: 10.30 am Finish Time: Approximately 3 pm Distance: Approximately 4.5 miles Meeting Point: Wrecclesham Recreation Ground, Riverdale, Wrecclesham, GU10 4QT (SU824450 – OS Map) Booking: Email Steven at [email protected] A short circular walk of Wrecclesham visiting sites of local history, with the presentation of historical facts. SURREY DAY SATURDAY 2 MAY
Surrey Day promotes activities all over FARNHAM’S INDUSTRIAL PAST the county. A vast selection of events E is offered for all, whatever your age 6 or interests. Here at Farnham Walking Walk Leader: Chris Shepheard Festival, we have three special walks Start Time: 6 pm for you. For all the Surrey Day events see visitsurrey.com, and for our special Finish Time: Approximately 8.30 pm walks see bit.ly/FWFSD2020. Can you Distance: Approximately 4 miles complete the Surrey Day challenge? Meeting Point: Waggon Yard car park, Complete all three walks and win a prize. GU9 7PS (SU839466 – OS Map) (Charges may apply) WATERSIDE WANDERINGS Booking: Email Chris at [email protected] M ❀ 6 Walk Leader: Guy Singer A walk around the town centre exploring the remnants of Farnham’s Start Time: 10 am old industries. Hops, corsets, twine and Finish Time: Approximately 3 pm mineral waters are just a few of those, but we’ll also look at defence, transport Distance: Approximately 7 miles and entertainment. Meeting Point: Outside Town Council Offices, South Street, GU9 7RN A NIGHT WALK TO CRONDALL (SU842468 – OS Map) M No Booking Required Walk Leader: Guy Singer A lovely leisurely wander along three waterways, the Wey, the Blackwater Start Time: 9 pm and the Basingstoke Canal. We will Finish Time: Approx 1 am Sunday morning see some historic buildings, appreciate Distance: Approximately 8 miles some nature and traverse a green corridor around Aldershot. This will Meeting Point: Upper Hart car park, be a leisurely walk, suitable for all the GU9 7HD (SU824450 – OS Map) family. Return by train from Ash Vale. Booking: Through Farnham Walking Festival website – bit.ly/FWF2020 Booking essential An exciting new walk for the Festival. We will be hiking from Farnham to Crondall over small roads and footpaths AT NIGHT. Please make sure you have suitable footwear, a snack and a torch with spare batteries.
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The Florence Nightingale Walk has been Brightwell House, latterly the Redgrave commissioned to commemorate the Theatre was owned by the Paget family 200th anniversary of Florence’s birth on who were visited by Florence. Finally, 12 May 1820. The founder of modern she donated a travelling communion set nursing has strong connections with to Farnham Hospital. We are hoping it Farnham. Her uncle, George Nicholson, will be possible to see this gift either was at one time the owner of Waverley before or after our walk. Abbey House.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE WALK M ? ❀ 6 Walk Leader: Guy Singer Start Time: 10 am Finish Time: Approximately 3 pm Distance: Approximately 6.5 miles Meeting Point: Farnham Hospital car park, Hale Road, Farnham GU9 9QL (SU849475 – OS Map) No Booking Required A new walk to Waverley Abbey House, following in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale. We walk along the Greensands Way out and the North Downs Way back, with a lot of history en route.
FARNHAM WALKING FESTIVAL MONTHLY WALK
Have you seen our monthly walks? The Farnham Walking Festival continues throughout the year with walks every month. www.farnhamwalkingfestival.org/monthly Join us! THANKS TO THE ORGANISATIONS LEADING OUR WALKS
BOURNE CONSERVATION GROUP • To ensure that the excellent conservation The Bourne Conservation Group aims to work already going on in the town improve the landscape and biodiversity of achieves even greater impact through a South Farnham by carrying out practical common approach. work in public open spaces including The Group welcomes the support of groups, woodland, gardens and footpaths. It also local ecologists and amateur naturalists in manages the Old Bourne Churchyard, the gathering data and in helping to develop and Middle Bourne Lane community garden and implement biodiversity projects across the the planting at the Lower Bourne crossroads. town. More details can be found on the The group participates in the Farnham in website www.farnhambap.org.uk Bloom campaign and has led successful walks in the first three Walking Festivals. FARNHAM & DISTRICT RAMBLERS New members of all ages are made very Our major walking partners in 2020, welcome, and several young people are Farnham & District Ramblers is a very currently working with them as part of the active and friendly group of over 500 voluntary service section of the Duke of members. They organise walks on most Edinburgh Awards Scheme. Contact can be days of the week which vary in length from made through info@bourneconservation. three to ten miles. org.uk or www.bourneconservation.org.uk We all know the benefits of exercise in the fresh air with great company and lovely FARNHAM BIODIVERSITY GROUP views, so Farnham & District Ramblers is The Farnham Biodiversity Group (FBG) was pleased to welcome you for two or three formed in April 2019 to draw up and put walks to see if you like them before joining! into practice a detailed Biodiversity Action They invite you to visit their website at Plan (BAP) for Farnham. It is supported by www.farnhamramblers.org.uk or phone/email a Partnership including existing volunteer 01252 725899 chairman@farnhamramblers. groups, local authorities, Surrey Wildlife org.uk for details of the walks and to answer Trust and the Environment Agency. Creating any questions you may have. a BAP is an ideal way of addressing in a structured way the complex factors that FRIENDS OF FARNHAM PARK affect ecosystems and wildlife habitats in The Friends of Farnham Park is a group of Farnham and in particular: people who appreciate the simple pleasures • To enable the implementation of Farnham Park and who want everybody of environmental policies in the to be able to continue to enjoy them Neighbourhood Plan fully by supporting into the future. They liaise closely with, and enhancing biodiversity. and support, the Waverley Countryside • To help redress the effects of habitat Management team in preserving the degradation, disease and climate change character of this wonderful local amenity. that are endangering wildlife locally and Many of their activities are open to more widely, and which are resulting in the everybody, and most are free to members, serious decline of once-common species with a small charge to non-members. They such as the hedgehog, swift and stag beetle. include: keeping members informed through
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a biannual newsletter, interpretive walks, SUEZ RECYCLING AND RECOVERY conservation activities and working parties, UK LTD liaison with Waverley Borough Council on Part of the global SUEZ group, SUEZ long term management strategies and not Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd employs least social events. over 5,000 people and handles more than 10 million tonnes of waste each year. Since GUILDFORD SHAKESPEARE it was established in the UK in 1988, the COMPANY company has delivered innovative and Guildford Shakespeare Company is an environmentally responsible solutions for award-winning, professional theatre company. the waste generated by households and Established in 2006 by actor-managers Sarah businesses across the country. Gobran and Matt Pinches, it has produced over 40 immersive shows in unique, non- SURREY HILLS SOCIETY theatre venues. Its education and outreach The Surrey Hills Society is an independent charity promoting the positive enjoyment and works with over 5,000 people, young care of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding and old, through classes, performances, Natural Beauty for those who live, work in, workshops and therapy sessions. or visit the area. The Society encourages GSC also delivers free-to-access social people to explore and learn about the special inclusion programmes across Surrey for qualities and distinctiveness of the area. some of the least advantaged parts of the community. THEATRE OF DARK ENCOUNTERS For all their details, please see For over 15 years the Theatre of Dark www.guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk Encounters has researched hundreds of locations in some 650 investigations with LIONS CLUB OF FARNHAM 22,000 investigators. They challenge the usual Do you have some time to spare? Looking to conventions of ghost hunting by scientific meet new friends in the area? techniques and equipment to explore and document the paranormal and supernatural. Why not become a Lion, or a Friend of Their casebook of all these investigations has Farnham Lions, and help them with one or documented a wealth of research being used more of their many events and projects: by academics for analysis into the paranormal. Community Service, Fundraising, Beerex, Why not join them in the search? You can read Carnival – they can always use willing hands, all about them at www.darkencounters.co.uk and you’ll have a great time! TREASURE TRAILS If you missed out on their last friends’ What is a Treasure Trail? A real-life adventure awareness evening, or couldn’t come along, that fires up the imagination and gets you and would like to know what went on, please exploring the most interesting parts of the contact them on www.farnhamlions.org.uk UK (including Farnham). or send an email to sally.ross@farnhamlions. Treasure Trails are working with the Farnham org.uk and they will happily add your name Walking Festival this year to design and print to the invitation list for the next one to be a special trail just for us! Read all about them held soon. at www.treasuretrails.co.uk 34 Farnham Town Council Events – 2020 Selected highlights Farmers' Markets Events in Gostrey Meadow – Sundays Central Car Park Sustainability Festival 24 May, 10-4pm Sundays: 10.00am till 1.30pm Music in the Meadow 31 May - 6 Sept, 22 March 26 July 3-5pm 26 April 23 August Picnic in the Park 28 June, 12-6pm 24 May 27 September The Allotment Show 6 September 28 June 22 November 13 December Gin & Fizz Festival 11-12 September Farnham Maltings Food & Drink Festival 27 September Castle Street, The Borough www.farnham.gov.uk
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