Chipstead Lane | 14 miles with optional stop at The Well House Pub

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Start at the YMCA on Princes Road

From the YMCA, walk to the crossroads and turn R along Princes Road (or walk diagonally across the field to Brambletye Park Road). Turn R onto Brambletye Park Road and continue up the hill to the corner

Turn R through Oaklands Park, the road gently curves to the left to the pedestrian bridge over the railway, continue L up the hill past Redstone Cemetery (toilets just inside the main entrance)

R up Philanthropic Road, shortly L along Sylvan Way which turns left down a very steep hill, R up Woodside Way and then up the steps at the end

After descending on steps, R along Nutfield Road and cross over

Take the second footpath L (the first is tarmac’d and can be used in wet conditions) and continue behind the houses on a footpath until It descends to a road, take the road R (Cavendish Road)

Continue to the bottom and across the footbridge, cross in front of the school onto another footpath that runs alongside the school grounds

At the end cross St Anne’s Rise and enter the trees, taking the footpath R alongside the allotments

L under the railway bridge along Wiggie Lane

At the end L along Frenchies Road, then at the roundabout, second R uphill a short distance to the traffic lights with London Road (A23), cross over and turn R

After a short distance, turn L into Carlton Road, continue for about 15 minutes until R onto Carlton Green. The road bends to the left and after 5 minutes look for a short footpath on the right between houses which goes steeply uphill to Road

L for a few hundred metres to a gatehouse on the right, cross the road and take the bridleway to the left of the gate house

Pass stables on the left and continue until the school buildings come into view, with the Millennium Stones in a field on the left,just beyond turn L along the road marked NDW

Continue past the gatehouse, cross Gatton Bottom road and up the steep track which crosses under the M25 then up to Crossways Farm, continue to the cross roads

Turn R and continue along High Road for about 500m, turn L up the track towards Gatwick Farm. The footpath skirts around the farm (which is now residences) and onto a bridleway, avoiding the footpath right Shortly at the crossroads of tracks turn R and continue until it reaches a road (Green Lane)

If you’d like to stop at the Wellhouse pub, take the footpath on the other side of the road (slightly to the left), this crosses a road (Monkswell Lane) and then down into a holly wood to emerge on Chipstead Lane to the left of the pub. When you leave the pub turn L along Chipstead Lane.

Alternatively, turn L on Green Lane and continue to the right bend, ahead is a footpath alongside a field that joins Millfield Lane to Chipstead Lane, turn L

At the roundabout, turn L and walk along to the bus stop where it is safer to cross over to the other side of the dual carriageway, once the road is crossed turn R back towards the roundabout, then L and continue on the bridleway beside a gate to a house

Shortly, in the trees turn L along a wide track and continue for about 1.5 km or 30 minutes alongside Walton Heath golf course, ignoring the two paths to the left, until you reach the Sportsman pub, continue to the end of the lane

Straight over into a private road (Mogador Lane)

After 100m look for a bridleway L into trees, cross over Grove and continue with a field to the left until you reach the NT carpark at Margery Wood R and walk along Margery Wood Lane to cross the motorway, continue up the road to the gate at the top of Colley Hill, marked National Trust Queens Park

Through the gate and straight on along a path in a groove in the chalk downs, this leads downhill curving left to a gate, pass through the gate

Continue along this path which bends to the left at the memorial and down to Underhill Road

Turn R and continue past the top of Pilgrims Way onto the footpath, continue until a path on the left, turn L down this path which joins a driveway and onto Coppice Lane, continue straight on Keep straight on past Squash club on your left, the road becomes a drive, then a footpath which emerges onto the A25 West Street opposite some bungalows, turn L

Carry on West street towards Reigate town centre, fork L at Upper West Street and the car park entrance onto London Road. Look diagonally left and to the left of the antique shop there is a path up to the castle, cross straight over the busy road and up onto a raised path by a few steps, then to the castle grounds path

At the top, turn R and follow the path as it curves left, continue to a cross path and turn R taking take the path and steps down to the High Street

Turn L along the High Street, past the Market Hall (now Café Nero) and onto Church Street (public toilet are along Bell Street, turn R at the traffic lights after Café Nero, the toilets are on the right at the next junction)

Cross over Church Street to the right-hand side, cross over the top of Bancroft Road and then take the next R which leads down to a footpath behind the houses

Continue along this path, crossing over the road at St Mary’s church and up the steps into the graveyard

Continue past the church on your left, then turn diagonally R along a footpath through the graveyard, the path ends beside houses on the right and a small industrial unit on the left

Cross over Blackborough Road and onto a footpath, past the end of Albion Road and up to Crackell Road

Continue straight up Chart Lane and down to Cronks Hill Road, turn L along this road

The road turns to the right, shortly just past Dunottar Close turn L along a footpath

Continue straight to emerge on Ridgemount Way between houses. Take the path diagonally L over the green to the end of Fairlawn Drive

Cross over the road to The Pendleton then L and diagonally R onto Fountain Road

Once this road starts to rise, cross over and over a short path cutting off a corner beside the church, cross Church Road to a path across the green

Before this path meets the houses, turn R in front of them and continue down to the A23, cross over

Walk R down Common Road and up past the Joshua Tree pub all the way to the end of the road, then onto a footpath

At the pollarded trees, turn L and immediately pass under a railway bridge

Continue straight on, past a Day Nursery on the left and onto Princes Road and the YMCA.