Ascent/Descent: 427/384m (with two hills)
Net Walking Time: 5 ½ hours
Toughness: 6 out of 10
Take
at 09.11 Dorking (Main) train from Victoria (Clapham J 09.18), arrives
Dorking (Main) at 10.07.
The route passes
Deepdene Station after a few minutes, trains from London Bridge via Redhill arrive there 09.55 and 10.14.
Return
trains from Gomshall: 17.21 (to
Guildford for Waterloo), 17.30 (to Redhill for London Bridge), the next
trains after that are 19.22 and later...
Strangely, this route has never been posted before! Well, here it is...
Pick up the Greensand
Way in Dorking’s Town Centre, pass (or climb over) Bury Hill, and gradually
ascend onto the Southeast’s highest top: Leith
Hill. Down and up to Holmbury
Hill with its Iron Age Fort. Then descend through woods
and fields to Gomshall.
Lunch: Leith Hill Tower Café
Kiosk on Leith Hill (11.6 km/7.2 mi)
or The
King’s Head in Holmbury St. Mary (15.1 km/9.4 mi, food to 14.30). There is also The Royal Oak in the same village, a little off route (food all day).
1 comment:
N=4 on this enjoyable walk. Two from each station. W=muggy_thunderstorm_sunshine. This is a mainly woodland walk, so provided shade and relief from the one hour of thundery rain, which didn't amount to much. A picnic at Leith Hill,a drink at the Kings Head then up to Holmbery Hill, with great views. Plenty of time in Gomshall to enjoy the new garden of the Gomshall Mill Pub.
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