Saturday Walk: Ockley to Warnham

16.5km (10.3 miles), Difficulty 3/10

Trains: Get the 9:41 Horsham train from Victoria (Clapham Junction 9:48) arriving Ockley 10:51

Return from  Warnham  xx:19 direct or xx:57 changing at Horsham  

The last direct train is at 18:19, the last via Horsham 18:57. Get a return to Warnham.

A beautiful walk through an unspoilt countryside of fields, woods and gentle hills, with a choice of two homely country pubs for lunch. One highlight of this walk is a church, hidden in the woods. (Woods that can be muddy after wet weather). 

Lunch: 

The church above makes an ideal picnic spot, but the suggested lunch place is the Scarlett Arms (tel. 01306-627243) in Walliswood, some 7.2 km into the walk. Old-fashioned, walker-friendly, open  from 12 noon Food till 2:45. Booking ahead advised.

Alternatively, the Punchbowl pub (tel. 01306-627249) in Okewood Hill. Serves food from noon. The pub is reached via a detour beginning in the woods in Walliswood; the main walk can then be rejoined at point [5A]. 

That detour could also serve as a shortcut for any picnickers wanting to bypass the Scarlett Arms.

Tea: The  walker-friendly Sussex Oak, Warnham. tel.01403-265028 ). It is 1.3 km to the station from Warnham village, so allow at least 20 minutes to get there.

Directions here t=1.47