Length: 8.1 miles, 13km. 4 out of 10
This is a new walk for a Saturday, and any decisions about doing a longer walk are after lunch. "Tattenham Corner station was built to serve Epsom Downs Racecourse and you soon get a fine view along its finishing straight towards the Grandstand. A ridge walk along Walton Downs then takes you to what was once arable farmland in Langley Vale but is being transformed by the Woodland Trust into a First World War Centenary Wood, with poignant sculptures in new plantations and wildflower meadows. After an undulating route through this extensive site a sustained gentle climb brings you to the lunch stop in Walton on the Hill, with its attractive village pond.
The afternoon section starts with an optional loop around the partly-wooded Banstead Heath (part of Banstead Commons). The rest of the walk is similar to the outward leg in reverse: past riding stables, through another part of the Centenary Wood and over Walton Downs to the racecourse."
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Trains: Get the 1010 Tattenham Corner train from London Bridge (Southern so probably around platform 11) (East Croydon 1031) arriving 1108. The station is in Zone 6. Return trains xx15, xx45.
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#N=9, #W=Cloudy, good choice of walk after last week's rain, Epsom Downs Race Course is on chalk and drains well but there was some mud latter on narrow / overgrown footpaths. The Woodland Trust Langley Valley plantation / first world war memorial has been much extended with thousands of trees planted, a community orchard sponsored by Sainsbury's and more. It would be worth going back in spring for the wild flowers and field of poppies etc. Three of us had lunch at the Blue Ball, very welcoming but food was slow to arrive and served on cold plates! I am not sure what happened to the others after lunch but at least two walked back to Tattenham Corner and two of us took a short cut to Tadworth with its excellent coffee and cake place near the station.
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