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Saturday, 4 March 2023

Saturday Walk - Warlingham Circular (Shorter version)

Warlingham Circular (Short Walk omitting Selsdon Wood)
10.1 miles / 16.25 km

Although only a few miles from Croydon and well inside the M25, this part of London's border with Surrey feels anything but urban. Away from the main roads you are soon in woods, fields and isolated valleys which escaped the post-war expansion of south London's suburbs. 

Trains: 10:20 London Victoria, (10:40 East Croydon), 10:52 Upper Warlingham.  Return trains at xx:02/xx:32.  Upper Warlingham is in Travelcard Zone 6.

Lunch: The Harrow, Great Farleigh Green (01883 627565) - large Vintage Inns pub.  The Bull Inn is a little further on at Chelsham Common.

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2 comments:

Daisy Roots said...

An optional extension at the end of the walk, would be to carry on after tea in Whyteleafe/Upper Warlingham across Riddlesdown to the station there.

Mr M Tiger said...

8 and a dog left the station, soon to be joined by a 9th. Off they went up the big hill with Mr Tiger leading the way. It was w=cloudy-and-chilly No-one got lost, not with the walk”s author in attendance, watching out for every foot put wrong. At the Harrow, there was discussion whether to have lunch there or go on to the Bull. Then we saw them. A monstrous phalanx of rival walkers coming our way fast!!! Panic ensued and we dived into the Harrow before it was too late. Here a n=10 th walker, a newbie, caught us up from a later train. Most people had food. As usual, Mr Tiger just had cider. But he was fed chips and chocolate by a succession of kindly benefactors.
After lunch it was more of the same. Fields woods, more fields. A buzzard circled overhead expectantly but it was to be disappointed. By now, poor Mr Tiger was faltering. Perhaps weighed down by all the chips, he lost sight of the others near Sanderstead and never saw them again. Don‘t worry readers, he reached Whyteleafe OK, thanks for asking. There, a quick visit to the Radius Arms where he consoled himself with a pint of porter before heading home.