7.8miles 12.5 km Difficulty 3/10
This walk part-follows the Greensand Way and the River Mole through the picturesque villages of Brockham, Betchworth and Skimmington. The church in Betchworth dates from 1080 (more importantly, it featured in Four Weddings and a Funeral). There's bit of a climb near the end of the walk, then down you go, down, down, down to the grounds of Reigate Priory.
Trains: Get the 10:02 Dorking train from Waterloo (Clapham Jct 10:12) arr. Dorking Main 10:56.
Return from Reigate (Platform 1) at xx:04 direct to Victoria or xx:30 (direction Gatwick Airport) changing at Redhill to platform 2 for Victoria.
A return to "Dorking stations" covers. You may have to use the intercom for the barrier at Reigate station
Lunch: The suggested pub is the Dolphin Inn in Betchworth 01737 842288 phoning advised.
Earlier, there's the "Royal Oak Inn and Meerkat Retreat" in Brockham (01306-733147), serving traditional pub food, with added meerkats (they’re in the garden).
The Skimmington Castle on Reigate Heath is a later one.
Tea:
First up, there's a cafe in Priory Park.
Then, Monty Bojangles, 57 The High St, is recommended, open till 4:30.
No pub mentioned in the notes but you could try the Bulls Head at 55 the High St.
Directions here
T=swc.16
1 comment:
Six set off from Dorking, and four of us soon realised the other two had disappeared. Well, it turned out they had been intercepted by walker #7, a car driver, and taken on a short cut to Brockham where I found them emerging from the Meerkat pub. The other three original starters had charged ahead by then and I didn’t see them again but later heard that at least one had made it a short and sharp walk and got the 1404 train. The remaining four had a leisurely drink at the Dolphin before carrying on to Reigate where the way out of the park seemed to have changed since I was last there. We had just missed the 1504 train and tried unsuccessfully to find an inviting tearoom in the developing drizzle. So back to the station and home by various routes. It was #mostly-dull-with-rain-coming-in, but a nice little walk.
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