Length: 12 km (7.5 miles)
Toughness: 4 out of 10 Several ups and downs
Either
London Victoria: 10-25 hrs Southern service to Horsham CJ 10-32, Sutton 10-54 hrs
Arrive Box Hill & Westhumble: 11-18 hrs
Or
London Waterloo: 10-24 hrs South Western service to Dorking CJ 10-33, Wimbledon 10-40 hrs
Arrive Box Hill & Westhumble: 11-11 hrs
Would Waterlooers please wait in the station car park for the arrival of Victorians
Return
Box Hill to Victoria: 15-39, 16-39, 17-39 and 18-10 hrs
Box Hill to Waterloo: 15-35, 16-35 and 17-35 hrs
A lovely short walk today - Wednesday walkers gave it a spin on a crisp, sunny day last December, so let's now dust it off and give it a go in summer.: and being a short walk, you should be back in London in plenty of time to attend tonight's SWC Social at the Science Museum.
Leaving Box Hill station we soon cross fields and go through woods to enter the vast grounds of the Polesden Lacey estate ( a National Trust property). The woodland walk uphill to the main house is quite lovely. We stop for lunch in the main house at its very acceptable cafeteria before setting out on the afternoon leg of the walk. Leaving the estate's grounds we head through wore woods all the way to Ranmore Common and Steer Field, where we enjoy panoramic views of Dorking below us. On then along the North Downs Way to drop down through the vast Denbies Vineyard to stop for tea in its Visitor Centre and comfortable, large Cafe. Allow twenty minutes from here through the vineyard to Box Hill railway station for your journey home.
T=2.14
Walk Directions are here (option b of the main, longer walk): L=2.14
4 comments:
I hope this walk is still going ahead despite the showers in London. Hope to see you at Boxhill station
Anonymous,
We're a self led group so walks go ahead if anyonee turns up if you're new to the group please see the guide for new members.
Whether the weather is cold
Or whether the weather is hot
We weather the weather whatever the weather
Whether we like it or not
N=12 on this enjoyable short walk. We lost one before lunch to a shortcut to Denbies for the beer.
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