Length: 15.2km (9.4 miles). Ending in Dorking: adds 1.1km (0.7 miles)
Difficulty: 4 out of 10
Trains: Take the 10.03 train
from London Waterloo, (10.12
Clapham Junction) arriving Effingham
Junction at 10.49,
Return trains from Box Hill and Westhumble at xx.35 to Waterloo and xx:46 to Victoria.
Tickets: Buy an off peak day return to Effingham Junction plus a single for the short distance from Westhumble to Leatherhead for the return journey.
Lunch:The Cafe at Polesden Lacey (01372 452048). 7.4km/4.6 miles into the main walk serves hot meals from 12-4pm. The coffee shop serves tea, cakes and snacks until 4pm.
Tea: Denbies Wine Estate Visitor Centre (tel 01306 876616), which is open till 4.30pm.
The Stepping Stones pub (01306 889932, http://www.steppingstonesdorking.com/) is a possible tea option near 400 metres beyond Box Hill station.
For walk directions, map and GPS click here
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N=18 assembled on the platform at Effingham Junction undeterred by w=chilly-foggy conditions that prevailed throughout the walk though the sun tried hard at times to break through. The first stretch of the walk through Effingham Common would have been soggy if ice on the many large puddles had melted but the ground was still firm as we walked. Paths from there to Polesden Lacey were also very manageable and we made good progress,arriving there at 12.30. The main restaurant was closed but the cafe was open for coffee, soup and snacks. Most of the group had sandwiches at the picnic tables outside the cafe but didn't linger for long as the damp coldness quickly seeped into us. Luckily there was a little hill to get the circulation going as we resumed the walk. The group fractured a bit in the afternoon with some heading straight for the station. 10 -12 went for tea at Denbies. Some of these carried on to Dorking station, one caught a bus from the main road and five caught the 16.35 train from Westhumble.
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