Length: 16 km (10 miles)
Toughness: 2 out of 10 the one short, steep ascent up to the ridge above Reigate can be avoided
London Victoria: 10-25 hrs Southern service to Horsham CJ 10-32, Sutton 10-54, Dorking 11-22 hrs
Arrive Holmwood: 11-29 hrs
Return
Reigate to Victoria: 00 and 30 mins past the hour
Rail ticket: buy a day return to Holmwood. This should get you through the station barriers at Reigate.
This pleasant walk takes you through gentle countryside to some attractive Surrey villages, passing through some woods along the way where bluebells should be starting to flower.
We stop for lunch in the pretty village of Leigh (Surrey) where those seeking a pub lunch should not be disappointed with the pub on the village green, The Plough, with indoor and outdoor seating. Booking ahead advisable 01306-611348 your e.t.a is 13-30 hrs. There are pleasant spots for picnickers near the village green.
After lunch the walk continues over fields towards a crossing of the River Mole before rising on the Greensand Ridge near Reigate Priory where you enjoy some fine views. Down then through Reigate Park and into the town. Please refer to the directions for the tea stops.
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4 comments:
This walks page says to "buy a return ticket to Holmwood, which is valid for the return journey from Reigate via Redhill". Is that still right or should it be a return to Reigate as above?
@Daisy Roots: The advice is correct. Tickets to Dorking Stations are valid both on the direct line via Epsom and to Dorking Deepdene via Redhill & Reigate. So a ticket to Holmwood (via Dorking) is valid on the route back from Reigate via Redhill.
...sorry, didn't notice that the walk post was different. The advice on the walks page is correct. A Holmwood ticket *should* go through the ticket barrier at Reigate - make a fuss if it doesn't!
n=16 It was w=sunny The ground was dry. Too dry, some said. Like rucked up concrete in places. .Off we went across fields, throughwoods stuffed with flowers. One field contained overly frisky horses - prancing round us like hyenas circling their prey.
But they were harmless.Then there was the bit near Herons Head where the directions tell you to go over a decrepit stile and into a field. At the other end, a fence topped with barbed wire and electric fencing and only a hole where the stile step used to be. Readers, poor Mr Tiger crawled and wriggled his way through that hole, only to find there was a perfectly good path alongside the field. How he laughed.
Shortly after, there was a wood with an outstanding display of bluebells. Even grumpy old Mr Tiger had to admit they were “alright”.
Lunch at the Plough was a drawn out affair with slow service. But pleasant nonetheless in the sunshine.
At last, we neared Reigate. It has to be said,readers,that some of our number chose to circumvent the climb up the big hill. I shall not name names. But know this.They shall be writ large and held forever in he vaults of ignominy.
At the station, the final challenge of the day, the much feared ticket barrier, was no problem. The gates were open,
A grand day out
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