An Evening on Ashtead and Epsom Commons t=swc.178
Distance: Approximately
4 miles or 7 km for those more metrically minded
Difficulty: 3 out of 10
Train: 18:24 Dorking train from London
Waterloo, arriving Ashtead 19:02
Last year we experimented with the end of this
walk from Oxshott as an evening walk and found it made a pleasant evening route
across Ashtead and Epsom Commons with a country feel but only a stone’s throw
from London. The route is varied with woods, open space and a couple of nice
ponds…..The idea is to reverse walk the Ashtead ending, fork left along a
footpath to where this path crosses the main route of the long walk and then
turn right to carry on with the Epsom ending of the main walk… This route is
shorter than the one we tried last year to ensure that we arrive at the Cricketers
Inn on the edge of Epsom Common in time for a meal,,,,
More information about the route can be found here. As there are no detailed
instructions for this option, I would suggest printing out the map page from
the OS Map tab and/or downloading the gpx file.
Return travel form Epsom about every 10-15
minutes to various London destinations until 23:00.
Enjoy the walk!
1 comment:
Owing to the marking of a certain milestone, a record setting n=14, including some special guests on this short map led excursion through Ashtead and Epsom Commons....We decided to slightly shorten the suggested route to allow time for a "bubbles break" to rehydrate near the pretty ponds with a variety of water fowl..then headed to the pub on the edge of Epsom Common where all had at least one drink, most ate and some had puddings....A fun evening of merriment in W=dry-but-cloudy conditions.
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