A lovely, if short, walk featuring open fields, remote woodland, and, in Compton, the Watts Gallery (£19:80 entry), the tea room, and the beautifully decorated Watts Chapel (worth a look - and free). Have lunch there or a little further on in The Withies Inn. Later, there's more woodland and a stretch along the River Wey to the ancient town of Godalming.
Anyone wanting more of the river could continue along it for another 4 miles to Guildford.
Trains
Get the 09:30 Portsmouth Harbour train from Waterloo (Clapham Jct. 09:39). Change to the Ascot train at Guildford (arrive 10:10, depart 10:17 plat 6). Arrive Wanborough 10:23.
Return from Godalming at xx:56, xx:27.
Buy a return to Wanborough, plus a single for the short stretch back from Godalming to Guildford.
There are frequent trains from Guildford if anyone is thinking of finishing there.
Lunch The Withies Inn 01483 421158 or Watts Gallery Tea Shop 01483 811 030 (free entry).
Tea In Godalming, Caffè Nero is open till 5:30 and Costa Coffee open to 5, both on the High Street. . There’s a Wetherspoons on the High St. The Star on Church Street is well known to our crowd as a purveyor of real ales and ciders.
Walk Directions: here
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After walking to Godalming, relax with live music at Godalming Bandstand with Music in the Park Godalming. One of our own will be playing with his group at 4pm, with a gathering afterwards at The Star. See the Godalming Bandstand website for details.
https://godalmingbandstand.co.uk/download-programme/
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