West Horsely circuit

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"A historic village with a fascinating old church and an intriguing manor house"
Walk directions

Walk from the car park past the church and towards the A246. Cross it, with care, and walk towards the wooden kissing gate opposite. Through the gate there is a fingerpost showing two public footpaths. Take the left path and walk into an open field, keeping to the left side. Go through a small copse and meet a fingerpost, and follow the signed footpath to the left. Again, there are trees on the left, and the path eventually leads, left, to a metal gate. Go round the gate and meet a metalled track. Turn left into Cranmore Lane and pass a school on the left. Go past the right-hand turning signed Mount Pleasant, keeping straight ahead.

On meeting The Street turn right and walk towards The King William IV pub. Before you reach it, turn right up School Lane. At the top of the road there is a narrow path leading ahead. It is marked by a fingerpost showing a public footpath and it starts between the signs for Overbrook and Mount Pleasant. It runs between high fences at first and then a path joins from the right. Keep to the main track, which bears left by a fence and meets a gravel drive. Turn left by a fingerpost with a public bridleway sign and along a (sometimes muddy) tree-lined path with a stream on the right then left. This ends at a group of houses and you turn right down a waymarked path beside Fairlawn. Reach a waymarker showing two public footpaths. Turn left. The path narrows ahead between a hedge on the left and a livestock field on the right. Continue on the path. After passing some houses on the left you arrive at a metalled road. Bear left to pass a grassy area and a seat on the left to reach The Street.

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  Terrain  - Mainly well-defined footpaths across open fields; 1 stile
  Landscape  - Farmland around the village
  Dog friendliness  - Good, but must be on lead near livestock
  Parking  - Sheepleas St Mary’s Car Park, West Horsley
  Toilets en route  - None on route, nearest Sutherland Memorial Park, Clay Lane, Burpham, Guildford
About the walk
A number of lovely old houses grace the main street of West Horsley and some of them date from the time of its greatest prosperity, in the 15th and 16th centuries. Before that time it was a small, agricultural hamlet and was decimated by the Black Death of 1349. Afterwards there were still a few...
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West Horsely circuit

Recommended by
Our view
"A historic village with a fascinating old church and an intriguing manor house"
Dog friendly
Location
Nearest postcode:
Additional information
  Terrain - Mainly well-defined footpaths across open fields; 1 stile
  Landscape - Farmland around the village
  Dog friendliness - Good, but must be on lead near livestock
  Parking - Sheepleas St Mary’s Car Park, West Horsley
  Toilets en route - None on route, nearest Sutherland Memorial Park, Clay Lane, Burpham, Guildford
About the walk
A number of lovely old houses grace the main street of West Horsley and some of them date from the time of its greatest prosperity, in the 15th and 16th centuries. Before that time it was a small, agricultural hamlet and was decimated by the Black Death of 1349. Afterwards there were still a few...
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