Bramley and the Wey-South Path
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"From farmland to the village along a former railway line and passing an old canal."
Walk directions
From the car park, cross the main road (A281) with care. Turn left and walk south on the pavement. Cross Mill Lane, pass Coronation Green with its oak tree planted in 1911 for the coronation of George V, then take the public bridleway up Woodrough Lane. Ignore the sign to the left, but cross the road and bear left through Ricardo Court to its end, to take the public bridleway directly opposite through woodland on a sunken lane up Hurst Hill. The path levels out with a field on the right. Pass an open-sided barn (Hurst Hill Farm) on your right and walk between two fields. As you enter woodland again, the path descends. Where the path divides, keep going straight ahead, with farm buildings over to your right. At Danes Hill, cross a metalled path and continue past the house. Look over the gate on the left for a wonderful view to the east. The level path becomes sunken as you start to descend and, at the far end of the woodland, take the public bridleway straight on along a gravel track, which narrows to a tree-lined path as you pass a house on the left.
Reach a T-junction and turn left. At the metalled road, turn left on the Greensand Way. At the sign for Brookwell Cottage, follow the public footpath over a cattle grid and through a gap beside a gate lost in the undergrowth. This grassy fenced path leads to a main road (Rooks Hill, A281). Cross with care, turn left and, after 155yds (142m), turn right following the Greensand Way through Rooks Hill Farm.
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Terrain
- Public footpaths and bridleways through farmland, woodland and along the Wey-South Path
Landscape
- Mixture of farmland and woodland, with some good views and a disused railway
Dog friendliness
- Lead required at the start near the main road and also through farmland
Parking
- Library Car Park on A281 in Bramley (maximum stay 2 hours)
Toilets en route
- None on route
About the walk
Bramley’s big claim to fame is that it was the childhood home of the famous garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll. She was born in 1843 in London, but at the age of five she moved with her family to Bramley House, a building which is now almost completely demolished. She studied at the South Kensington...
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About the area
Surrey is one of England’s most wooded counties, with over a quarter of the landscape designated as an official AONB and plenty of history evident in the countryside. You’ll find sandy tracks, cottage gardens and welcoming village inns, and on the fringe of Greater London you can picnic in Chaldon’s hay meadows, explore the downs at Epsom, or drift idly beside the River Thames.
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