George Gilbert Scott's Godstone
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Walk directions
Take the public footpath beside the White Hart pub, signposted towards the church. Pass by Bay Pond and cross Church Lane and follow the path through the churchyard. Keep the church on your left, and continue along the winding path across two bridges as it passes Glebe Water. On reaching a field, turn right and soon turn through a gap in the hedge onto a gravel track. Turn left, passing a long low building, and then walk beside a large metal gate and continue ahead under the busy A22.
A few paces beyond the bridge, turn right at Hop Garden Cottage and follow the waymarked bridleway out onto Jackass Lane. Turn right here, opposite Little Court Farm, now converted into private houses. At the top of the hill, turn left for 100yds (91m) if you’d like to visit St Peter’s Church. Otherwise turn right, and follow Tandridge Lane to the public footpath on the right, just 30yds (27m) short of The Barley Mow pub.
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Additional information
Terrain
- Footpaths and bridleways can be muddy in places, 1 stile
Landscape
- Sheltered, domestic landscape dotted with little ponds
Dog friendliness
- Lead required on village roads, through churchyard, at Godstone Farm and requested at other points along route
Parking
- Adjacent to village pond, limited to 3 hours
Toilets en route
- Outside The Hare and Hounds pub, Godstone
About the walk
Both churches on this route were restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott, one of the leading architects of the Victorian era – he headed the largest architectural practice of the time, and was associated with work on almost 500 churches. Students of the great man need hardly come to Godstone, when...
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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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