Tilburstow Hill and Common
With your back to the road in the car park, take the path in the far left corner leading steeply downhill through trees. At the bottom meet a cross-path (The Greensand Way) and turn left. The track continues to a barrier then to Tilburstow Hill Road; cross the road to the path diagonally to the right and follow the Greensand Way. Go through a gate and when the Greensand Way turns right, take the public bridleway straight on through a metal gate.
The track ascends steeply through the woods and, at the top, bears left. At a cross-tracks by a waymarker turn right, ignoring side paths, and go downhill. At the next waymarker follow the footpath as it bends to the left and go through two wooden barriers to a road. Turn left immediately, past White Cottage, and walk along Enterdent Road. Take the footpath on the right opposite a path leading to houses. Continue uphill with views of the river, right. At a waymarker bear left up wooden steps, go over a stile to a grassy track and another stile. Continue past the children’s play area at Godstone Farm. Go over a stile by ‘Top Pen’ and continue straight ahead to the car park by the farm entrance and go over the stile. Continue along this path, through a little metal gate to Tilburstow Hill Road, where the path runs beside it.
Walk to the right, pass the 30mph sign in 30yds (27m), and cross the road at the fingerpost. Follow the footpath to continue along the right-hand side of a field. Cross a plank bridge and go into another field, continuing along the right-hand side. The path (now tarmac) passes a garage then a house. At the road turn left and go uphill along the road to the entrance to Garston Park on the left.
Go through the gate to the right of the main gate and up the drive towards the house. Keep straight on where the drive bears left, continue ahead to the top and bear right. Then, as the drive bears left, walk straight on along the footpath by a waymark on a stile. The grassy path runs between two fenced paddocks. Cross a stile and walk diagonally to the right across the bottom of a field to another stile. Continue uphill, and at the next waymark and stile showing two tracks, go straight on uphill and go over another stile. The path passes between a wood on the left and houses to the right to reach Rabies Heath Road.
Cross the road and walk along the road (South Park Lane) downhill. In 150yds (137m) turn left by the fingerpost along the Greensand Way. Pass a public bridleway waymarker on the left and continue on the path as it meanders. As it emerges from the woodland the path runs between paddocks on either side. At the end of the large paddock on the right there is a small tree plantation. In 130yds (119m), and about half-way along the second paddock, reach the yellow waymark post where the path leads uphill through the trees and back to the car park.
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