🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Best for
8 activities
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
✦
Heritage
Good match
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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20 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
Reigate Hill From the Train Station Walk, HarewoodsWalking route5.8 km▾
This vigorous climb up the chalk escarpment will reward you with memorable views. From the top, clamber down the hillside on a gentle stroll back along the bottom of the Downs, learning Reigate's mining history. Mostly surfaced with steep ascent & descent
Named routeLength 5.8 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
Gatton Park Past and Present Walk, HarewoodsWalking route3.2 km▾
Stroll through Gatton Park, designed by 'Capability' Brown & enjoy its diverse history. With serpentine lakes & tree islands, explore all year round, but particularly in winter & during bluebell season. Steep gradients & rough stoney paths
Named routeLength 3.2 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
Banstead Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BCWLocal walking route
Happy Valley & Farthing Downs Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling
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81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 20 Wandsworth to South MersthamCycling route▾
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
LCN 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23Local cycle route
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
National Cycle Route 20 Wandsworth to South Merstham (proposed)Cycling route▾
