🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking
Best for
4 activities
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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30 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shere Parish Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Effingham walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Prospects of Polesden (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ranmore Circular (SCC)Walking route9.5 km▾
Named routeLength 9.5 kmLocal walking route
Bookham Common Activity Trail, North Downs WestWalking route4.8 km▾
Bookham Commons is a widely varied landscape, ranging from shady woodlands, to open grassland plains, to marshy ponds and wetlands. This provides a wonderful set of habitats for lots of wildlife. See how much you can spot as you wander along the paths.
Named routeLength 4.8 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
The Warrenpublic footpath · 65 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 65 mPath type: residential
FP 106public footpath · 204 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 204 mPath type: footway
Rowbarns Waypublic footpath · 188 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 188 mPath type: residential
🚴
Cycling
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30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A3 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A3Local cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Woking and Egham link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Leigh Hill link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route528 m▾
Named routeRef 22Length 528 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
🚵
Mountain biking
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The TubeMountain bike route▾
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
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4 public paths nearby
Public paths
BW 103bridleway · 1.5 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.5 kmSurface groundPath type: bridleway
BW 108bridleway · 114 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 114 mPath type: service
