🌞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
🅿️Parking 497m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking 497m away — 2 car parks within reach
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid
Best for
5 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦉
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
Good match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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10 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mole Gap TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Effingham walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Locks and Levels (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal 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
Bookham Common Butterfly Walk, North Downs WestWalking route2.4 km▾
Walk through one of the best woods in England for sighting the elusive purple emperor butterfly, Britain's second largest butterfly, with a wingspan of over 8cm. It was first recorded here in June 2017, and now thrives here thanks to decades of work.
Named routeLength 2.4 kmDuration 00:30Round tripLocal walking route
Tilt Roadpublic footpath · 111 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 111 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Tilt Roadpublic footpath · 181 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 181 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
🚴
Cycling
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4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A3 Cycle Route (alternative)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Venus TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef VenusLocal cycle route
Brooklands Business Park Accessibility ProjectCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A3 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
🐴
Horse riding
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7 public paths nearby
Public paths
River Lanebridleway · 62 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 62 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
