🌞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
Best for
7 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🥾
Hiking
Good match
Named hiking route nearby: North Downs Way (Eastern)
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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21 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Box Hill Hike, Box HillWalking route12.8 km▾
Circular walk, dog friendly, steep climbs and steps, paths may be slippery in winter, Please take care with your footing and wear suitable footwear for the conditions, Broadwood's Folly, Mickleham Gallops
Named routeLength 12.8 kmDuration 04:00;06:00Round tripLocal walking route
Banstead Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BCWLocal walking route
Thames Down LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
Reigate and Banstead Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RBMTRegional walking route
Heathland Trail (Headley Heath NT)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Merrywood Grovepublic footpath · 91 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 91 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
Merrywood Grovepublic footpath · 207 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 207 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
🚴
Cycling
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31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 20 Wandsworth to South Merstham (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
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
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Epsom link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Leigh link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
🐴
Horse riding
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19 public paths nearby
Public paths
Surrey CC BW 87bridleway · 346 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 346 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway
Surrey CC BW 87bridleway · 75 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 75 mSurface concretePath type: bridleway
