Guildford to Witley - Surrey - (20 miles linear) - W2P S4

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Lowland and Hill Walks
Jun 22
2019

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long distance (20 miles) + ~750m of ascent / some short steep climbs

Join me for a nice long linear hike from Guildford to Witley - it'll be a long day out but very rewarding with some of the finest country views in Surrey.  We will need to set a good pace (2.5 miles / hr) to finish at a decent time, so keep that in mind when signing up.

From Guildford we head out of town following the Wey Navigation.  We soon bid farewell to the canal and head east up onto the North Downs to St Martha's Hill.  It's a bit of a climb up to Martha's Hill but the views are a fine reward.  We now head south downhill towards Blackheath passing through the remains of the Chilworth Gunpowder Mills (https://www.surreyhills.org/surrey-hills-60/chilworth-gunpowder-works/).  Gunpowder would have once been taken from here to London via the Wey Navigation which we followed on previous walks.

At Blackheath we'll visit the isolated War Memorial (https://www.blackheathvillagearchive.com/about1) on Rosemary Hill from which we can look back to see the church on St Marthas Hill where we were earlier in the day.  Continuing south through heath and woods we finally meet up with the Greensand Way - which we follow for the rest of the day all the way to Witley.  Before getting to Witley though we head up Hascombe Hill for more impressive views across the Surrey countryside.  

Time permitting we'll duck into the pub in Hambledon for a well-earned thirst quencher before a final short(ish) walk to the train station

What's the W2P S4 mean in the title? It stands for Waterloo to Portsmouth Stage 4 - This year I decided to lead a series of ~9 linear walks which will take us all the way from Waterloo to Portsmouth (W2P).  Current plan is to finish up sometime in September.  Each stage of the walk will pick up where the last one finished off.  The walks will largely start/end at stations on the Waterloo to Portsmouth line, with most stages being 18-20 miles.  If you haven't done any of the previous stages - or can't do any future ones - please still free to join.  Each walk on its own should still be a great day out.

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