Ross Hamilton

Cycling in Surrey

21 Hand-Picked Rides

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Illustrated cycling guide to Surrey: 21 handpicked routes, averaging 25 km, suitable for both beginner and leisure cyclists, especially those keen to learn about the county's history, culture and wildlife. All routes link to OS Explorer Maps and National Cycle Network routes, while QR codes connect with downloadable GPX maps via the komoot app.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bradt Travel Guides
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 177mm x 114mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 296g
• ISBN-13: 9781804691359
• ISBN-10: 1804691356
• Artikelnr.: 69153502

Autorenporträt

By Ross Hamilton

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
CYCLING: THE ESSENTIALS
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
1 FRENSHAM LOOP
Start/end: Bentley Station (loop) Distance: 27.8km Time: 2½hrs Difficulty:
1
Highlights: Common and heathland, taking in Frensham Common SSSI and Alice
Holt Forest
2 FARNHAM TO GUILDFORD
Start/end: Farnham Station/Guildford Station Distance: 18.9km (+10.6km in 2
extensions) Time: 1½hrs (+1¾hrs) Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Country lanes,
pretty villages, historic churches and the exceptional Watts Cemetery
Chapel; beautiful vistas on The Mount
3 MILFORD SURREY TO FARNHAM
Start/end: Milford Station/Farnham Station Distance: 33.5km (+4.5km in 2
extensions) Time: 3hrs (including both extensions) Difficulty: 2
Highlights: Historic churches, two medieval bridges, two SSSIs and
beautiful Farnham
4 FRIMLEY TO ASH VALE
Start/end: Frimley Station/Ash Vale Station Distance: 29.3km (+2.9km
extension) Time: 3hrs (+15mins) Difficulty: 2
Highlights: Ash Ranges Nature Reserve, Basingstoke Canal towpath, and
farmland
5 SUNNINGDALE TO ADDLESTONE
Start/end: Sunningdale Station/Addlestone Station Distance: 31km Time:
2½hrs Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Chobham Common SSSI, the historic village
of Chobham, country roads and woodland, as well as the Basingstoke Canal
and River Wey towpaths
6 WITLEY LOOP
Start/end: Witley Station (loop) Distance: 22.2km (+6.3km extension & 2km
alt. route) Time: 2hrs (45mins extension & 10mins alt. route) Difficulty: 2
Highlights: Historic churches and inns, a 18th-century labourer’s cottage
and 16th-century Vann House
7 GUILDFORD CASTLE LOOP
Start/end: Castle Arch, Quarry Street, Guildford (loop) Distance: 14.5km
(+4.3km in 2 extensions & 2.2km alt. route) Time: 1½hrs (45mins extensions
& 20mins alt. route) Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Chilworth Gunpowder Mills
and Guildford Castle
8 CRANLEIGH DISUSED RAILWAY LOOP
Start/end: Chilworth Station (loop) Distance: 38.2km Time: 3½hrs
Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Blackheath Common SSSI, Winterfold Forest and a
railway station that starred in some famous films
9 WEST BYFLEET LOOP
Start/end: West Byfeet Station (loop) Distance: 17.8km (+5.6km extension)
Time: 2hrs (+30mins)
Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Ruined Newark Priory, the Elizabethan Summer
House of John Donne, the historic village of Ripley, and the spectacular
RHS Garden Wisley
10 WEST CLANDON TO EAST HORSLEY
Start/end: Clandon Station/Horsley Station Distance: 27.4km (+3.5km
extension) Time: 2½hrs (+30mins) Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Beautiful
villages, peaceful countryside, challenging off-road routes and magnificent
views of southern Surrey
11 EFFINGHAM JUNCTION LOOP
Start/end: Effingham Junction Station (loop) Distance: 19.9km (+5.3km
extension) Time: 2hrs (+30mins) Difficulty: 2
Highlights: The last semaphore tower in England, William of Ockham’s
historic church, and the stunning Painshill Park
12 GOMSHALL LOOP
Start/end: Gomshall Station (loop) Distance: 20.8km (+5.6km extension)
Time: 2hrs (+30mins) Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Holmbury Hill with its Iron
Age fort, the ancient woodland of Abinger Roughs, and Tillingbourne
Waterfall
13 HORSLEY TO EFFINGHAM JUNCTION
Start/end: Horsley Station/Effingham Junction Station Distance: 27.8km
(+2.3km extension) Time: 2¾hrs (+10mins)
Difficulty: 2 Highlights: East Horsley, the Lovelace Bridges Trail, Denbies
vineyard, Polesden Lacey and four spectacular views
14 OCKLEY TO HOLMWOOD
Start/end: Ockley Station/Holmwood Station Distance: 28.5km Time: 2½hrs
Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Leith Hill, the Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden,
and some of Surrey’s best country roads
15 BOX HILL AND WESTHUMBLE TO CLAYGATE
Start/end: Boxhill and Westhumble Station/Claygate Station Distance: 22.1km
Time: 2hrs Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Headley village, Ashtead Common SSSI
and the smallest pub in the UK
16 HOLMWOOD COMMON LOOP NORTH
Start/end: Holmwood Common (loop) Distance: 24.5km (+9.4km in 2 extensions)
Time: 2hrs (+1¼hrs) Difficulty: 1 Highlights: Historic villages, ruined
Betchworth Castle and the beautiful ancient woodland of Holmwood Common
17 HOLMWOOD COMMON LOOP SOUTH
Start/end: Holmwood Common (loop) Distance: 24.5km Time: 2hrs Difficulty: 1
Highlights: The old Newdigate Brickworks, Glover’s Wood SSSI, historic
Charlwood village, and the working Lowfield Heath Windmill
18 MERSTHAM LOOP
Start/end: Merstham Station (loop) Distance: 26.3km Time: 2hrs Difficulty:
2 Highlights: The wildlife-rich Spynes Mere Nature Reserve, the
17th-century Outwood Windmill, churches from the Norman era, and the
historic villages of Outwood and Nutfield
19 LINGFIELD LOOP
Start/end: Lingfeld Station (loop)Distance: 22.2km Time: 2hrs Difficulty: 1
Highlights: The historic village of Lingfield with its 18th-century
poachers’ prison, the 1,500-year-old Crowhurst yew tree, and Haxted
Watermill in Staffhurst Wood SSSI
20 WOLDINGHAM LOOP
Start/end: Woldingham Station (loop) Distance: 27.5km Time: 2¼hrs
Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Stunning views from Botley Hill and Woldingham
Viewpoint, and Marden Park Manor, once the home of William Wilberforce
21 HURST GREEN TO OXTED
Start/end: Hurst Green Station/Oxted Station Distance: 28.5km (+3.4km
extension) Time: 2½hrs (+30mins) Difficulty: 2 Highlights: Historic Old
Oxted, Staffhurst Wood, Limpsfield Common, the last resting place of
Frederick Delius, and the Georgian splendour of Titsey Place and Gardens
ACCOMMODATION
CYCLE HIRE AND REPAIRS
FURTHER INFORMATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX