Walk 64 : Boxhill Circular

A fairly strenuous walk in a beautiful part of the North Downs

Length	Main Walk: 15¼ km (9.5 miles). Four hours 45 minutes walking time. For the whole excursion including trains, sights and meals, allow at least 9 hours. Short Walk, omitting Headley Heath: 12¼ km (7.6 miles). Three hours 50 minutes walking time.
OS Maps	Explorer 146. Box Hill & Westhumble Station is in Surrey, 2 km N of Dorking.
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Toughness	9 out of 10 (7 out of 10 for the Short Walk).
Features	Although they share the same station, this strenuous walk takes in a different area from the Westhumble Circular (Book 2 Walk 14b). It climbs up a series of hills in a clockwise loop north and east of Box Hill & Westhumble Station: Norbury Park, Mickleham Downs, Headley Heath (on the Main Walk) and finally Box Hill itself. The logical ending is to head for Box Hill Station on the Main Walk and Dorking on the Short Walk, but you can take either route to complete your chosen walk. There are many fine viewpoints on this circular walk and in several places you can see your earlier route from a new perspective. This part of the North Downs is deservedly popular and the famous sites are likely to be busy on fine weekends, but there are some quieter places in between. The present house on the top of Norbury Park was built in 1774. It has had several famous owners and tenants, including Leopold Salomons, who donated Box Hill to the National Trust in 1914, and Dr Marie Stopes, the family planning pioneer. The estate includes a sawmill and three farms. St Michael's Church in Mickleham dates from Saxon and Norman times but most of the original features were lost in the 1842 renovation. It has a ‘weeping chancel’, one which is out of alignment with the nave. Box Hill and Headley Heath are both owned by the National Trust, which has introduced special breeds of sheep and cattle to restore more of the original unimproved downland – ie. unfertilized, so rich in wild flowers. This diversity supports many butterflies: 40 of the 58 British species have been found on Box Hill.
Shortening the Walk	Several short cuts are briefly described in the Walk Directions, which both shorten the walk and cut out some of the ascents. Towards the end of the Main Walk, you can avoid the final climb up Box Hill and head directly for Dorking, although this misses out one of the walk's highlights. If you want to finish the walk at lunchtime, you can catch London Bus 465 from Mickleham to Dorking or Leatherhead. There are no public transport options in the afternoon until you descend from Box Hill, when you are close to the rail stations.
Transport	There is an hourly off-peak service between London Victoria and Box Hill & Westhumble (but half-hourly on Sundays), taking about 50 minutes. There are more frequent trains back from Dorking Main Station (particularly on Saturdays), so a more flexible ticket option is to buy a day return to Dorking and have the option of finishing the walk there. If driving, there is a small free car park at Box Hill Station. Alternatively, there are some large car parks at Burford Bridge, which you pass on the return route.
Saturday Walkers Club	Take the train nearest to 10:30 from Victoria to Box Hill & Westhumble.
Train Times
Lunch	The recommended lunchtime pub is the King William IV (01372-372590) in Mickleham, just under 5 km into the walk. This free house – hidden away on a path leading up to Mickleham Downs – serves interesting local beers and good home-cooked food (to 2pm Mon-Sat, all afternoon Sundays). It has an attractive terraced garden, but limited space inside. The Running Horses (01372-372279) in Mickleham Village is a good alternative. Both pubs are fairly expensive.
Tea	The National Trust Servery on Box Hill serves hot and cold drinks, snacks and ice-creams. According to their website, the NT give a “£1 voucher if arriving by public transport”, so keep your train ticket. At the foot of Box Hill, Ryka's Café (especially popular with bikers) serves a wider range of food and drink and stays open until 8pm. There are pubs near the end of both walk options: the Stepping Stones (01306-889932) on the road to Box Hill Station (closed 3-5pm but open all day Sundays), and the Lincoln Arms (01306-882820) in Dorking's Station Approach. If you have a map, you could also make the short detour to the self-service restaurant at Denbies Vineyard.

Travel by Train	Out: Back:
Travel by Car	Start: Box Hill & Westhumble Station is near : RH5 6BT [gmap]
OS Explorer Map	146 : Dorking, Box Hill & Reigate [Amazon]
Other North Downs (Surrey) Walks	Wanborough to Godalming, Boxhill to Leatherhead, Woldingham to Oxted, Merstham to Epsom Downs, Guildford via Chantries Hill Circular,

Walking Instructions 

Walk Options ( Main | Short )

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Main Walk (15¼ km)

Main Walk, finishing in Dorking (16¾ km)

Main Walk, omitting Box Hill and finishing in Dorking (15 km)

Short Walk, omitting Headley Heath and finishing in Dorking (12¼ km)

Short Walk, omitting Headley Heath and returning to Box Hill (10¾ km)

Walk Directions

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Box Hill Station to Norbury Park (2¼ km)

Take the footpath heading north away from the station and almost immediately bear left onto a grassy path through a large field to Norbury Park. In the woods, take a path uphill signposted to Druids Grove, then steps leading up to a wide path heading north. Just before the fence surrounding the house, you come to a fine viewpoint over the Mole Valley.

From the station car park, go up the concrete steps to the right of the footbridge between the platforms. These lead to a road where you turn left, crossing over the railway. On the other side of the bridge, turn right onto a public footpath heading N, alongside the railway. In 75m the path enters a field, where there is an information panel about Norbury Park. Bear left here (leaving the public footpath) onto a faint grassy path which runs near the left-hand edge of the field.

At the end of this large field, go through a gate and continue in the same direction through a wood. After a climb, a gate leading into a field appears ahead, but you fork left in front of it, with the field on your right. At the end of the field the path goes up a small slope to join a wide path and you turn right onto it. In 60m, you come to a path on the left signposted to Druids Grove.

If you want to take a short cut, omitting the climb to the top of Norbury Park, continue ahead on the main path. In 1 km, 75m after a footpath from Westhumble joins from the right, fork right past wooden barriers. Follow this path for another 750m, crossing over the railway. It merges with the bridleway coming down from the top of the hill. Continue the directions at [•] in the middle of the next section.

For the recommended route, turn left and follow this narrow path as it winds gently uphill through the woods. For 200m it stays fairly close to the main path below and to your right, then veers left, climbing more steeply. In a further 125m there is a short flight of steps going up the slope on your left.

You have a choice of routes to the viewpoint at the top of Norbury Park. The route via Druids Grove is more interesting but this is on a slightly awkward path with a steep drop down to the right.

To Viewpoint via Druids Grove

Continue ahead on the narrow path for 600m. You go past several small clearings with very old yew trees, although none of them are actually identified as Druids Grove. After the last of these, turn left up a zig-zag path of steps leading steeply up to the viewpoint¹.

To Viewpoint via bridleway

For an easier route, climb the steps and turn right at the top onto a track. In 100m this merges with a bridleway coming in from the left. Continue northwards on the main path for about 400m, continuing ahead where the bridleway turns off to the left. You can see a wooden fence up ahead, and the continuation of the walk passes to its left, but first detour to the right at a sign leading to the viewpoint¹.

Norbury Park to Mickleham (2½ km)

Continue around the boundary of Norbury Park House to join a bridleway heading east. Follow this downhill and across the River Mole and the A24 into Mickleham. For lunch, choose between the Running Horses opposite the church, or the King William IV on a path leading up to Mickleham Downs.

Go directly back from the viewpoint and fork right onto a grassy path leading towards the wooden fence around Norbury Park House. The path soon joins the main track and for the next 1 km you will be going alongside this boundary fence.

In 250m you come to Norbury Park Sawmill, behind a grey metal fence on your left. Keep right at the next path junction by an information panel about the park. After passing the main entrance to the house, continue downhill on its driveway. In 175m turn right with the fence, following a bridleway sign.

In 200m keep right as you pass another entrance to the house. You then come to a sign pointing to a nearby viewpoint (which you can visit), but the main route continues to the left, leaving the boundary fence.

Detour to Centenary Copse (+200m)

Follow the sign to the right. In 60m go through a gate on the left which leads to the viewpoint. Return the same way and turn right to go downhill on the bridleway.

Follow the bridleway downhill through the trees. It emerges onto an open area by a mobile phone mast, with fine views of Cherkley Court across the valley. After continuing downhill and going ahead at a path junction, bear right onto a grassy path alongside the track and then continue ahead on this path (between hedges) where the track swings off to the left. In 100m a path merges from the right (the route of the short cut).

[•] Continue down to a T-junction with a tarmac lane. Turn right onto the lane and cross over the River Mole to reach the busy A24. Cross the dual carriageway here with great care.

If you want to visit Mickleham Church, or an alternative lunchtime pub (the Running Horses), follow the directions below.

Detour to the Running Horses pub (+500m)

On the other side of the A24, head S along Old London Road (the B2209) and follow this road for 250m to reach the Running Horses² pub.

Afterwards, cross the road into the churchyard opposite. Behind the church and 40m beyond it, a footpath runs across the churchyard from a wooden gate on the right. Turn left onto this grassy path and follow it out of the churchyard. In 125m, continue ahead across Dell Close, then 100m later, turn right at a path junction.

Continue the directions at [•] below.

To continue the main route, turn left on the other side of the A24, heading E away from Old London Road, with a high brick wall in front of the first house on your right. At the end of this wall, turn right into a driveway.

This is a public bridleway, but at the time of writing there was no signpost here.

In 40m, where the driveway swings round to the left at Old House Cottage, continue ahead along a path. 30m later, follow it sharply round to the left at a path junction.

[•] Head E along the path, between hedges. In 100m, ignore one footpath off to the right before passing a recreation ground, then another just beyond it. Continue ahead onto a tarmac lane (School Lane) which curves round to the left, passes St Michael's School and comes to Byttom Hill. Turn right onto this unmade-up lane, away from the A24, then in 40m turn right up a flight of steps to reach the King William IV pub.

Mickleham to Mickleham Downs (1¼ km)

Continue uphill on the path by the King William IV and turn left onto a wide path with views across the valley. Turn right onto a footpath which climbs gradually uphill to the top of Mickleham Downs, where there is a long open area known as The Gallops.

Turn right out of the King William IV pub and go uphill for a short distance on a steep narrow path. At a crosspaths, turn sharp left onto a broad level path flanked by low brick walls, heading N.

In 200m, just before the path meets a lane, turn right onto a footpath, going through a gap to the right of a metal fieldgate. Stay on this path for 650m as it climbs gradually through the woods, later with a wire fence on your left. At the top of the hill, you come to a maze of junctions.

Immediately after the fence turns left, away from the path, bear left at a path crossing to head E. In 40m continue ahead at the next junction, crossing the Thames Down Link³, to follow a purple NT Long Walk arrow on a post. In 200m you come to another path crossing.

If you are doing the Main Walk, a slightly shorter route is to continue ahead here (following another NT Long Walk arrow). This route also leads into The Gallops, but you would miss the striking view down its full length.

For the recommended route, turn right at the path junction. In 100m this chalky path swings round to the left and you emerge from the trees near the south-west end of a long open area known as The Gallops⁴.

A new wire fence on your right seems to have been erected to keep cyclists and horse riders to one side of The Gallops, but this is all National Trust land and there are no restrictions for walkers.
If you are doing the Short Walk, go to §8.

Mickleham Downs to Headley Heath (2 km)

Head north-east along the length of The Gallops, then veer right onto a path going down the side of White Hill to Cockshot Cottage. Cross Headley Lane and continue on a bridleway up the other side of the valley to Headley Heath.

The Main Walk continues round to the left, but if you wish you can make a small detour to the other side of the clump of trees ahead, where there is an information panel about Archaeology on Mickleham Downs. Either way, head NE and walk – or run! – all the way along The Gallops (about 800m).

Just before the end, veer right onto a grassy path leading into the trees. This narrow path soon widens out and becomes less distinct as it winds its way down the side of White Hill, steeply in places. At the bottom of the wood, turn left onto a well-defined path near the edge of the wood, heading SE.

In 200m, the path comes to a small car park. Go through it, cross Headley Lane carefully and continue on a bridleway to the left of Cockshot Cottage. The path bends left and continues uphill between trees and a wire fence.

300m from the road, you can see a large buttress up on your right, supporting a tarmac drive. You pass a small pond on your left and come to a NT sign for Headley Heath. Ignore a path heading steeply down to the left and bear right, uphill. In 40m, just before coming to a tarmac lane, turn left through a wooden gate.

Be aware that anywhere on the heath there may be temporary fences and gates (not mentioned here) to control the cattle which graze the heath.

Across Headley Heath (2 km)

There are many possible routes across Headley Heath. The suggested route takes you up an open spur with fine views, then into a more wooded area. At a major path junction, turn right onto a narrow path which later joins a bridleway leading out of the heath in its south-west corner.

Go downhill on the wide track into Headley Heath⁵. In 150m you come to a junction where you have a choice of routes.

The shortest route across Headley Heath is to fork right uphill here and stay on the main path, which goes through a mostly wooded area. In 900m (having ignored several turnings off to the lane on your right), veer right where the path forks. Keep right at the next junction to come to a small car park at the exit to the heath.

For the recommended route, turn sharp left at the junction. Follow the track for 250m, at first downhill and then curving round to the right. Just before the path starts to climb a short way ahead, there is a flight of steps cut into the hill on your right and again you have a choice of routes.

For a longer route (about 3 km), you could continue ahead here, following the NT Long Walk purple arrows which take you further into the heath.

For the recommended route, turn right to climb the steps. This leads to a wide grassy path up an open spur, with increasingly fine views of the heath and back across the valley. As the chalk spur levels out, ignore a fork to the right and continue ahead on the main path, later entering a more wooded area. Eventually – about 800m from the steps at the base of the spur – you come to a major path junction with a choice of four paths ahead.

Take the rightmost path, heading SW. In 125m continue ahead at a path crossing. The path narrows and winds downhill, in a further 125m coming to wooden horse barriers and a path junction.

Turn left to meet a bridleway at a hairpin bend, then veer right to go downhill on this track, heading S. At the bottom of the dip the track bends right and climbs up the other side. Just after a track merges from the left, fork left and continue for a further 150m to a small car park at the exit to the heath.

Headley Heath to Boxhurst (2¾ km)

Head south down Headley Heath Approach and cross Box Hill Road onto a bridleway. This merges with the North Downs Way above the old Brockham Lime Works. Follow the NDW downhill, then up a flight of steps on the right. At the top of these, fork left off the NDW onto a wide path along the side of the North Downs, with fine views to the south. The path gradually descends and joins a lane by a house, Boxhurst.

Go through the car park and turn left onto a lane. Take the right fork (almost straight on) and follow this lane S past houses for 750m to Box Hill Road. Cross over and continue on the bridleway opposite. In 200m this starts to descend and shortly afterwards meets the North Downs Way (NDW) by an information panel about Brockham Lime Works⁶.

Continue ahead on the NDW, soon going more steeply downhill. In 200m, turn right up a flight of steps with a wooden handrail. At the top you come to a small open area with two paths ahead.

For a short cut on a more level route to the Box Hill viewpoint, take the right-hand fork, slightly uphill. Follow the NDW signs for 1½ km, at first through woods and then on a path close to Zig Zag Road, to reach the viewpoint. Continue the directions at [•] in the next section.

For the recommended route, take the left fork and follow this track gently downhill. There are extensive views to the south (the village below is Brockham).

In 300m you go over a stile by a gate and then along the southern edge of Box Hill Country Park for the next 800m. After leaving the park through a wooden gate the track comes to a metal fieldgate, but just before this you follow a footpath sign left onto a path which skirts around the house up ahead, Boxhurst. Where the path leads into a lane, continue S along it for 40m to a junction with an unmade-up lane heading sharply back to the right.

If you want to finish the walk in Dorking without climbing Box Hill, go to §11.

Boxhurst up to Visitor Centre (¾ km)

Turn sharp right to go back uphill around the other side of Boxhurst. This leads onto a path going diagonally up the side of the North Downs, then doubles back to reach the famous viewpoint. Follow Zig Zag Road for a short distance to the Visitor Centre and Servery.

Turn sharp right onto this unmade-up lane to start going back uphill. In 100m you re-enter Box Hill Country Park, keeping left to go towards a metal fieldgate. Go over a stile to its left and fork right on the other side. Follow the path uphill, through a wooden gate and then between hedges.

Where the hedge on the right ends, there is a wide grassy path on the right going very steeply uphill which would take you directly to the viewpoint.

For an easier route, continue diagonally up the slope of the hill on the main path for about 200m. You pass beneath the viewpoint and meet a path. Turn sharp right here, almost doubling back, to reach the viewpoint⁷.

[•] Take the tarmac path behind the viewpoint, which curves round to the right to meet Zig Zag Road. Follow the path NW alongside the road to reach the NT Shop and then the Servery.

To complete the Main Walk back to Box Hill Station, go to §12. If you want to finish the walk in Dorking, you need to partly retrace your steps down to Boxhurst; for this, go to §10.

Mickleham Downs to Box Hill Country Park (¾ km)

Head south-west away from the main length of The Gallops. Fork left onto a narrow path through the trees which leads to a footpath going steeply down White Hill. Cross Headley Lane into Whitehill car park.

Pass to the right of the clump of trees ahead (you may need to duck under a new wire fence). Turn away from the main length of The Gallops to head SW, joining a wide grassy path near the left-hand side of this long open area. 100m from the clump of trees, fork left past a wooden post into the trees.

Follow this winding path through the trees for 250m. 25m after passing a prominent beech tree, fork left at a path junction and then turn left again onto a wide path. This heads SE briefly before turning right and coming out into the open with a fine view on your left across the valley.

You are now following the route of Book 1 Walk 49 (in reverse) down White Hill. The open spur on the other side of the valley is Juniper Top, one of the possible routes through Box Hill Country Park.

Continue downhill on the path, heading SW. In 150m the path bends left and goes steeply down a long flight of steps. At the bottom cross Headley Lane with care and go through Whitehill car park opposite. Continue on the track at the back into Box Hill Country Park.

Be aware that there may be temporary fences and gates (not mentioned here) to control the sheep which graze the downs.

Across the Country Park to Visitor Centre (2¼ km)

Take any route through Box Hill Country Park. One possible route is to climb steeply up the side of Happy Valley to go past Broadwood's Folly; another way is via Juniper Top. At the top there are many woodland paths leading to the Visitor Centre.

One possible way through Box Hill Country Park is along Juniper Bottom, as per Book 1 Walk 49, but two other routes are described here. The first climbs steeply up the side of Happy Valley and takes you past a strange tower, Broadwood's Folly; the second is a steady climb up the open spur of Juniper Top.

To Visitor Centre via the Tower

From Whitehill car park, continue on the main track along Juniper Bottom. In 250m ignore a footpath pointing right (with a stile on the left), but 50m further on bear right onto an unsigned grassy path leading up the right-hand side of an open area where the scrub has been cleared away. Halfway up there is a flight of steps cut into the side of the valley. At the top of these, continue uphill on the path into a more wooded area.

At a T-junction, turn right and follow the path as it curves back round to the left. Continue ahead at the next path junction (where a path joins from the right), then fork right immediately afterwards. In a further 100m you come to the strange sight of a round flint Tower⁸ with a tree growing out of it.

Turn left at the Tower to go gently uphill on a track, heading SE. Soon there are views on the right over a valley to the Burford Spur (the route down to Box Hill Station), with Denbies Vineyard beyond. Ignore a fork to the right here and stay on the main path for 1 km as it heads through the trees, gradually curving to the right to head S. Eventually a path merges from the left (the route via Juniper Top).

To Visitor Centre via Juniper Top

30m from the back of the car park, by a NT donation cairn, bear left through a wooden gate to the left of a fieldgate. Go uphill on this path, which soon opens out onto a wide grassy path which you now follow all the way up the spur, with increasingly fine views behind you.

Where the path levels out at the top and splits into several branches, take the rightmost path towards the top right-hand corner. Go through a wooden kissing gate to the left of a fieldgate onto a track. Follow the main path S for 800m, ignoring several turnings to the left.

Just before a major path junction the path forks by a wooden post. Take the right fork and continue ahead at the path junction. The path curves round to the right, heading W. In 150m continue ahead, slightly to the left, at a path junction, now heading SW. In 200m a wide path joins from the right (the route via the Tower).

Continue ahead, bearing right in front of a large open area known as Donkey Green. Head W through the NT car park and across Zig Zag Road. The NT Shop and Visitor Centre is ahead, with the NT Servery to its right.

If you want to complete a circular walk back to Box Hill Station, go to §12.

Visitor Centre down to Boxhurst (1 km)

Go past the old fort behind the Servery and through trees to meet a wide chalky path. Turn left and loop round to the viewpoint. Go down the hill to join a footpath leading to Boxhurst.

Go around the right-hand side of the Servery and through a small car park to the old Box Hill Fort⁹ behind it. Go past the right-hand side of the fort and veer left through a gap in the stone wall on its far side. Go over the grass rampart and onto a wide path through a belt of trees, which soon comes to a T-junction with a wide chalky path, with fine views over the Mole Valley¹⁰. Turn left onto this path, heading S.

You pass a headstone for Major Peter Labellière¹¹. Soon afterwards, ignore a fork to the left leading back to the Visitor Centre and continue ahead, gently downhill¹². The path curves round to the left and in 150m the North Downs Way (NDW) joins from a long flight of steps on the right. After a gap on the right with a view of Dorking, there is a path leading down to the right.

If you have already been to the viewpoint, you can fork right here; this is the path leading down to Boxhurst.

To visit the viewpoint, continue ahead on the main path, reaching the Salomons Memorial⁷ in 150m. From the viewpoint, go straight down the side of the hill to meet the more direct route in front of a hedge. Bear left onto this path and continue down the slope, then through a wooden gate. Cross a stile to the right of the next gate to leave the Country Park and continue along a track for 100m to join a lane.

Boxhurst to Dorking Stations (2¼ km)

Head south down Box Hill Road. At Box Hill Farn, turn right onto a footpath and go across fields. Cross the River Mole and follow the footpath round to the right. Continue ahead on Leslie Road and turn right onto Pixham Lane. At Pixham Mill, turn left and follow a footpath to the stations at Dorking.

Head S down the lane (Box Hill Road). 100m after passing under the railway, where the lane turns sharply to the left and a wide track continues ahead, turn right up a few steps and go over a stile into a large field.

Head SW along the right-hand field edge and then in the same direction through a second field. Go across the River Mole on a footbridge and follow the path past a house, Castle Mill.

Turn right and follow the footpath for 250m, ignoring another footpath off to the left. Continue ahead on Leslie Road and turn right at its T-junction with Pixham Lane. Go under the railway bridge and continue along the road for 400m.

50m after passing a sports ground, turn left into the driveway of Pixham Mill (there is a footpath signpost on the other side of the road). Go past the right-hand side of the house at the end of the drive and veer left to cross Pipp Brook above a waterfall. Continue SW on the footpath alongside the stream for a further 300m, where it joins the access road for a car park. Follow this road under a railway bridge.

For direct trains to London, go to §11a. For trains to Redhill or Guildford, go to §11b. If you want to visit the Lincoln Arms, which is midway between the two stations, continue ahead on the road and turn sharp right at the top for the pub; afterwards, go along the approach road to Dorking Main or south along the A24 to Dorking Deepdene.

Finishing at Dorking Main Station

On the other side of the bridge, turn right to go through a small car park. In 150m you come to the entrance to Dorking Main Station.

Finishing at Dorking Deepdene Station

On the other side of the bridge, go past the entrance to a vehicle workshop and turn left through a rusty kissing gate onto a signposted footpath. This narrow path curves round to the right and in 200m comes out onto the A24 by one of the entrances to Dorking Deepdene Station. For trains to Redhill, go up the path and steps here to the platform; for trains to Guildford, go under the railway bridge and up the steps on the other side.

Visitor Centre to Box Hill Station (1¾ km)

Go past the old fort behind the Servery and through trees to meet a wide chalky path. Turn right and go all the way down Burford Spur. Keep left near the bottom to come out by the Burford Bridge Hotel and turn left onto the road. After passing the hotel and roundabout and crossing the River Mole, go through the underpass. Turn into Westhumble Street and go past the Stepping Stones pub to Box Hill Station.

Go around the right-hand side of the Servery and through a small car park to the old Box Hill Fort⁹ behind it. Go past the right-hand side of the fort and veer left through a gap in the stone wall on its far side. Go over the grass rampart and onto a wide path through a belt of trees, which soon comes to a T-junction with a wide chalky path, with fine views over the Mole Valley¹⁰. Turn right onto this path, heading N.

Follow the main path downhill as it gradually curves round to the left and the descent becomes steeper. Where the downland¹³ opens out and there is a choice of grassy paths down the hill, veer left, aiming to meet the road fairly close to the prominent roundabout below.

At the bottom, you come out onto Old London Road. Ryka's Café, a possible tea place, is on the other side of the road, between two car parks.

Head S along Old London Road, passing the Burford Bridge Hotel, and continue alongside the A24 at the roundabout. After crossing the River Mole, go down a slope and through the underpass. On the other side of the main road, turn left and go up to a junction.

Turn right into Westhumble Street, following the sign to (Box Hill and) Westhumble Station. You soon pass the Stepping Stones pub, another possible refreshment stop. 300m past the pub, bear left into the station car park. Cross the footbridge onto the far platform for trains to London.

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