A Hundred Oasts and Two Castles (Booking Required)

Mole Valley Group

Mole Valley Ramblers offers friendly walking in the heart of Surrey. We provide a wide and varied programme of led group walks, to which all are welcome.

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Overview

This is a walk through history, in the Garden of England. The Oast houses, with their conical roofs, are wonderful, and in between them meadows of great variety that gives you a feeling for the open spaces. On the way, you pass Chiddingstone Castle and the majestic Penshurst Place. Dogs on short lead.

Please bring plenty of water, refreshments and packed lunch.

If this is your first walk with Mole Valley Ramblers we invite you to contact the walk leader in advance, so that you know more about what to expect, and can gauge its suitability given your level of fitness.

How to book: Go to the Bookings page of our website: www.molevalleyramblers.org.uk/bookings (follow the Website link, if shown). and please read the new instructions before booking.

Saturday, 31 May 2025

Start time:: 10:00 am
Estimated finish time:: 4:30 pm

Difficulty:: Moderate
Distance:: 24.1km / 15.0mi
Ascent:: 217.9m / 715ft
Type:: circular

Website:: https://www.molevalleyramblers.org.uk/bookings

Starting point

Grid reference:: TQ 55080 46475
Nearest postcode:: TN11 8QN
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Start time:: 10:00 am

The Green, Leigh.

Upcoming walks with Mole Valley Group

Friday street - from Street to Tower

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Rediscovering Stane Street - (Booking Required)

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 15.0 miles

Cowslips at Sheepleas

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.0 miles

From Hatch to Forest.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Norbury Park and Cherkley Bluebells

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Heath and Woodland Spectacular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Wild About Garlic & Coffee - Time to Stop & Stare

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

What's Between Milton & Tanners ?

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Get rid of the Blues on this walk.

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Westhumble and the Burneys.

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.5 miles

To See The Lights of Dorking.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Headley Village and Heath.

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Crossed but Happy!

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Through Redlands and back via Henfold.

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 16.0 miles

Ducking and Diving around Buckland

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Reigate Mills and Pills.

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Bookham Common Butterfly Walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

From Ockley, looping Southeasterly.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Beating the Bounds of South West Mole Valley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Leigh and over the boundary

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Bluebells & Rhododendrons.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Commons, Woods and Views.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

St Martha’s and Shere Anchorite.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Grand Designs, Stunning Views and lots of lovely trees.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.8 miles

Abinger Roughs and beyond

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Up and down around Abinger.

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Enjoy Some Nature on the Commons

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

A Three-legged Walk.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Taking a tour on the dark side of St Martha's Hill

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Lonesome Ranmore Ramble

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Not the Big Hill.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.1 miles

To the Vineyard and beyond.

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 14.0 miles

Something a Little Different.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Crossing all Boundaries from Ashtead Common

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

The Wild West Frontier.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.5 miles

Yews, Views, Ridges, Bridges, Hills, Thrills Norbury Park Way!.

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 14.0 miles

Epsom & Ashtead Commons.

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Somerset to Pastures New

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Birdsong and Bluebells

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Wott-on earth are we all doing here on a Bank Holiday Monday?

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

The Twin Peaks of Surrey.

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 11.0 miles

To the Tower!

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.6 miles

Wisborough Wander While We Can

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

Chantries with Bluebells

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Yews, Chalk Grasslands and Earthworks (Booking required)

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 12.5 miles

Dorking Circuit.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.5 miles

Ancient Ashtead

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Brewery walk: car free option. (This walk needs to be pre-booked.)

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Beer and Pizza from the Pond. (This walk needs to be pre-booked)

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.7 miles

Scenic circular around Epsom Downs & Centenary Wood.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.2 miles

Rhododendrons Galore

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Having a ball around Ockley

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Churt - Mills, Hills and a Golf Course (Booking Required)

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Where does the River Mole begin?

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Lime Quarry and Brickworks, Betchworth, Surrey. Aerial view of the lime quarry and brickworks at Betchworth in the Surrey Hills surrounded by the villages of Beare Green and South Holmwood in the Mole Valley close to Gatwick Airport. View from above on a sunny Spring morning.

Betchworth, Brockham and brickworks

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Summer Evening Walk to Betchworth

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Views from the North Downs Way, plus lovely woods and fields.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.1 miles

Compton and the Hog's Back

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Meandering to the Tower with Time to Stop & Stare

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.5 miles

Friday Street to Kitlands

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Mint Sauce not needed for this Mutton (Booking Required)

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 16.0 miles

Newlands Corner to Blackheath

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Denbies to Denbies to Denbies

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

A Network from Netley Park

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Hindhead Commons and the Devils Punch Bowl.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Roughing it to the Manor

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Capel & Newdigate

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Walk on the Wildside (Group of 15 - Booking Required)

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

ABC - Ardingly and Balcombe Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles