Linear Balcombe to Haywards Heath

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Overview

Via Balcombe Viaduct and Ardingly Reservoir. Dogs on leads.

Tuesday 13 May 2025

Start time:: 10:16 am
Estimated finish time:: 3:00 pm

Difficulty:: Moderate
Distance:: 12.1km / 7.5mi
Ascent:: N/A
Type:: linear

Features

Accessible by public transport
Dog friendly

Starting point

Grid reference:: TQ 30672 30126
Nearest postcode:: RH17 6JQ
what3words:: dome.contemplate.parting

Start time:: 10:16 am

Balcombe Station EC 9.49 plat 3

Finishing point

Grid reference:: TQ 33027 24563
Nearest postcode:: RH16 1LN
what3words:: riverbed.evolution.remaining

Estimated finish time:: 3:00 pm

Upcoming walks with Croydon Ramblers

Shere, Farley Green, Blackheath and Newlands Corner

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Blow the Weekend Cobwebs Away

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Horley circular

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Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Jack and Jill windmills, Ditchling Beacon, Falmer

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 13.0 miles

Hampton Court to Kingston

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Elmore Pond

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Elmore Pond

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Shere Revisited

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Herne Hill Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Erith to Bexley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

Exploring Croydon's parks using footpaths and minor roads

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.6 miles

Oaks Park and Banstead Downs

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Borough Green to Sevenoaks- Memorial Walk for Felicity Kerr

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Blow the Weekend Cobwebs Away

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Springtime in Richmond Park

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Edenbridge Leisure Centre and surrounding area

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 13.0 miles

Teddington to Kingston

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.5 miles

Cuckoo Wood and beyond

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Merstham and onwards

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Leith Hill Loop

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Netherne and Chaldon. Morning circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Oxted Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

Albury, Shere and Hurtwood

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Afternoon Circular Warlingham and Haliloo Valley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Blow the Weekend Cobwebs Away

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Earlswood Lakes

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 12.0 miles

Barnes Bridge to Putney via North side of river

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

75th Anniversary walk - shorter and more leisurely.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Lindfield and Scaynes Hill

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Devised by Ritchie a walk around Croydon to celebrate 75 years of Croydon Ramblers

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 12.0 miles

Borough Green Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Happy Valley, Farthing Downs, Chaldon with tea at Church

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.5 miles

Blow the Weekend Cobwebs Away

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Linear Oxted to Hurst Green

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Highridge Wood, Leigh and Hammonds Copse

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Countryside Linear Walk. Joint walk - Sutton and Wandle Valley Ramblers

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Isabella Plantation and Richmond Park

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Return to Ashdown Forest

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Telegraphs, Beacons, Masts and Views.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Morning Circular Lloyd Park and Addington Hills

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.5 miles

Morning Circular Banstead Woods

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.5 miles

Springtime in Sussex

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 13.5 miles

Blow the Weekend Cobwebs Away

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Outwood and historical Horley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Flanchford Road

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Four Counties

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.5 miles

Flanchford Road

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Happy Valley, Chaldon Church and Netherne

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Ashurst Kent Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Afternoon Circular around Happy Valley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Blow the Weekend Cobwebs Away

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Linear Erith to Bexley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

Flanchford Road and river Mole

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Putney Hammersmith Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Figure of 8 from Limpsfield Chart

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

R Thames and Isabella

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Tadworth Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.5 miles

Richmond to Ham Common

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.5 miles

Wandle River Changes

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Three Commons Walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Circular Dorking

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Blow the Weekend Cobwebs Away

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Oaks Park to Woodmansterne

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 2.5 miles

Linear Balcombe to Haywards Heath

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.5 miles

Halstead to Downe and back

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 13.0 miles

Leigh, Penshurst and Chiddingstone

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Leith Hill, Wotton Estate

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Kew Bridge to Hammersmith

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Morning Circular Exploring South Norwood Country Park

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Leafier Purley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.5 miles

Circular - Chevening, Chipstead Lakes, Otford and Shoreham

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Blow the Weekend Cobwebs Away

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

A stroll along the Thames Path to Shepperton

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.5 miles

Godstone to Godstone via Hurst Green and Oxted

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Crystal Palace and Sydenham Wells parks

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Scearn Bank

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Scearn Bank

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Seaford

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Hayes and Keston Commons

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Reigate Hill and around

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Mid Kent Downs, Bicknor and Hucking Estate

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.5 miles

Afternoon Linear East Croydon to Lloyd Park via Coombe Gardens

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Blow the Weekend Cobwebs Away

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Linear Hampton Court to Shepperton

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.5 miles

High Elms Keston and Farnborough Village

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.5 miles

A cultural walk from Crystal Palace to Addiscombe

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Horsted Keynes village

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.5 miles

Thursley, Devils Punch Bowl

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Riddlesdown Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Along the South Bank and across into the City

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Circular-Betchworth, Leigh and Rice Bridge

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Blow the Weekend Cobwebs Away

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Hassocks circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Chevening, Chipstead Lakes, Otford and Shoreham

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

St Pancras to Baker Street

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.5 miles

South Downs Way, Ditchling Beacon and Stanmer Park.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Lamberhurst

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Beckenham Rd Tram stop to Ladywell station

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Reading to Pangbourne via River Thames.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Afternoon Circular Parks and Gems of Penge and Anerley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Circular- Puttendon Manor, Dormansland, Dry Hill and Marsh Green

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 13.0 miles

Blow the Weekend Cobwebs Away

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Hosey Common to Toys Hill

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Coulsdon Common to Caterham on the Hill

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 1.5 miles

Ightham Moat

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Ightham Moat

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

West Grinstead Station

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Chipstead Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Woldingam Morning Circular . Joint walk with Epsom Group

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.5 miles

Cowden Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Blow the Weekend Cobwebs Away

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Linear Borough Green to Riverhill (Sevenoaks)

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.4 miles

South Bank and St James Park

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Mid Summer Evening walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Riddlesdown

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Ranmore Polesdon Lacey

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Parks of Hackney

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Lloyd Park and Addington Hills. Morning circular.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Morning Circular Happy Valley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

To Hartfield and back via Puckstye Farm

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Blow the Weekend Cobwebs Away

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Linear Lewes to Southease

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.5 miles

Fourwents Ponds - Brockham - Strood Green

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Morning Linear. Riddlesdown Common to Warlingham and Chelsham

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 3.5 miles

Around the clumps - shorter version

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

South Downs north of Worthing

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Around the clumps

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Riddlesdown and Kingswood Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.5 miles

Linear- Lewes to Eastbourne via Glynde, Alfriston and Seven Sisters

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 23.0 miles

Three Commons Walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Eel Pie Island Artists Open Studios Day

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
exclusive discounts from our partners
knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Join now for just £3.58 per month