Greyhound approved walks in and around Surrey
You'll find Tower Wood on Hosey Common (also known as Hosey Hill) just south of Westerham in Kent and a little north of Chartwell, the former home of the late Sir Winston Churchill, who was the Prime Minister from 1940-1945. Tower Wood is so-called because of the ruins of an 18th century folly tower nestled at its heart.
Selsdon Nature Reserve, also known as the "Bird Sanctuary", is a 200 acre green space on the outskirts of the London Borough of Croydon and part of the London Greenbelt. An impressive bluebell wood in the spring, it's home to a number of wood carvings/statues.
As pleasant as it is, there's not a great deal to say about Wotton, which is a 'well wooded parish', according to Wikipedia, a little to the west of Westcott and the town of Dorking. It existed back in the days of the Domesday Book and is home to the stately Wotton House, a pub called the Wotton Hatch, a few houses, and St John's Church.
Abinger Common is an area of thickly wooded sandstone heath to the south-west of Dorking and, within a headwater ravine here, you'll find the tiny, remote hamlet of Friday Street. Situated on the gentle lower north slope of Leith Hill, there's not much of note here - and that's part of its charm; it feels a little like a step back in time.
Albury is a well-to-do village within the Surrey Hills and about three miles east of Guildford. As well as the residential village itself, Albury includes a patch of wooded heathland called Albury Heath and the mixed woodlands of Albury Warren. It's also home to Albury Park mansion, which has featured in Four Weddings and a Funeral and Midsomer Murders.
The second largest of London's royal parks (behind Richmond Park), Bushy Park covers approximately 445 hectares. It was one of Henry VIII's favourite hunting grounds and wild herds of red and fallow deer still roam. The park features the Longford River canal, the Diana Fountain, Chestnut Avenue and many ponds.
The recorded history of Epsom Common, Surrey's largest local nature reserve, goes back to Saxon times, when England was a feudal agricultural society and local people grazed animals on the land. Over the last century, the landscape has changed dramatically due to changing lifestyles and it's now predominantly woodland.
Abinger Roughs, above the village of Abinger Hammer, is a parcel of land that dates to ancient times and Domesday book records state it was woodland and pasture. Today, it comprises grassland and mixed woodland, and is home to several veteran trees, with some of the oaks being over 300 years old.
Banstead Heath comprises open grass land, scrub and woodland.
Ashtead Common, owned by the City of London Corporation, is regarded as a prime example of relic wood pasture, valued for its historic landscape and important habitat. Its 495 acres are a mosaic of woodland, grassland, scrub and various wetland habitats including ponds, streams, ditches and springs.
Walks with Rena 