Greyhound approved walks in and around Surrey
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.
Lightwater Country Park is a four times Green Flag accredited park of 59 hectares on the outskirts of Lightwater village next to junction 3 of the M3. It is predominantly heathland habitat, but there are also ponds, woodland, meadows and areas of scrub.
Richmond Park is the largest of London's eight royal parks. Covering 2,500 acres, it's also the capital's largest Site of Special Scientific Interest and a designated nature reserve that boasts ancient woods, rolling hills and open grasslands.
Horsell Common boasts a wide array of landscapes, including heathland, woodland and meadows. Heather Farm comprises the Mimbridge and Bourne meadows area and a (dog-free) wetlands. It has a large car park and there is a cafe serving food and drinks.
Brookwood Heath is a small open landscape of lowland heathland tucked away behind the village of Pirbright in the borough of Guildford.
Thursley Common, located between the villages of Thursley and Elstead, boasts some 325 hectares of open dry heathland, peat bogs, and pine and deciduous woodlands. 20 species of dragonflies and damselflies have been recorded at its ponds.
Churt Common, known locally as The Flashes, comprises 106 hectares of heathland and bog to the south-east of Frensham Common.
Walks with Rena 