Greyhound approved walks in and around Surrey
Norbury Park is a 530 hectare historic parkland comprising mixed wooded and agricultural land, which was alluded to in the Domesday Book of 1086. Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, it occupies mostly prominent land reaching into a bend in the River Mole and is part of the Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment Special Area of Conservation.
Hankley Common is a 560-hectare nature reserve near the village of Elstead in Surrey comprising lowland heath and woodland. The site is part of the Thursley, Hankley and Frensham Commons Special Area of Conservation and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
An ancient woodland thought to have been owned by Anne Boleyn, Banstead Woods was alluded to in the Domesday Book of 1086 and, in the medieval period, sheltered the royal deer. These days, it is local nature reserve and site of Special Scientific Interest, infamous for the swathes of vibrant bluebells that carpet the floor in the springtime.
The Ashdown Forest is in East Sussex and it has some absolutely stunning locations to enjoy. Chelwood Vachery is an estate dating back to at least 1229. Its Forest Garden was created between 1910 and the 1930s.
Happy Valley near Coulsdon makes up part of the Farthing Downs. It was purchased under the Green Belt Scheme in 1937 by Surrey County Council, the Urban District Council of Coulsdon and the London County Council. It is an area of managed open countryside of just over 250 acres of downland grass and ancient woodland slopes (Devil’s Den Wood), dominated by a steep‐sided dry valley at the centre and considered an important reserve for all kinds of animal and plant life.
West End Common is a 70.3-hectare (174-acre) Local Nature Reserve and part of Esher Commons, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The River Mole runs along one edge of the common, which also boasts six ponds and wet areas.
Chobham Common is the largest National Nature Reserve in the south east of England at around 600 hectares – and a prime example of lowland heath, one of the most ancient and characteristic British landscapes, originally created by prehistoric farmers. For over 200 generations, rural communities have carefully managed this open countryside, creating a wildlife rich patchwork of mini-habitats.
Marden Park is located on the narrow plateau and dip slopes of the North Downs in East Surrey, close to the village of Woldingham. This 68-hectare (167-acre) site is the largest of The Woodland Trust’s Surrey woods and falls within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty as well as the Woldingham and Oxted Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Walks with Rena 