Greyhound approved walks in and around Surrey
Sidney Wood is right on the edge of Surrey, near Alfold and Cranleigh, and the old Wey and Arun Junction Canal runs through it. Known as “London’s lost route to the sea”, the Wey and Arun Canal is a partially open, 18.5 mile (30km) canal running southwards from the River Wey at Shalford in Surrey to the River Arun at Pallingham in West Sussex.
Wisley Airfield is a former wartime airfield located alongside the A3 in the Parish of Ockham near Wisley. Bolder Mere is a typical Surrey woodland lake with a fabulous wetland clearing along the southern edge where you may well spot dragonflies and damselflies.
Farleigh is a village in the civil parish of Chelsham and Farleigh in the Tandridge District of Surrey. It was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as the manor of Ferlega. Farleigh’s Greatpark Wood is sited next to what used to be the Croydon Mental Hospital.
The High Chart, adjacent to Limpsfield Chart, is a large area of ancient woodland owned by the National Trust and the Titsey Estate. The word “chart” comes from the Old English “chert”, which means rough ground.
Ockley is a small village in the south of Surrey and home to Vann Lake. This eight-acre man-made lake is thought to date from the mid-18th century, when a forest gill was dammed to form a ‘hammer pond’ to power a mill that was never built. It is surrounded by Ockley Woods, a 57.8-hectare (143-acre) ancient woodland and a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
The name Headley, ‘Hallega’ in old English, means a clearing with heather. Headley, to the south of Box Hill, can trace its origins back to the Saxon age, when it was part of the Copthorne Hundred and used by commoners for grazing animals and collecting furze, bracken and firewood.
Kenley Common comprises chalk grassland, wildflower-rich meadows and ancient woodland. RAF Kenley is the most intact airfield associated with WWII's Battle of Britain.
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.
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.
Walks with Rena 