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Our Rail to Ramble routes enable you to explore the beautiful Surrey Hills whilst leaving the car at home. Simply hop on the train to Chilworth station and finish your walk at Gomshall station.
You’ll be able to discover beautiful Surrey Hills villages such as Blackheath, Gomshall and Shere whilst walking along the Tillingbourne Valley.
Chilworth station, GU4 6TT
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Gomshall station, GU5 9NX
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Chilworth station, GU4 6TT
Gomshall station, GU5 9NX
Toilets | No | There are no toilets at Chilworth or Gomshall stations, however both towns have local hospitality venues which will have their own facilities. |
Seating | Yes | Benches intermitted throughout the route |
Gates | Yes | |
Stiles | Yes | |
Terrain | Pavement in town centres and uneven surfaces that can become muddy throughout the route. Much of this route is sandy. | |
Incline | This route has some gentle inclines. | |
Waymarked | No |
1. Come out of Chilworth Railway Station towards the Percy Arms Pub. Turn right at the Dorking Road (A248) and follow the pavement along the roadside.
2. After 500m turn right at the Downs Link sign by the bus stop. At the white gates keep right, keeping on the Downs Link bridleway. At a junction of paths by Lingwood House take the bridleway at 11 o’clock. Continue on until brow of hill, then bear right.
3. At the road crossing turn right for 50m along the road, then left onto the bridleway, then veer right. Be careful as there are several paths here in close proximity. Go across a small car park and continue straight ahead (there are some houses to your right). The path opens out into a wooded clearing. There is a cricket pitch clearly visible over to your right. Turn left at post marked as bridleway.
4. Take the bridleway to the brow of the hill with excellent views over to Winterfold. At the sandy crossroads, with a wooden bench on your right, continue straight ahead on the bridleway. Ignore all small paths off to the left and right.
5. At a 4 way junction continue ahead past a finger post marked Fox Way veering slightly right to follow the fence line on your right. As you come to Candleford Cottage on your right, take the left turn, and then bear right on public footpath (ignoring bridleway on left). Cross the stile and continue on with the fence line on your left. At next junction continue straight over. After 150m you come to a tarmac track. Continue straight ahead past Remnants Cottage.
6. Pass Lipscombe Cottage, turn sharp left and then almost immediately right, still on the Fox Way.
Keep going forward, ignoring all small paths to the side, continuing through the pine wood. At next
crossroads turn right towards open fields going down the hill (still on the Fox Way). Go through
metal gate and continue down the hill. At the bottom bear left towards the houses and continue on until you meet the road.
7. Turn left for 30m and then right into Brook Lane. Follow this road going under a red brick railway bridge and past the William IV pub on your left.
8. At the T-junction with Park Road cross straight over the green triangular space and pick up the
bridleway directly opposite. Bear right at the fork in the path after 20m. Continue on Fox Way (also now
signposted as Shere Millennium Trail). At a major Y-junction of bridleways, veer left continuing downhill. Keep going down the hill to the stream.
9. Turn right through kissing gate marked Shere Millennium Trail. Continue ahead alongside the stream and through a second kissing gate. At the next gate, continue on the tarmac lane into Shere village. At the village centre bridge, turn right then immediately left towards the church.
10. Pass the church on your left and at the junction with Church Hill take the footpath uphill ahead (Shere Millennium Trail). At the first junction, turn left and follow the path for 600m until reaching The Old Barn. Turn left and reach road at Monks House.
11. Go straight over towards bus shelter and post box, onto High View Road. Pass Tower Hill Road on your right, turning left into Goose Green. Pass a recreation ground on your left and at the bottom of the hill you reach Gomshall Mill Pub and Restaurant.
12. Cross over the road (A25) and turn right along the pavement. After 250m you reach the entrance to Gomshall Railway Station on your left.