The walk has just a few short and mostly gentle climbs and descents. Another great walk, very sandy over the common so unsuitable for buggies! Follow the path as it bends to the right and then over a narrow wooden footbridge with a stream below. Additional notes. To provide you with the best experience, cookies are used on this site. Main habitats: wood pasture Area: 181 ha Management: Ashtead Common is owned and managed by the Corporation of London. Moat Car Park, Thursley Road, GU8 6LW. The blaze started on Saturday afternoon (May 31) and at the height of the incident crews from Surrey Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) were accompanied by Hampshire and West Sussex due to its scale. To submit content, events and news please contact. Turn right onto the lane heading uphill. It includes areas of marsh, woodland and lowland heath. Showing regularly, at Thursley Common. Leave Elstead southwards towards Thursley and park after 1.5 miles in the Moat car park SU900417 on the left. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. Go past Foldsdown House on the left and ignore the bridleway immediately after it. Keep the fence boundary to your left and follow it to cross a bridge over the meandering stream. Continue following the path downhill. Essential Surrey Awards 2020 Approximate time 2 hours. A few paces later pass over a stile to reach a tarmac lane. A circular walk from the pretty village of Thursley in Surrey. Lutyens is best known for his work in India, designing New Delhi, and also his work for the Imperial War Graves Commission in designing monuments to commemorate the dead, including the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Go straight ahead, still following the blue arrow. Thursley National Nature Reserve is one of the largest, (326 hectares), and most important areas of heath in Surrey. The walk begins at the Thursley car park, near the cricket green and play-ground, postcode GU8 6QA.

We have offered to provide fire and police crews with refreshments (and were set up to do this last night) but we have been told that they provide their own refreshment facilities.Last night 14 houses were evacuated and the PC, David and Jenny Else and Jo Mukabaa supported one household until they were able to be rehoused last evening. "Also, if you do come across any hot spots or areas that are still burning or smouldering, please dial 999 immediately. No roads,no hills,no stiles.

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Turn right immediately in front of the church and follow the narrow gravel path ahead. We use cookies to make your browsing experience better. There are a couple of very short sections of road walking.

Anyone wishing to go to Thursley, Churt and beyond and who would usually use that route please pick the A3 up from Milford junction. It includes areas of marsh, woodland and lowland heath. Turn left here to enter the common and then turn immediately right onto the wide sandy footpath. Another way to get to this point is to leave the car park by the path next to the play area where the nature reserve sign is, continue until it divides ignore any footpaths that cross it take the right fork this will take you to the first way-point. Follow the path for some distance and pass through another kissing gate, which is in memory of the founder member of the Farnham Ramblers. Leave Elstead southwards towards Thursley and park after 1.5 miles in the Moat car park SU900417 on the left. On Wednesday (June 3), Thursley Parish Council confirmed that the common had been reopened to the public, however a SFRS presence remains at the site, stationed in the Moat Car Park as a precaution. Follow this narrow mud footpath with steep banks climbing fairly steeply uphill. This is a circular walk. Continue ahead past the village hall on the left and the village pub, The Three Horseshoes, on the right. Continue straight on at the junction in the centre of the village signed to Godalming and Milford. The walk starts at the centre of the village before heading out over Thursley Common Nature Reserve and then back though woodland and past equestrian paddocks to return to the village. You can unsubscribe at any time. "Areas will be dryer than usual, and we would urge residents to do everything they can to help us prevent wildfires in Surrey.".

As the path begins to head down hill you will come to the wooden gates for a private property ahead. Continue on the pavement until you reach a Thursley National Nature Reserve sign set back into the hedgeline.

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"We have been working hard behind the scenes to set up a structure to take on board all the kind offers of help and support that we and Elstead Parish Council have received over the last few days. Follow the main sandy track ahead for more than half a mile through the centre of the common. The Elstead Village website is a community website providing information on the local area and what’s on, provided by Elstead Parish Council and administered by volunteers. Go ahead past a metal vehicle gate and follow the mud vehicle track as it bends round to the right with properties on the left, until you reach the road. Anyone wishing to go to Thursley, Churt and beyond and who would usually use that route please pick the A3 up from Milford junction. An area of high archaeological interest, there have been many finds here. After a little distance the path begins to descend downhill and becomes sandy. Hindhead Commons and the Devil’s Punch Bowl, Practical Information for visiting with a group, Surrey's Heritage and Houses with a group, Places to eat and stay in Surrey with a group, Get Active sports and countryside in Surrey, Surrey's Arts/Culture/ Museums with a group. Turn left here onto the wide stone track. Follow the path as it bends to the left with a small belt of young trees on the left. A statement posted by Thursley Parish Council read: "Following the fire at the weekend, the common is now open to all visitors, although there will continue to be a fire brigade presence there, based at the Moat Car Park. "Please remember that SFRS have asked that you do not go near any burnt areas. You can contact the group or leader if in doubt. Eventually you will come to a cross roads with a track, and a wooden signpost marking bridleways in all four directions. according to Thursley National Nature Reserve manager James Giles. Find out how you can get more news from SurreyLive straight to your inbox HERE.

For more details, see at the end of this text ( Getting There). Pass over the low stone stile to reach the road. Dan Quin, SFRS deputy chief fire officer, said: "Our firefighters, control staff and partners have worked tremendously in response to this incident. A bit hard going on the sandy tracks. A few paces later you will come to grass path crossing the track. A walk around the Nature reserve. Cross over and turn left walking in the road edge with care. For more … To build your own Itinerary, click to add an item to your Itinerary basket.

Follow the path as it bends to the left in front of the gates, and then a few paces later fork right up the footpath on the far side of the second set of gates for Hounmere House.