Greensand Way
The Greensand Way is a long-distance path of 108 miles in southern Surrey and the midst of Kent. It has been devised as a walking route along the line of the hills of the Greensand Ridge in those counties, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent.[1][2]
The route follows the Greensand Ridge along the Surrey Hills and Chart Hills. The route is mostly rural, passing through woods, and alongside fruit orchards and hop farms in Kent, and here it links with the Stour Valley Walk near Pluckley in Kent. The trail was opened on 15 June 1980 and is jointly managed by the local councils.
The highest point on the trail is Leith Hill at 965 feet; Surrey's county top.
Much of the land is designated an 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty'. The stretch from Hindhead to Leith Hill has formed part of the Surrey Hills AONB since 1958. The Sevenoaks Ridge, from the Surrey–Kent border to Borough Green, is included in the Kent Downs AONB.
The waymarks alone are not sufficient to follow the trail – an OS map, or the online guide with maps, is required.[3] On Ordnance Survey Explorer map 145, a spur – also labelled Greensand Way – is shown from Thursley to Farnham; this is not part of the path.
Places on the route
Places passed along the trail include: Hindhead, Thursley, Wormley, Hambledon, Hascombe, Shamley Green, Holmbury St Mary, Wotton, Westcott, Dorking, Brockham, Betchworth, Reigate, Earlswood, South Nutfield, Bletchingley, Godstone, Tandridge, Broadham Green, Limpsfield, Crockham Hill, Toys Hill, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks Weald, Knole Park, Shipbourne, Dunk's Green, West Peckham, Nettlestead Green, Yalding, Linton, Sutton Valence, Egerton, Pluckley, Little Chart, Hothfield, Kingsnorth and finally Hamstreet.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Greensand Way) |
- Location map: 51°10’38"N, 0°22’33"W
- The Greensand Way: National Trails
- The Greensand Way: Kent Council
- The Greensand Way: Surrey Council
- Saturday Walkers Club – Description, GPS data, and OS map of walk
References
- ↑ Greensand Way: Explore Kent
- ↑ The Greensand Way long distance route: Surrey CC
- ↑ "Greensand Way". 16 January 2019. http://www.walkingclub.org.uk/long-distance-path/greensand-way/index.shtml.
- Colton, Adam: 'Mud, Sweat andBeers ISBN 9780954477110
