When the gorse on your right ends, you will come to a grass clearing on your right with a bench and information board. Approximately 1400 acres are now managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust who employ a full time ranger complete with a distinctive vehicle.
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In 1853, Queen Victoria visited Chobham Common to review her troops that were training here before they set out to the Crimean War. It would be most advisable to carry a compass as the heathland part of the walk is criss-crossed with numerous footpaths, which makes it difficult to specify a particular path in the description.
... Trump walks … Managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust, it is a beautiful mosaic of rare lowland heath and woodland.
Charges are as follows (Oct 2018) £1.30 for up to one hour, £2.60 for one to two hours, £3.90 for two to three hours, £5 for three hours and over, £6 per visit for a Minibus or Horse-box/trailer (where no height barrier). No mud in November. The fire on Chobham Common was so huge smoke could even be seen from central London.
Bring a drink and snack.Meet in the Chobham Common pay and display car park at the roundabout junction of the Chobham Road B383 and B386This is one of hundreds of Ramblers group walks for all ages and abilities every week - all led by our experienced walk leaders.
To begin the walk, exit the car park and cross over the road, heading on to the entrance of Chobham Common. This marks the site of the Victoria Monument.
In the 1960s Chobham armour was developed here, a type of composite ceramic vehicle armour that has proven very effective in protecting tank crews from enemy fire and explosives. This is marked by two waymarker posts and a vehicle barrier to a road will be visible ahead. At the first junction, stay with the main stone bridleway path which swings right to reach a staggered T-junction. Name: Chobham, Surrey Heath Place type: Village Location: Grid Ref: SU 9736 6187 • X/Y co-ords: 497363, 161875 • Lat/Long: 51.34759903,-0.60339846 You can contact the group or leader if in doubt. This can be uneven and a little rutted in some parts and can also have some surface mud, but it should be suitable for a rugged pushchair or a rugged mobility buggy for dry parts of the year.
Allow 1.5 hours. A gently undulating walk along sandy tracks, lowland heath, and through pockets of woodland. From here, drive east to the roundabout with the B383, turn left towards Sunningdale and immediately right into the car park.
It covers a mixture of farmland, woodland and open heath. Continue for about 300 metres to reach another crossroads (with an exit visible on your right and a waymaker post ahead).
This stone cross was erected in 1901, on the death of Queen Victoria, to commemorate this visit. Along the way you will have chance to visit the Victoria Monument, commemorating a visit from Queen Victoria. There is still evidence of tank tracks and bomb craters across the common. Turn right at this crossroads and this path will lead you gently uphill back to the car park where the walk began. …
Given the proximity of the M3 and several of Surrey's settlements, this walk offers outstanding views of uninterrupted woodland and heath. Chobham Common is the largest National Nature Reserve in the south east. This is an example page.
Given the proximity of the M3 and several of Surrey's settlements, this walk offers outstanding views of uninterrupted woodland and heath. A special place. The car park has two designated parking bays for blue badge holders.
For the whole route, the walk follows a path surfaced with compacted stone.
There are a couple of narrow side paths to reach the pond and its bench, should you wish to take a closer look. Chobham Common is located north of Chobham village and east of Windlesham village in north Surrey. There are no stiles, gates, steps or livestock on route. At the next junction (with a bench on your right and a multi-trunked silver birch tree on your left), go straight ahead to continue on the bridleway. At the top of the gentle climb, you will be rewarded with far reaching views across the common in every direction. About the walk: *Free *Common *Dogs allowed *Great views. This path swings left, leading you steadily downhill. The walk starts from the car park in Chobham. ... and told people on the common to leave the area immediately.
The trail is primarily used for hiking, walking, running, horses, and road biking. Follow this level section with gorse bushes on your right, and far-reaching heath views ahead and on your left.
Follow this grass and stone side path leading you between dense sections of gorse. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I and a National Nature Reserve. Address: Bonnys Road, Reigate Heath, RH2 8RL. At the bottom of the slope, within the trees on your left is the large pond of this section of the heath. Map with thanks to Ordnance Survey.