Start & Finish: St Michael's Church, The Street, Betchworth, RH3 7DN
Distance: 10.4 km (6.5 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 149m
Greensand Way section covered: Punchbowl Lane to St Michael’s Church, Betchworth: 3.9 km
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): The Box Hill Hike
Other routes touched (cycle): Surrey Cycleway
Pubs / Cafes on route: Cafe at Hillier Garden Centre (4.9 km in), The Royal Oak Brockham or The Grumpy Mole, Brockham (both 9.1 km in)
Map: Dorking, Box Hill & Reigate Map | Leatherhead & Caterham | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 146
Links: National Trust Box Hill, Betchworth Quarry and Lime Kilns, Betchworth, Brockham, Dorking, River Mole

This is the thirteenth of a series of short circular walks featuring the Greensand Way. The full trail is a long distance path stretching from Haslemere in Surrey to Ham Street in Kent. Our walks take in short sections of the Greensand Way and loop back to the start on other paths. The Greensand Way is well sign posted however you’ll need a map or GPX route to keep on track for the return sections of the loops. The guidance below will help but don’t use it as a fully accurate turn-by-turn guide.

For this section we parked at St Michael’s Church in Betchworth and followed the path that heads north out of the village. Initially the path runs parallel to The Street, the road that runs through the village, then curves away to the north-west. Cross over the Old Reigate Road and keep to the path that runs to the left (west) of the Post Office. Keeping on the path you’ll (carefully) cross over the busy A25 Reigate Road, over a bridge crossing the railway line, then a steady ascent up to Brockham Quarry Woods. As soon as you enter the woods take a sharp left onto a path that runs in a westerly direction along the base of the woods. This takes you through the remains of the old Lime Works with some interesting information signs telling the history of them.

Continue heading west for just over 2km until you reach Boxhill Road. Take a left onto the road, now heading south for 1 km to Hillier Garden Centre and the A25. Carefully cross over the A25 following the small road towards the Golf Club. Before the Golf Club Car park take a right onto a footpath that runs along the north side of the Golf Club buildings and into woodland. After approximately 1 km you’ll reach Punchbowl Lane where you’ll take a left onto the lane heading south.

Shortly down Punchbowl Lane you’ll pick up again on the route of the Greensand Way and you can follow the GSW signs all the way back to St Michael’s Church in Betchworth. At around 9 km into the walk you’ll pass through the pretty village of Brockham where there’s pubs on route for a rest before the final 1.5 km back to the start.