View St. John the Evangelist Church, Earlswood and Redhill Common

Start & Finish: St John the Evangelist Church, Redhill, Church Rd, Redhill, RH1 6QA
Distance: 8.8 km (5.5 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 165m
Greensand Way section covered: Mountview Drive to Sandy Lane: 5.0 km
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): Reigate and Banstead Millennium Trail
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 21
Pubs / Cafes on route: The Plough, 11 Church Rd, Redhill (near start and end)
Map: Dorking, Box Hill & Reigate Map | Leatherhead & Caterham | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 146
Links: Redhill Common, Earlswood, Nutfield Priory

This is the sixteenth 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 near St John the Evangelist Church, Redhill and took the footpath up the hill to the top of Redhill Common. This meets the viewpoint from Section 15 where you can see Earlswood, Gatwick Airport and the South Downs in the distance. From the viewpoint, descend the hill retracing your route up the hill from Section 15 until you rejoin the Greensand Way at Mountview Drive.

From Mountview Drive follow the Greensand Way for 5.0 km to Sandy Lane. When you reach Kingsmill Lane, 5 km into the walk, the Greensand Way takes a left turn towards the north following the road. Be careful here as there’s no pavement and some tight corners on the road. Keep an eye out for traffic coming either way. Continue north from Kingsmill Lane onto Bower Lane then take a right onto Sandy Lane at the top of the hill. Follow Sandy Lane towards the east for just 120m until you meet the point where the Greensand Way leaves the road on a footpath to the right. This is the end of the Greensand Way part of this section. Retrace your steps to the junction with Bower Lane and Sandy Lane and continue onto Hogtrough Lane.

Walk in a westerly direction along Hogtrough Lane then onto Philanthrophic Road. There’s also no pavement here and, although it’s quiet, be aware of cars from either direction. Philanthropic Road will take you back into Earlwood and to the start via St John’s Road and a short footpath back to Church Road.