Walking In The Surrey Hills
The Surrey Hills is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), covering parts of the North Downs and Greensand Ridge in Surrey, England. The area shown in the map below also shows land covered by the Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV). It is very close to London with the M25 running near or through the northern boundary.
It’s a beautiful part of the countryside with many options for walking, running and cycling. This page is an index of the circular and point-to-point walks that I’ve done in the Surrey Hills.
Circular Walks In The Surrey Hills
Walks shown in alphabetical order of the 2-letter abbreviation on the map above. The letter and number in brackets refers to the grid reference. For more details on each, click on the link on the name of each walk.
BC (A6): Banstead Heath Coal Duty Post Circular Walk
Distance: 8.8 km (5.5 miles). Elevation change: + / - 147mBH (B5): The Box Hill Hike
Distance: 11.2 km (7 miles). Elevation change: +/- 370mNC (C3): Newlands Corner and Chilworth Gunpowder Mills Circular Walk
Distance: 10.6 km (6.6 miles). Elevation change: +/- 209mPP (B5): The Prospects of Polesden SCC Circular
Distance: 8.3 km (5.2 miles). Elevation Change: +/- 169mRC (B5): The Ranmore SCC Trail
Distance: 10km (6.2 miles). Elevation Change: +/-220m
Point to Point Walks In The Surrey Hills
Walks shown in alphabetical order of the 2-letter abbreviation on the map above. Map shows the start point. The letter and number in brackets refers to the grid reference. For more details on each, click on the link on the name of each walk.
DL (C3): The Downs Link
Distance: 61 km (38 miles). Elevation change: +344m / -457m (Net -113m)GS (C3): Guildford and Shalford Disused Railways
Distance: 9.1 km (5.6 miles). Elevation change: +/- 52mMG (B5): The Mole Gap Trail
Distance: 9.5 km (5.9 miles)/ Elevation Change: +91m / - 100mTD (B5): Thames Down Link
Distance: 26.3 km (16.3 miles). Elevation change: +202m /- 241m. Net -39m
Other Circular Walks Near The Surrey Hills
Walks shown in alphabetical order of the 2-letter abbreviation on the map above. The letter and number in brackets refers to the grid reference. For more details on each, click on the link on the name of each walk.
CC (A6): Chessington Countryside Walk
Distance: 9.1 km (5.6 miles). Elevation change: +/- 92mCS (A3): Chobham Common South
Distance: 7.9 km (4.9 miles). Elevation change: +/- 65mDD (A4): Discover Downside (Cobham)
Distance: 9.6 km (6 miles). Elevation change: +/- 67mPC (B2) Pirbright Circular
Distance: 6.6 km (4.1 miles). Elevation Change: +/- 45mRM (C6): The Reigate Mills and Pillboxes Trail
Distance: 7.3 km (4.5 miles). Elevation Change: +/- 71mST (B3): The Scholar’s Trail
Distance: 8.1 km (5 miles). Elevation change: +/- 147mWL (A3): Weybridge Locks and Levels
Distance: 7.3 km (4.5 miles). Elevation Change: +/- 43m
Walking The North Downs Way
The full trail is a long distance path stretching from Farnham in Surrey to Dover in Kent. Our walks took in short sections of 10 km to 13 km which we did with a friend over the course of a couple of years when our schedules coincided. White numbers in the orange circles on the map above show the start point for each section.
Section 1: Farnham to Puttenham
Distance: 10.6 km (6.6 miles), Elevation change: +118m / -100m. Net +8mSection 2: Puttenham to Newlands Corner
Distance: 12.8 km (7.9 miles), Elevation change: +256m / -181m. Net +75mSection 3: Newlands Corner to Ranmore
Distance: 11.6 km (7.2 miles), Elevation change: +128m / -107m. Net -21mSection 4: Ranmore to Betchworth
Distance: 10 km (6.2 miles), Elevation change: +192m / -292m. Net -100mSection 5: Betchworth to Merstham
Distance: 11.1 km (6.9 miles), Elevation change: +206m / -197m. Net -9mSection 6: Merstham to Gangers Hill
Distance: 11.8 km (7.3 miles), Elevation change: +270m / -140m. Net -130mSection 7: Gangers Hill to Westerham Hill
Distance: 9.1 km (5.6 miles), Elevation change: +161m / -216m. Net -55m
Walking 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. White numbers in the green circles on the map above show the start point for each section.
Section 1: Haslemere and Hindhead
Distance: 9.8 km (6.1 miles), Elevation change: +/- 231mSection 2: Devils Punchbowl and Thursley
Distance: 11.1 km (6.9 miles), Elevation change: +/- 199mSection 3: Thursley and Witley Park
Distance: 10.9 km (6.8 miles), Elevation change: +/- 163mSection 4: Witley and Hambledon
Distance: 9 km (5.6 miles), Elevation change: +/- 124mSection 5: Hydons Ball and Holloways Heath
Distance: 9.3 km (5.8 miles), Elevation change: +/- 172mSection 6: Winkworth and Hascombe
Distance: 10 km (6.2 miles), Elevation change: +/- 179mSection 7: Shamley Green and Grafham
Distance: 10.3 km (6.4 miles), Elevation change: +/- 107mSection 8: Winterfold Wood and Reynards Hill
Distance: 10 km (6.2 miles), Elevation change: +/- 204mSection 9: Pitch Hill and Holmbury Hill
Distance: 10 km (6.2 miles), Elevation change: +/- 239mSection 10: Leith Hill and Broadmoor
Route Distance: 10.3 km (6.4 miles), Route Elevation Change: +/- 206mSection 11: Westcott and Bury Hill
Distance: 9 km (5.6 miles), Elevation change: +/- 163mSection 12: The Nower and Dorking
Distance: 10.8 km (6.7 miles), Elevation change: +/- 222mSection 13: Brockham and Betchworth
Distance: 10.4 km (6.5 miles), Elevation change: +/- 149mSection 14: Betchworth and Reigate Heath
Distance: 9.6 km (5.9 miles), Elevation change: +/- 98mSection 15: Reigate and Redhill Common
Distance: 9.1 km (5.6 miles), Elevation change: +/- 136mSection 16: Earlswood and Nutfield Priory
Distance: 8.8 km (5.5 miles), Elevation change: +/- 165mSection 17: Nutfield and Bletchingley
Distance: 9.9 km (6.1 miles), Elevation change: +/- 164mSection 18: Bletchingley and Godstone
Distance: 10.4 km (6.5 miles), Elevation change: +/- 143mSection 19: Tandridge and Oxted
Distance: 10.6 km (6.6 miles), Elevation change: +/- 165mSection 20: Oxted and Limpsfield
Distance: 11.2 km (7 miles). Elevation change: +/- 142m