Guided outdoor activities for the 50 plus age group WALKING AND NORDIC WALKING IN AND AROUND SURREY August - September 2017 The GO50 programme aims to introduce people in the 50+ age group to a healthier lifestyle and the benefits of regular exercise. Walking or cycling with others - socialising as you exercise - adds significantly to the beneficial effects. Regular exercise can: improve balance and flexibility; lower blood pressure; defend against heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes; help maintain cognitive function; reduce depression and anxiety. GO50 activities are free, but a donation is very welcome. We suggest a donation of 2 per person. If you are a taxpayer, we can reclaim the tax on your donations at no extra cost to you, as long as we have your signature and permission to claim Gift Aid. Ask the leader for details. No advanced booking required - just turn up at the start and join in. GO50 activities are led by experienced volunteers who will meet you at the start and lead the way. Please wear walking boots or other suitable footwear. All walks cross stiles unless otherwise noted. Bring water & a snack. No children or dogs, please. Use pub car parks only if you intend to use the pub afterwards. Please be aware of your own fitness levels and, if in doubt, consult your doctor before starting a new exercise programme. Postcodes given are nearest available to the start and may not correspond to the exact starting point. (T) indicates accessible by public transport. Travel information is available from Traveline on 0871 200 2233 or www.traveline.info In the event of extreme weather, phone the GO50 office or check the GO50 website before setting off (www.ageuk.org.uk/surrey/activities--events). Leaders reserve the right to cancel or amend an activity if they feel that it is unsafe to proceed. For Nordic Walking, please bring along your own poles. You will need to have attended a Nordic Walking training course prior to participating in a GO50 Nordic Walk. To express interest in attending a training course organised by Age UK Surrey, please contact 01483 446624. Please take into consideration the distance and description of the walk and if you require assistance with walking, please contact GO50 prior to attending. All walkers walk at their own risk. We recommend that all participants carry personal identification and emergency contact details with them in case of emergency. For further information about the GO50 programme or if you are interested in becoming a volunteer activity leader, phone 01483 446624; email go50@ageuksurrey.org.uk; write to GO50, Age UK Surrey, Rex House, William Road, Guildford GU1 4QZ or visit our website at www.ageuk.org.uk/surrey/activities--events
AGE UK SURREY GO50 / GO FURTHER / NORDIC WALKS PROGRAMME AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2017 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2 RH: DENBIES Distance: 4½ miles Start Time: 10.15 for 10.30 Meeting Place: Denbies Wine Estate off the A24 North of Dorking. TQ 166 511/ RH5 6AA Walk Leaders: Rosemary and Barbara Refreshments/Lunch: Varied walk through the vineyard on to Ranmore and along the North Downs Way. Undulating. THURSDAY AUGUST 3 CS15 OCKLEY Meeting Place: Outside the cricket pavilion in School Lane off A29, at the south end of the playing fields. Free parking. TQ 145 398 / RH5 5TS Pleasant and undemanding clockwise circuit, passing through Vann Lake nature reserve, and going on to discover the secluded church of St John the Baptist, Okewood. TUESDAY AUGUST 8 LC05 SAVILL MYSTERY WALK, WINDSOR GREAT PARK Meeting Place: Savill Garden car park or meet outside. SU 977 705 / TW20 0UJ From the A30 take Wick Road/ Lane, signposted Savill Garden. Start time: 10.15 for 10.30. Walk Leader: Lynette Lunch: optional in Savill Garden restaurant. Enjoy a mystery walk through hidden paths and little known areas of the park. TUESDAY AUGUST 8 CF02 THURSLEY COMMON Meeting Place: Thursley Recreation Ground car park (off Dyehouse Road). SU 901 397 / GU8 6QB Start Time: 10.15 for a 10.30 start Walk Leader: Colin Lunch: Three Horseshoes, Thursley (optional) A circuit of this lovely National Nature Reserve with no stiles, roads or hills just one gentle incline.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9 CS22 BOOKHAM AND EFFINGHAM COMMONS Distance: 7¼ miles Meeting Place: Great Bookham, Eastwick Drive: crossroads at Meadowside and Meadow Way: on-street parking TQ 135 557 / KT23 3LG Explore both Effingham and Bookham Commons, passing ponds abundant with water birds, and fields with horses and maybe alpacas. FRIDAY AUGUST 11 BH22 WOTTON HATCH Meeting Place: Car park behind Wotton Hatch pub near Westcott, west of Dorking on A25. TQ 126 476 / RH5 6QQ Start time: 10.15 for 10.30 start Walk Leaders: Barbara and Rosemary Lunch: optional pub refreshments Walk to Friday Street and return along part of Greensand Way TUESDAY AUGUST 15 ES10 LOVELACE BRIDGES (EAST HORSLEY) Distance 4½ miles Meeting place: Green Dene car park TQ 091 509 / nearby postcode KT24 5TA Start time: 10.15 for 10.30am Walk Leader: Eryl Lunch: Optional after the walk This walk will visit 10 of the 14 bridges which can still be seen. There is a steep incline at the start but after that the walk is through mixed deciduous woodland with fine views over Horsley and beyond in places. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 16 RH: MILTON HEATH Distance: 4½ miles Start Time: 10.15 for 10.30 Meeting Place: Milton Heath car park, ½ mile West of Dorking. TQ 155 488 / RH4 3JT Turn left off the A25, signposted to signed Bury Hill Fisheries Fishing Lake. Car park is 200m on the left. Walk Leaders: Rosemary and Barbara Refreshments/Lunch: Lunch - Pub at Westcott Enjoy footpaths only route, no fields, undulating walk.
THURSDAY AUGUST 17 CS21 SHAMLEY GREEN Distance: 7¼ miles Meeting Place: Meet outside the Post Office Stores by the green. On-street parking. TQ 031 437 / GU5 0UB EITHER: a steady ascent to Winterfold; descent to Rowly; return along the Wey-South path beside the old canal. OR: a clockwise circuit to explore Blackheath. THURSDAY AUGUST 17 MB02 THURSLEY AND HANKLEY COMMON (NORDIC) Distance : 6 Miles Meeting Place: Elstead Moat car park on Thursley Road south of Elstead. SU 899 416 / GU8 6LW Start Time : 10.15 for 10.30am start Walk Leaders: Michael and Penny Lunch : Optional after walk Open heathland walk with good views, little shade, stony, sandy tracks, short steep inclines, could be muddy. FRIDAY AUGUST 18 CF05 BLACKHEATH Meeting Place: Main Blackheath car park at end of Blackheath Lane (just past closed Villagers pub) TQ 036 461 / GU4 8RB Start Time: 10:15 for a 10:30 start Walk Leader: Colin Lunch: Percy Arms, Chilworth (optional) Mainly level walk (with one gentle incline) through fields with good North Downs views starting and ending on the heath. One stile. TUESDAY AUGUST 22 LC04 BISHOPSGATE WINDSOR GREAT PARK Meeting Place: Meet at the Bishopsgate entrance. SU 978 721 / TW20 0XY From A30 Egham Hill take A328 through Englefield Green. Left at 3rd mini-roundabout down Bishopsgate Rd to end of park. Start Time: 10.15 for a 10.30 start Walk Leader: Lynette Lunch: Pub lunch afterwards Superb views - Windsor Castle, Thames Valley. Beautiful lilies on Cow Pond. Undulating walk through Deer Park and the Village. Coffee stop at Olde World Post Office.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23 CS35 WEST HORSLEY Distance: 7 miles Meeting Place: Free car park on left of Shere Road, 1km SE from A246 Epsom Road. TQ 084 514 / KT24 6EW We see four of the remaining Lovelace bridges, and then descend to Colekitchen Farm and Netley Park, before returning northwards with good views. FRIDAY AUGUST 25 AM02 RIVER HOGSMILL AND EWELL Distance: 3¼ miles Meeting Place: Poole Road Recreation Ground, West Ewell: TQ 207 635 / KT19 9RY Start Time: 9.45 for a 10.00 start Walk Leader: Anthony Lunch: n/a Hogsmill open space, Ewell Court park, Ewell Upper Mill, Bourne Hall park. Level, with a railway bridge to cross. THURSDAY AUGUST 31 CS19 SHACKLEFORD Meeting Place: Outside Shackleford Post Office (on-street parking). SU 935 453 / GU8 6AH A clockwise circuit south of the Hog s Back; Peper Harow; Cuttmill Pond and The Tarn; Puttenham Common OR: An anti-clockwise circuit; Puttenham village and Common; Cuttmill Pond and The Tarn; Rodsall Manor. SEPTEMBER WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6 CS06 RIPLEY Meeting Place: Ripley Green car park. TQ 053 570 / GU23 6AL Turn off Ripley High Street opposite Ripley Curry Garden along roadway towards Dunsborough Farm (GU23 6AN). After 200 yards, parking area is between children s playground (L) and cricket pitch (R). Level walk beside the River Wey Navigation; Pyrford; Old Woking; Newark Priory.
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6 RH: MICKLEHAM Start Time: 10.15 for 10.30 Meeting Place: Rykas car park, opposite Burford Bridge Hotel off the A24. TQ 171 521 / RH5 6BX Walk Leaders: Rosemary and Barbara Refreshments/Lunch: Lunch at Stepping Stones. A varied walk up the back of Box Hill taking in Broadwood Folly and viewpoint, followed by a gentle descent. Toilets in the car park. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8 CF10 SHAMLEY GREEN, GATE STREET AND FARLEY HEATH Choice of morning, afternoon, or both Distance: 4½ miles, 3½ miles, or 8 miles Meeting Place: Outside Red Lion pub in Shamley Green (B2128). Park on adjacent roads. TQ 033 438 / GU5 0UB (T) Bus 53, 63 Start Time: 10.15 for a 10.30 start; afternoon 2pm Walk Leader: Colin Lunch: Red Lion, Shamley Green (or picnic) Figure of eight walk: Morning: Easy flat walk crossing abandoned canal and railway, via Grafham, to Gate Street. Afternoon: Hilly walk to Farley Heath after lunch starting at 2pm. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 12 LC03 NEWLANDS CORNER Distance: 5 miles Meeting Place: Newlands Corner car park. TQ 043 492 / GU4 8SE Take the A25 south from West Clandon for 1½ miles and the car park is on the right. Start Time: 10.15 for a 10.30 start Walk Leader: Lynette Lunch: Optional pub lunch Walk to St Martha s with fabulous views but some steep climbs, down to the Chantries and back along Downs Link. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 13 RH: HOLMWOOD COMMON Distance: 3 miles Start Time: 10.15 for 10.30 Meeting Place: Fourwents car park, 2 miles south of Dorking on Blackbrook Road at the junction of Mill Road. TQ 183 454 / RH5 4NX Walk Leaders: Rosemary and Barbara Refreshments/Lunch: Level circular walk on a hard path.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14 CS29 WITLEY Meeting Place: Free parking area in Church Lane, 125 yds beyond All Saints church, Witley. SU 945 395 / GU8 5PW Lunch: Bring picnic Varied walk via Sandhills & Hambledon. Rolling grassland, woods, fields & ponds. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 19 ES01 WISLEY AND THE RIVER WEY NAVIGATIONS Distance 4½ miles Meeting place: Wren s Nest car park TQ 065 589 / nearby postcode GU23 6QD. Park there or at RHS Wisley car park nearby. Start time: 10.15 for 10.30am Walk leader: Eryl Lunch: Optional at RHS Wisley coffee shop Walk along the River Wey past Ockham Mill to Walsham Lock and back across Wisley Golf Course. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 20 CS01 ABINGER COMMON Meeting Place: Outside St James church opposite the Abinger Hatch pub. On-street parking. TQ 115 459 / RH5 6HZ Holmbury St Mary; Holmbury Hill; Duke of Kent school; Peaslake; Sutton Abinger FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22 BH07 FETCHAM DOWNS/NORBURY PARK Meeting Place: Bocketts Farm in Fetcham on the A246 Epsom/Guildford road. Meet in the Farm car park at the end of the access road (not the car park by the roundabout). South west of Leatherhead. TQ 155 550 / KT22 9BS Start time: 10.15 for 10.30 start Walk Leaders: Barbara and Rosemary Lunch: Optional refreshments afterwards at farm cafe Walking on easy paths with some good views
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26 CF12 CHANTRIES, ST MARTHA S AND RIVER WEY Choice of morning, afternoon, or both Distance: 5½ miles, 3 miles, or 8½ miles Meeting Place: Outside Queen Victoria pub, off A281, Shalford (just before railway bridge). TQ 002 472 / GU4 8BY. (T) Bus 24, 53, 63, X1. Easy parking in Tillingbourne Road (just before pub). Start Time: 10.15 for a 10.30 start; afternoon at 2.15 Walk Leader: Colin Lunch: Queen Victoria, Shalford (or picnic) Figure of eight walk: Morning: Hilly walk including steps with lovely views through woods and fields including outward ascent to St Martha s Church. Afternoon: Flat easy 3 mile walk along the River Wey after lunch starting at 2.15. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28 CS25 TILFORD Distance: 8 miles Meeting Place: Free riverside parking area near The Barley Mow at Tilford Green. SU 872 434 / GU10 2BU A walk beside both the north and south branches of the River Wey (which meet at Tilford), and Frensham Little Pond. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28 PB07 ELSTEAD AND BAGMOOR COMMON NATURE RESERVE (NORDIC) Distance: 5 miles Meeting Place: Staceys Farm Road, Elstead. Parking is at the side of Staceys Farm Road or in the layby in Elstead Road. SU 906 435 / GU8 6EN Start Time: 10.15 for a 10.30 start Walk Leader: Penny and Michael Lunch: Optional refreshments after the walk A lovely, mostly level and peaceful walk with no roads.