Start point:- TQ083445
Distance:- 8.96 km; 5.57 miles
Time taken:- 3 hours 2 mins
Route:-
| Walking
Bottom CP (Peaslake) - Hurt Wood - Pitch Hill - Duke of Kent School -
Coverwood - Holmbury hill / fort - reservoir - Spurfold Copse - CP I joined a walk led by a member of Mole Valley Ramblers, starting from the car park at Walking Bottom in Peaslake. |
Peaslake is in the centre of the Surrey Hills AONB. Hurtwood control coppices almost 302 hectares of the surrounding forest. There several car park areas within the control area which can be used as starting points for walks into the area. A map showing the location of car parks in Hurtwood control area can be downloaded from the following web site:-
There is a village school in Peaslake which is owned and run by the villagers, following its closure in 1994 by the local education body.
Pitch Hill (Coneyhurst hill) - good views south. Leaving Pitch Hill you'll pass the Duke of kent school - a very interesting building.
Coverwood farm rears pedigree Hereford cattle, Ryeland sheep and has gardens that can be walked around during limited times of the year. Coverdale - home once of Henry Charles "Inky" Stephens.
Holmbury Hill / fort has iron age settlements with a fort on Holbury hill. Indications that the site dated back to 1st century AD, constructed by the Belgic tribes of the Celts, settled before the Roman invasion. The hill fort was defended by double ramparts and sits just below the summit of the hill at 261 metres. Holmbury hill is the 4th highest point in Surrey.
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