Start point:- TQ083446
Distance:- 18.3 km; 11.37 miles
Time taken:- 3 hours 49 minutes
Route:-
| Walking
Bottom CP - Hazel Hall - Jesses Lane - Drydown Farm - Ponds Farm - Ponds Lane -
Shere Heath - Dark Lane - Cycle Route 22 - Towerhill Lane - Hazelhatch -
Broadfield Road - Hoe Farm - Tenningshook Wood - YH - Hombury St Mary church
- Greensand Way - Somerset Hill - Holmbury Hill - Hurt Wood - Riding Copse -
Peaslake church - CP The walk differs as it takes the footpath towards Hazel Hall, where the actual trail passes rather than walk towards Lockhurst Hatch farm as the previous Monday 14th March 2016. The walk up towards Shere includes some interesting views. There is an opportunity to do a shorter walk starting at Shere CP walking south to Broadfield Road and when reaching the road to Peaslake taking the first footpath on the right at the start of some cottages (Pursers farm will be on your left) as at that point you would be less than 500 metres from the return path to Shere (Jesses lane). Jesses lane is a single track road but whenever I have driven and walked down it it is a very quiet road, the section to be walked on the road is short about 200 metres but again take care. Cotterells farm to Drydown Farm the road section is again about 200 metres and it is a busier road but with some pavements to walk. The parish of Shere, which also includes Gomshall and Peaslake - were associated with the industries of weaving and tanning. Shown on a map of 1753 it says that Shere and Gomshall are famous for the weaving of fustain. (a coarse cloth, thick twilled) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fustian Shere church - 1329 Christine Carpenter the Anchoress of Shere was imprisoned for several years in the 14th Century, according to a 12th century chronicler Father Michael Duval. St James church Shere built in 1190 built in the early English transitional style. The nave pews were originally numbered and people paid the church to rent them. http://www.sheredelight.com/history.html More detail on Shere can be found here http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol3/pp111-121 |
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