Start point:- TQ079583
Distance:- 15 km; 9.38 miles
Time taken :- 3 hours 16 minutes
Route:-
| Ockham Common Pond CP - Chatley semaphore Tower - Telegraph Hill - Currie's Clump - Cockcrow Hill - Buxton Wood - Park Barn Farm - Manor House - Murray's Bridge - Pyrford Lock - Wey Navigations - Fox Way - Ripley Green - Mill Lane - Wisley Airfield - Bolder Mere - CP |
The original idea was to take in the mausoleum as well as the Semaphore tower however I missed the path which would have lead to the mausoleum.
The route crosses the A3 to Cockcrow Hill where there is a burial chamber (see the walk of 3rd November for details) crossing the M25 via a footbridge and on to the Manor house
http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/4443.html
Reviewing the above website shows the history of Byfleet and the Manor house. (Once owned by the Black Prince). A WW2 gun emplacement was sited in the grounds of the Manor House.
The walk goes through part of Byfleet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byfleet past St Mary's church to Murray's Lane over the M25 to the Wey Navigations and on the Pyrford Lock. There is a walk to be found on the Fancy Free website http://fancyfreewalks.org/Surrey/PyrfordLock%20PubWalk.pdf Pidgeon bridge is currently closed hence I had to extend my walk route and used the Fox way and crossed Ripley Green to get back to Mill Lane and eventually Wisley airfield and Bolder mere. Skylarks were seen on the airfield and some Wigeon ducks on Bolder Mere.
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-and-wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/w/wigeon/index.aspx
on Bolder Mere. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/151091
Ripley Green - claimed to be the largest in England, covers more than 65 acres. It survived the last great land enclosure in 1815, largely because of the grazing rights attached to many Ripley properties. It is protected as an open space.
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