Walk 1st February 2017 Riverside Park nature reserve - Jacob's well - Sutton Park - Wey Navigations

Start point:- TQ011526

Distance:- 9.84 km; 6.12 miles

Time taken:- 2 hours 46 minutes

Route:-

Riverside Park Nature Reserve CP - Stoke Lock - Jacobs Well - Sutton Park House - Sutton Green - River Wey Navigation - Bowers Lock - CP

This walk was led by a member of Mole Valley Rambler with 17 walkers. And this is reflected in the time taken to cover the route.

Riverside Park is an 80 hectare nature reserve which straddles the A3 near Guildford.

http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/special/lnr/lnr_photo/734/Riverside%20Park%20Surrey%20Leaflet.pdf

The walk crosses the Wey Navigations at Stoke Lock

http://www.weyriver.co.uk/theriver/wey_nav_2.htm

and is the oldest lock in Surrey. The walk skirts the edge of Sutton place

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Place%2C_Surrey

And rejoins the Wey Navigations which you follow back to the car park

Looking north as the route rejoins the Wey Navigations which are followed back to the car park via Bowers Lock