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Mole Valley Group

Mole Valley Ramblers offers friendly walking in the heart of Surrey. We provide a wide and varied programme of led group walks, to which all are welcome.

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Overview

A walk along the Wey Navigation and Basingstoke Canal towpaths.  Flat except for rises at the bridge over the motorway.

Monday, 6 January 2025
Start time:
10:00 am
Estimated finish time:
12:30 pm
Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
8km / 5.0mi
Ascent:
N/A
Type:
circular

Starting point

Grid reference:
TQ 06245 60393
Nearest postcode:
KT14 7LY
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Start time:
10:00 am

Sanway Road, Byfleet, KT14 7LY

Upcoming walks with Mole Valley Group

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Yews, Chalk Grasslands and Earthworks (Booking required)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
12.5 miles
South of Dorking

Dorking Circuit.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.5 miles
Ancient oaks

Ancient Ashtead

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.0 miles
View

Brewery walk: car free option. (This walk needs to be pre-booked.)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
Drop Kick Brewing

Beer and Pizza from the Pond. (This walk needs to be pre-booked)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
5.7 miles
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Scenic circular around Epsom Downs & Centenary Wood.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.2 miles
The Rhododendron Wood

Rhododendrons Galore

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Having a ball around Ockley

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.0 miles
Frensham Great Pond

Churt - Mills, Hills and a Golf Course (Booking Required)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
Whitebeam new growth

Where does the River Mole begin?

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.5 miles
Lime Quarry and Brickworks, Betchworth, Surrey. Aerial view of the lime quarry and brickworks at Betchworth in the Surrey Hills surrounded by the villages of Beare Green and South Holmwood in the Mole Valley close to Gatwick Airport. View from above on a sunny Spring morning.

Betchworth, Brockham and brickworks

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
Betchworth Park

Summer Evening Walk to Betchworth

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.5 miles
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Views from the North Downs Way, plus lovely woods and fields.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.1 miles
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Compton and the Hog's Back

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.5 miles
Leith Hill Tower

Meandering to the Tower with Time to Stop & Stare

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.5 miles
To be seen on our walk

Friday Street to Kitlands

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
8.0 miles
View from the Shoulder of Mutton

Mint Sauce not needed for this Mutton (Booking Required)

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
16.0 miles
Chilworth

Newlands Corner to Blackheath

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
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Denbies to Denbies to Denbies

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.0 miles
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A Network from Netley Park

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.0 miles
Hindhead

Hindhead Commons and the Devils Punch Bowl.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.5 miles
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Roughing it to the Manor

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
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Capel & Newdigate

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.0 miles
White Stork

Walk on the Wildside (Group of 15 - Booking Required)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.5 miles
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ABC - Ardingly and Balcombe Circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.0 miles
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A Hundred Oasts and Two Castles (Booking Required)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
15.0 miles
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Over the Hills and (Not So) Far Away

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
7.5 miles
Epsom race course

Ready for the off

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
3.5 miles
Wotton Hatch pub

Summer evening pub walk from Wotton

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
5.0 miles
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A Trail, 3 Woods and Norbury Park

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
Orchids

Floral Feast on Sheepleas

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Pipp Brook Valley

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.0 miles
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Young Street Circuit Including Coffee at West Humble

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.0 miles
Glory Woods

Go Nuts in Henfold (Booking Required)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
13.2 miles
Leith Hill Tower

Leith Hill to Jayes Park

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.8 miles
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Ambling around Ashtead Common

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.0 miles
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Alice goes to Church.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
View from Radius Bench at Denbies Vineyard

Vines, Views & Very Good Coffee with Time to Stop & Stare

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.5 miles
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South Downs Delight (Booking Required)

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
17.5 miles
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Country Walk

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.5 miles
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Summer evening walk from Peaslake

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.0 miles
View from Pitch Hill

Two Hills for the Price of One with Time to Stop & Stare

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.5 miles
St Marthas

In the shadow of st Martha's

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.5 miles
Polesden Lacey

Ranmore to Polesden

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.5 miles
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Midsummer Ramble to The Summit of Sussex (Booking Required)

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
14.0 miles
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The Ups & Downs Circular from Elmore Pond, Chipstead. (Booking Required)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.2 miles
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Enjoying the flora & fauna of Epsom Downs

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.0 miles
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The Elmbridge Commons

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.1 miles
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Sheepleas to Old Simm's

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.0 miles
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River Mole and Molesey Heath

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
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Downs, Downs and Up on the Hill

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.5 miles
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Very humbly going to Box Hill (Booking Required)

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
12.5 miles
Picnic on South Downs

South Downs: Heaths and Hills around Graffham

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.5 miles
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The Westhumble Express, a personal Railway - The Thomas Grissell Legacy

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
3.5 miles

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking
Join now for just £3.58 per month
Register for an account for FREE