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Free car park to the left as you enter the Rural Life Living Museum Car park. Free, No height barriers, very very bumpy though! No signs anywhere about opening times, on the RSPB website it does say to check out Rural Life Living Museum for car park times, but at time of writing I couldn't;t find any useful info on that at all!
Few gentle climbs but nothing too strenuous. Mostly sandy pathways generally flat, but some sections with lots of roots. No stiles.
No water here
One poo bin we found near the start/end of the route - have highlighted with a yellow dot on the route map.
As detailed the art trail we followed will end in October 2024, if visiting after that check out the Surrey Hills Arts website to see if any new features to explore!
This is a stunning area to explore, with pretty forest trails leading onto the main heathland which also has incredible views once you get to the top.
When we visited it was also part of the Surrey Hills Arts program where between June and October there was a special route showcasing some local artists displays which was really nice and made the walk a bit more interesting too.
It may just be me but I didn't find the signposting too easy to follow though - there's lots of different arrows for different routes and I think we were following the black and white 'Permissive path' route but were more relying on the map we downloaded prior to visiting - which was very helpful. So I would recommend either following my route* in the GPS part of the app, or heading over to the Surrey Hills Arts website to check their map too, which will also have more details about the features on display too.
Much of the area is signposted as dogs-on-lead as is a nature reserve so not one for lots of free running, although were arrows to an off-lead section but we didn't get round to going that way.
Parts are used for grazing and horses too so watch out for those. Other than that we passed a handful of other walkers but really not many at all and was lovely peaceful walk, with beautiful scenery.
