Walks you can reach from Brookwood by train
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Farnham to Blackwater (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Brookwood.
Highly recommended: Deer park, heathland, MOD training area, Iron Age hillfort, reservoirs, stream valleys, woodland, nature reserve, wet meadows, lakeside sandy shores and common.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Time: 5h30–11h
1 lunch spot: the Foresters (2h30–4h30 in)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Crown and Cushion
Warnings: MOD closures apply.
Source: Trains2Green.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Farnham to Godalming (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Brookwood.
Highly recommended: River valley, forest tracks, sandy bridleways, open parkland, country houses and wooded valleys.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Mother Ludlam's Cave: Sandstone cave associated with local folklore.
Time: 6h–12h
1 lunch spot: the Barley Mow, Tilford Green (2h30–4h30 in)
5 end-of-walk rewards: the Cyder House Inn, the Rose and Crown, the Richmond Arms, the Fox & Finch, or the Star
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walks: the Saturday Walkers Club and Slow Ways (inc. GPX).
Bentley to Farnham (Hampshire)
30 minutes direct from Brookwood.
Highly recommended: Ancient forests, heathland ridges, Scots pine, heather, large ponds with swimming, remote commons and quiet woodland paths and lanes.
Woodland: half under tree cover.
The Devil's Jumps
Time: 6h30–13h30
1 lunch spot: the Bel & The Dragon (3h30–6h30 in)
Warnings: MOD closures apply.
Source: Trains2Green.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Reverse direction: Blackwater Valley Nature Walks.
Alton Circular via Windmill Hill (Hampshire)
30 minutes direct from Brookwood.
An 11-mile ramble over the six hills ringing Alton, with farmland, woodland near Monk Wood, the River Wey and the Hangers Way, gateway to the South Downs.
Warnings: Includes a subway crossing under the A31 and field-edge paths that may be muddy.
Walk details: Wey Valley Community Rail Partnership (PDF).
Farnham to Alton (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Brookwood.
Quaint cobbled Farnham, St Swithun's Way and the River Wey to Alton, via Bentley and pretty Binsted village.
Time: 5h–10h
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Bentley to Alton (Hampshire)
30 minutes direct from Brookwood.
Countryside crossing over gently rolling Hampshire farmland, with woodland paths, the infant River Wey, a butterfly reserve and the St Swithin's Way pilgrimage route.
Lunch: Station café and a café in Waitrose, both at Alton.
Warnings: Grass and lower paths can be wet after rain; the route crosses the A31 dual carriageway.
Walk details: Blackwater Valley Nature Walks (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Guildford to Farnham (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Brookwood.
Hilly North Downs walk over sandy heathland commons with ferns, ponds and hilltop panoramas.
Woodland: half under tree cover.
Watts Gallery & Chapel: Arts and Crafts gallery and memorial chapel dedicated to Victorian artist G.F. Watts.
St John the Baptist Church: Historic parish church.
Puttenham Common: Heathland common with ponds and ferns.
Crooksbury Hill: Pine-clad hilltop with panoramic views toward the South Downs.
Mother Ludlam's Cave: Sandstone cave associated with local folklore.
Time: 5h30–10h30
Warnings: Steep inclines in places. Can be muddy.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Ash Vale Circular via North Downs Way (Surrey)
8 minutes direct from Brookwood.
Flat canal towpath, disused railway line, heathland commons, North Downs Way, open fields, mixed woodland and the barren Ash Ranges.
Time: 6h30
Warnings: MOD firing range closures.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Fleet Circular via Tweseldown Racecourse (Hampshire)
15 minutes direct from Brookwood.
Heathland, woodland, military training lands, levada water channel, canal towpath, residential outskirts and nature reserves.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: MoD closures apply.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Farnborough (Main) to Woking (Hampshire)
7 minutes direct from Brookwood.
Largely flat Basingstoke Canal towpath, summer water lilies and wildflowers, linking Farnborough, Brookwood and Woking; varying lengths.
Lunch: Station coffee shops at Farnborough and Brookwood, a café in Brookwood, the Rose and Thistle pub at Frimley Green, and many options in Woking.
Warnings: Lords-and-ladies plants along the route are poisonous.
Walk details: Blackwater Valley Nature Walks (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Farnborough (Main) to Fleet (Hampshire)
7 minutes direct from Brookwood.
Leisurely, hill-free chain of green spaces, following the Cove Brook Greenway through country parks and butterfly habitat to Fleet Pond, Hampshire's largest freshwater lake.
Fleet Pond: Hampshire's largest freshwater lake, a nature reserve of reedbeds, heath and woodland.
Lunch: Southwood Country Park visitor-centre café, midway.
Walk details: Blackwater Valley Nature Walks (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ash Vale to Worplesdon (Surrey)
8 minutes direct from Brookwood.
Basingstoke Canal towpath, hilly MOD heathland (Ash Ranges), pine-covered heath, farmland tracks, mixed woodland, open common and mature woodland on Whitmoor Common.
Warnings: MOD closures apply.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).