Walks from Brookwood
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Brookwood Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Brookwood by train.
Brookwood Circular via Brookwood Cemetery
Wild, open heathland plus the Grade I listed Brookwood Cemetery and Ash Ranges MOD heathland.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Brookwood Cemetery: A vast Grade I listed Victorian cemetery with an eclectic mix of religious sections.
Ash Ranges: Wide-open MOD-owned heathland with occasional public access and far-reaching views.
Time: 3h–5h30
Warnings: Ash Ranges access varies; do not enter if red flags are flying.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Ash to Brookwood
Lowland heathland, firing range ridgeline, open grassland, conifer and broad-leaved woods, farmland fields and historic cemetery grounds.
Warnings: Army range closures apply.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Farnborough (Main) to Brookwood
Recommended: One of the most enjoyable routes in that area. A gentle, straightforward and very enjoyable route, mostly along the quiet Basingstoke Canal towpath through a deep cutting and dense woodland and with some residential streets at Frimley Green and Farnborough. The towpath has a fairly small gradient but can get quite muddy after wet weather; the last kilometre into Farnborough is a bit uphill on roads. The towpath switches sides at the Bisley Camp Road bridge. Adjacent army ranges at Deep Cut produce occasional sound effects along the canal.
Waterway: three quarters along the Basingstoke Canal.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 2h30–5h
1 lunch spot: the Harvester
Warnings: There are railway lines to cross leaving Farnborough where visibility can be poor; take care. The towpath can be quite muddy after wet weather.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Ash Vale to Brookwood
An easy, almost entirely flat walk along the Basingstoke Canal towpath (after the initial climb up from Ash Vale). Pleasant and shaded by the water and though narrow in places due to undergrowth and muddy after rain.
Waterway: almost all along the Basingstoke Canal.
Time: 2h30–5h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Frimley to Brookwood
A pleasant, mostly waterside and traffic-free route following the Blackwater Valley path then the Basingstoke Canal towpath, mostly flat and well surfaced with few access issues, just the occasional gate, narrow footbridge and possibly muddy sections after rain. Surprisingly rural-feeling along the tree-lined waterways and though traffic noise intrudes near Frimley. Follows the Blackwater Valley path then the Basingstoke Canal towpath, including the impressive Brookwood flight of 14 locks. No refreshment stops on the route itself.
Waterway: nine tenths along the Basingstoke Canal.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Brookwood Cemetery: A vast Grade I listed Victorian cemetery with an eclectic mix of religious sections.
Time: 2h30–5h
Lunch: No refreshment stops along the route.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Brookwood Circular
Cemetery grounds, farmland fields and village lanes.
Source: A variant of Ash to Brookwood – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Brookwood to Ash
Cemetery grounds, farmland fields, lowland heathland and firing range ridgeline.
Warnings: Army range closures apply.
Source: A shorter variant of Ash to Brookwood – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Brookwood to Ash Vale
Cemetery grounds, heathland and firing range ridgeline.
Warnings: Army range closures apply.
Source: A shorter variant of Ash to Brookwood – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).