Walks you can reach from Cheam by train
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Dorking to Box Hill & Westhumble (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Cheam.
Highly recommended: Vineyard, wooded hills, chalk downland, open grassland. Very beautiful. Magnificent views at Box Hill. Begins fairly quiet, but anticipate a constant Londoner horde near Box Hill itself.
Hilly: two fifths on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: half under tree cover.
Salomons Memorial Viewpoint (3h45 in)
Box Hill Café & Visitor Centre (National Trust; 3h45 in)
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
2 lunch spots: Mickleham (2h15 in) — the King William IV (excellent; reservations recommended), or the Running Horses
2 end-of-walk rewards: Box Hill Café & Visitor Centre, or the Stepping Stones
Warnings: Relatively busy. Can be muddy.
Source: Trains2Green.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Box Hill & Westhumble Circular via Mickleham (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Cheam.
Recommended: Hills and woodland.
Hilly: a third on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: half under tree cover.
Box Hill Café (National Trust; 1h45 in)
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
2 lunch spots: Mickleham (45m in) — the King William IV (excellent; reservations recommended), or the Running Horses
3 end-of-walk rewards: Box Hill Café, Ryka's Café, or the Stepping Stones
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Dorking Circular via Brockham (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Cheam.
Restored landscaped gardens, rhododendron woods, surfaced parkland paths, open fields with Downs views, wooded valley trails, village green and town centre.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Leatherhead to Dorking (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Cheam.
River Mole through the Mole Gap in the North Downs, the grounds of Thorncroft Manor, Norbury Park woodland and the Denbies Wine Estate (England's largest vineyard).
Norbury Park: A country estate of woodland and downland between Leatherhead and Dorking.
Denbies Wine Estate: England's largest vineyard, spread across the chalk slopes near Dorking.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: Running Horse, Leatherhead.
Walk details: Surrey Hills National Landscape (turn-by-turn directions).
Box Hill & Westhumble to Merstham (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Cheam.
North Downs ridge, wooded escarpment, open hilltops, undulating ridge paths, rural farmland, parkland and golf course.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Hilly, multiple ascents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Box Hill & Westhumble to Ockley (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Cheam.
Vineyard, peaceful woodland and a folly with a view; Denbies Vineyard, Ranmore Common, Leith Hill Tower.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Denbies Hillside (National Trust)
Denbies Vineyard: A large English vineyard on the slopes below Ranmore Common.
Leith Hill: The highest point in South East England, crowned by an 18th-century folly tower.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Steep descents on steps and paths to Ockley.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Dorking to Reigate (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Cheam.
Mainly level riverside path, sandstone Greensand Way, picturesque Surrey villages and parkland grounds.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Box Hill & Westhumble to Leatherhead (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Cheam.
Steep chalk hills, open downland, yew and box woodland, grassy ridges with panoramic views, gentle river valley fields and historic parkland.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Steep descents, can be slippery.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Dorking to Betchworth (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Cheam.
River Mole beneath Box Hill, the villages of Pixham and Brockham, and St Michael's Church at Betchworth (seen in Four Weddings and a Funeral).
Box Hill: An iconic chalk hill rising above the River Mole, renowned for its views and woodland.
St Michael's Church, Betchworth: A historic village church that featured in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: Royal Oak, Brockham.
Walk details: Surrey Hills National Landscape (turn-by-turn directions).
Holmwood to Gomshall (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Cheam.
Broadleaf woods, heathland, sandy bridleways, open valley, fields and a picturesque Surrey Hills village.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Horsham to Haywards Heath (Sussex)
45 minutes direct from Cheam.
Forest, fields, Sussex villages and views; St Leonard's Forest, historic Slaugham village, Cuckfield, South Downs views.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
St Leonard's Forest: An expansive forest of ancient woodland between Horsham and Crawley.
Slaugham: Very small, but picturesque.
Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Horsley to Box Hill & Westhumble (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Cheam.
Pine forest, North Downs views and bluebell woods, past Old Simm's Copse, Ranmore Common and the Denbies Wine Estate.
Hilly: half on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: three fifths under tree cover.
Denbies Hillside (National Trust; 3h in)
Old Simm's Copse: A tucked-away North Downs woodland renowned for its spring bluebell display.
Denbies Wine Estate: England's largest vineyard, spread across the chalk slopes near Dorking.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).