Walks you can reach from Warnham by train

Highly recommended: Vineyard, wooded hills, chalk downland, open grassland, Mole valley views and North Downs.

Hilly: two fifths on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.

Woodland: half under tree cover.

Time: 4h–8h30

3 lunch spots: Mickleham (2h30–4h30 in) — the Running Horses, or the King William IV; plus Wild About Coffee at Norbury Park (1h30–3h in)

2 end-of-walk rewards: Box Hill Café, or the Stepping Stones

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: Trains2Green.

Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.

Recommended: Hills and woodland.

Hilly: a third on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.

Woodland: half under tree cover.

Time: 2h30–5h

2 lunch spots: Mickleham (30m–1h30 in) — the Running Horses, or the King William IV

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).

Restored landscaped gardens, rhododendron woods, surfaced parkland paths, open fields with Downs views, wooded valley trails, village green and town centre.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

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.

Time: 5h30–10h30

Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).

Broadleaf woods, heathland, sandy bridleways, open valley, fields and a picturesque Surrey Hills village.

Time: 4h30

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Mainly level riverside path, sandstone Greensand Way, picturesque Surrey villages and parkland grounds.

Time: 3h30

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

North Downs ridge, wooded escarpment, open hilltops, undulating ridge paths, rural farmland, parkland and golf course.

Warnings: Hilly, multiple ascents.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Vineyard, peaceful woodland and a folly with a view; Denbies Vineyard, Ranmore Common, Leith Hill Tower.

Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.

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: 5h–10h30

Warnings: Steep descents on steps and paths to Ockley.

Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).

Steep chalk hills, open downland, yew and box woodland, grassy ridges with panoramic views, gentle river valley fields and historic parkland.

Time: 3h30

Warnings: Steep descents, can be slippery.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

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.

Lunch: Running Horse, Leatherhead.

Walk details: Surrey Hills National Landscape (turn-by-turn directions).

Wealden woods, farmland fields, streams, ponds, riverside nature reserve and old market town.

Warnings: Can be very overgrown.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Greensand Ridge, heathland, hilltop moorland, woodland trails, suburban streets and a high street.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Similar walk: Blackwater Valley Nature Walks.