Ash to Guildford

A varied route taking in canal towpath, fields, woodland, some hills and town walking, beginning along the Basingstoke Canal at Ash Vale and with a fiddly wooded section at Ash and a final ridge giving views over Guildford. The stretch near the A31 isn't ideal. East of Puttenham the route follows the North Downs Way under the A3 at Watts Gallery, where there is a tea shop. As you descend The Mount into Guildford you pass Lewis Carroll's burial spot.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.