Downs Link: Christ's Hospital to Cranleigh

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Walk along the station access road. Ignore a left fork and, shortly, join another road and go ahead. After 200yds (183m), bear right over the railway, now on the Downs Link. The route resorts to quiet roads for the next mile (1.6km). At a road junction after 0.5 miles, turn right.

For a short diversion, take the field path ahead for 0.25 miles (400m) to the interesting church at Itchingfield.

Back on the main route, after another 0.5 miles (800m), where the lane bends to the left, turn right along the drive signed to Baystone House. Cross the old railway and double back to the left down on to the track bed.

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  Terrain  - Gravel and stone of a disused railway line, one short section of earth and gravel through woods
  Landscape  - Farmland, copses and villages
  Dog friendliness  - Excellent for dog walking but do beware of cyclists
  Parking  - At start at station (pay and display)
  Toilets en route  - In Village Way car park, Cranleigh
About the walk
The Downs Link, a bridleway link between the South Downs Way and the North Downs Way, is well waymarked, using signposts adorned with the ‘two-tiered bridge’ logo. This section continues northwest across relatively flat country from Christ’s Hospital school in Sussex. It skirts the village of...
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Downs Link: Christ's Hospital to Cranleigh

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Additional information
  Terrain - Gravel and stone of a disused railway line, one short section of earth and gravel through woods
  Landscape - Farmland, copses and villages
  Dog friendliness - Excellent for dog walking but do beware of cyclists
  Parking - At start at station (pay and display)
  Toilets en route - In Village Way car park, Cranleigh
About the walk
The Downs Link, a bridleway link between the South Downs Way and the North Downs Way, is well waymarked, using signposts adorned with the ‘two-tiered bridge’ logo. This section continues northwest across relatively flat country from Christ’s Hospital school in Sussex. It skirts the village of...
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