A Loop Around Esher Common
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Walk directions
Facing the notice board in the car park, take the path farthest to the right, which is marked as a cycle path. After 220yds (201m), just after passing under the power lines, meet a cross-track and turn left. Continue ahead eventually bearing away from the clearing beneath the power lines and back into the trees; at a public bridleway sign carry straight on. At the next cross-tracks, continue straight on, following the public bridleway signed ‘Fairmile Common’.
At the Five Ways junction you’ll reach a notice board. Facing it, walk to its left to take the unsigned path between pine trees. Almost immediately, pass a metal water tank on the right, and 70yds (64m) beyond it you reach a wooden seat. This vantage point has splendid views across the Common. Another 25yds (23m) leads to a wooden boardwalk, after which turn right and follow the track, passing a bench and another boardwalk. Continue through a strip of heathland and eventually see views ahead of Black Pond on the right. Enter woodland and follow the path over a bridge to a seat, facing the pond. Cross a plank bridge and follow the path by the edge of the pond.
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Terrain
- Generally clear paths with signposts
Landscape
- Heathland
Dog friendliness
- Dogs should be under control
Parking
- Copsem Lane car park
Toilets en route
- None on route
About the walk
Esher Common is an area of mixed woodland and heathland and was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1955. It also has areas of marsh, bog and open water, so a wide range of different habitats can be found here. At one time there was plenty of grazing on the common, but this has...
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About the area
Surrey is one of England’s most wooded counties, with over a quarter of the landscape designated as an official AONB and plenty of history evident in the countryside. You’ll find sandy tracks, cottage gardens and welcoming village inns, and on the fringe of Greater London you can picnic in Chaldon’s hay meadows, explore the downs at Epsom, or drift idly beside the River Thames.
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