A Newlands Corner loop via Shere
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"The trail of an early 20th-century news story leads to a Surrey beauty spot."
Walk directions
From the car park walk back towards the main road and turn right, 15yds (14m) from the entrance, on the waymarked byway, dropping down into the trees to a junction by a pill box. Swing right and follow the byway as it bears left past the old chalk pit where Agatha Christie’s car was abandoned in 1926. Carry straight on beyond a turning on your right.
Turn left on to the unmarked bridleway, passing Water Lane Cottages on your right. Continue between fields to the fork at Timbercroft, and bear right onto the footpath towards the Silent Pool. Fork right again after 100yds (91m), to walk along the narrow signposted public footpath. Cross the concrete quarry access road, then continue ahead through woodland to a stile. Walk along the field edge towards the church, and pass through a kissing gate, over the stream and through a second gate to the A248.
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Terrain
- Easy-to-follow tracks and paths, 1 stile
Landscape
- Dramatic North Downs scenery
Dog friendliness
- Some busy road crossings; watch out for pets at Timbercroft and livestock near Albury
Parking
- Newlands Corner pay-and-display car park
Toilets en route
- At car park, behind visitor centre
About the walk
In an extraordinary episode redolent of one of her own crime novels, Agatha Christie dominated the British papers during the first two weeks of December 1926. She never mentioned the affair in her autobiography, and the motive which fuelled 11 days of intense police and media activity has remained...
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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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