Friday Street and Wotton
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Walk directions
From the car park’s top left-hand corner, go through a gate signed ‘Footpath to the Tower’ and then shortly turn left into woodland on a signed public bridleway. At a crossroads of four bridleways, turn left and descend to a road junction. Take the road towards Abinger Common and Wotton; then, 90yds (82m) further on, turn onto the narrow, signed bridleway on your right. Cross a tarmac drive, leading to Cherry Tree Cottage and continue as it widens into a woodland ride.
Leave the woods and continue briefly along Abinger Common Road. A few paces after a house called St John’s, fork right onto the bridleway and follow it, with a stream to your right, through to Friday Street. Pass the pub and the millpond, and drop down past the postbox at Pond Cottage on your right. Follow the rough track over a ford and towards Wotton, bear left past Yew Tree Cottage, and continue until you reach a gate and a stile, just beyond a stone bridge on the left.
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Terrain
- Easily walked woodland tracks, one steep ascent and descent, 5 stiles
Landscape
- Ancient landscape of thickly wooded sandstone heaths
Dog friendliness
- Can mostly run free
Parking
- National Trust Starveall Corner car park on Leith Hill Road
Toilets en route
- None on route
About the walk
Somewhere in the forgotten landscape of thickly wooded sandstone heaths around Abinger Common lies Friday Street, Surrey’s smallest, prettiest and most remote hamlet. Friday Street’s most famous son is an enigmatic figure who blends life and legend with effortless ease. Stephen Langton was born...
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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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