Taking a wander around Farnham

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Walk directions

Bear right out of the very end of the car park, then bear left up the long avenue of trees to reach a tarmac path at the end of the avenue. Turn left onto this path, cross the brook, and continue under power lines to the information board near an entrance to the park. Continue on the same path, running behind houses, to the next park entrance.

Turn left onto another tarmac path that runs diagonally across the park, cross a bridge over a stream back under the power lines and past the Ranger’s House. You’ll cross the outward path within sight of the car park, before this path leads you out of the park along an alley, emerging on Park Row. Turn right here, then left into Castle Street. On your left you’ll pass a row of brick almshouses, built in 1619 for the ‘habitation and relief of eight poor honest old impotent persons’.

Continue to the bottom of Castle Street, where a flower market trades on the site where the old timber-framed market house stood from 1566 to 1866. Cross the road here (alternatively, continue left to the corner and cross with the lights), then turn left into The Borough and continue past Borelli’s Yard.

At the corner, turn right into South Street, and continue ahead to cross Victoria Road, Union Road and then The Bridge Weyside in quick succession. Finally, cross the river, then turn right into Gostrey Meadow. The path leads across a wooden footbridge over the river before bearing left through the gardens. Cross the road and continue along the riverside, with Farnham Maltings across the water on your left. Bear right through the car park towards the New Ashgate Gallery, then turn left into Lower Church Lane. Continue left into St Andrew’s churchyard, and follow the cobbled path past the west door and up the narrow lane with its signpost pointing towards the Museum of Farnham.

Emerge on West Street, opposite the post office. Cross at the lights, turn right and continue for 100yds (91m), then turn left through the arch into the Lion and Lamb Yard. At the top, you reach Waitrose; turn left under the colonnade, then bear right through Lower Hart car park to the exit. Turn left for a few steps, cross the road and turn left up Scholars Way, a paved path which leads between Farnham Baptist Church and the University for the Creative Arts. Continue past the Porters’ Lodge, up the steps and out of the college campus.

Keep straight on up some rustic steps and straight across a field. In the next field, take the right-hand path along the edge of the field to a waymark post. Bear right down a narrow path that leads between fences and out onto Old Park Lane. Turn right, cross Castle Hill and walk up steps before turning left along the railed roadside footpath. Pass Farnham Cricket Club and turn right at the signposted entrance to Farnham Park and the car park.

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Additional information

Terrain - Paved streets and country park trails, can be muddy

Landscape - Attractive market town in informal parkland setting

Dog friendliness - Good in Farnham Park, poor in busy town centre

Parking - Farnham Park car park off A287 (Folly Hill)

Toilets en route - Farnham Park and the Hart, near Lower Hart car park

About the walk

Farnham is a civilised little town with something to suit all tastes: boutique shops, plenty of culture in the shape of galleries and workshops, a plethora of places to eat and drink, and some gorgeous pockets of green space to relax in when you’ve tired of the busy streets. Farnham’s most notable...

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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.