- START GR166495 Car Park behind Sainsbury’s in Dorking Centre
- Leave the car park and descend to the High Street. Turn left and follow the Hight Street past AT May’s Garage to a T-
junction. Turn left and fork immediately left up Coldharbour lane. After 50m turn right into Hampstead Lane (162487) - The lane turns into a woody track. 500m after the end of the houses ignore the Yellow GW footpath, and turn left past the houses and under a bridge to emerge on Lince Lane. Turn left. The road terminates at a metal gate. Carry on through the gate onto a bridlepath.. This leads to Chadhurst Farm, but the footpath along the edge of the field is easier to follow and less likely to disturb farm animals. Reach tarmac at (148468). Take the farm drive opposite to Squires Farm. Go through the farm buildings and turn left onto a wide track.
- The track forks at (143462) keep right. Loose steep climb (if you make it you are good). Keep straight on at Wolvens Lane and descend steeply to Home Cottage. Climb to join a good double track and turn left (Whiteberry Road). Follow this for 2.5km gently ascending to a 5-
way junction. Turn right and enjoy a steep but short ascent to Leith Hill Tower. - From the tower take the fenced bridleway past the sign warning MB riders to go slowly, and enjoy a good descent for 1.4km keeping left at the end to Leyland Road (132444). Just before the road turn sharp left up a bridle track. Ignore the track leading to Wotton Common Car Park and keep straight on to join Greensand Way.
- Turn left and climb back up to Leith Hill Tower. Keep straight on past 5-
way junction and eventually descend to Coldharbour emerging beside the telephone box. Turn left along the road for 400m until a bridleway sign on the left. Take this (muddy and destroyed by horses at first). Fork right at the first junction and descend to the A24 at S Holmwood. (171453). Cross straight over and follow numerous bridleway signs across Holmwood Common (muddy & bumpy). Turn left on the road for 2.4km to the A24. Cycle on the path alongside the A24 for 500m then turn down Cotmandene to return to Dorking and the start.
OS Explorer Map 146 Dorking, Box Hill & Reigate.
Delightful tracks through woody glades. No sustained climbing. Some good downhill sections
Dorking: Wotton & Holmwood Common—25km—Medium
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