Banred two

Verified Slow Way

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Excellent walk. Very similar to banred one but avoids the private road.

I started from Redhill (shops and toilets in Belfry Centre) A good walk mainly easy to follow. There are several stiles. I nearly missed the path off Babylon Lane as it's through a hole in the hedge! At Gatwick Farm go through the gate onto the footpath as there's no exit onto the path at the end of the surfaced road without climbing over a fence! The path through Mugswell to the Well House pub is very overgrown - long trousers recommended. The posts through the golf course are not easy to find (GPS helps) and the path continues through woodland to Waterhouse Lane. The rest of the walk into Banstead is straightforward. If you continue on the path after crossing Holly Lane you arrive at a Waitrose (toilets) on Banstead High Street. Bus S1 goes to Sutton from here.

I walked this from Banstead to Redhill on a light raining Saturday morning.

After a short section along a busy road in Banstead, the route soon continued along easy to walk on paths. First with some asphalt and then some dirt (photo #1) to end up at the bottom of a field with some nice views. The path up the hill here was easy going too (photo #2). From the top, the route through/alongside Pages Acre was full of blue bells in the woods (photo #3). Another path going slightly uphill (photo #4) then brings you around and through a narrow path (photo #5). Going into Kingswood (photo #6), the Legal and General House looked imposingly to the left, and the route continued through Kingswood and past its station. Lots of houses and an easy going pavement. Waterhouse Lane was the least pleasant part, but soon the route then crossed a golf course (photo #7) — even in the rain there were some flying balls, and again, some more bluebells. The route also started following the Millennium Trail here (photo #8, #9), which I walked before. After then going up the bill (photo #10), and underneath the M25 in an underpass, the route goes through Gatton Park, which is absolutely lovely (photo #11, #12). After coming down the hill, and crossing the slightly scary Gatton Park Road, it was an easy trod (photo #13, #14) to the finish at Redhill (photo #15).

A really superb walk which I started from Redhill. The footpaths through the town are really easy to follow as you climb. Beyond the edge of town is Gatton Park with its Capability Brown designed grounds. The M25 is crossed by underpass and just beyond it is the steepest part of the walk to the top of the North Downs. At this stage of the walk you have joined the Pilgrims Way. The paths are well marked and maintained. About half way is the Well House Inn, whose pub garden is directly accessible from the path! Just south of Kingswood the route crosses Surrey Downs Golf Club. There are markers which handily show where the path is and tell you which direction to look for incoming golf balls! Kingswood presents the opportunity to walk the pavement past the gated driveways of large detached houses. There is also a pub and a railway station there. There are more well used, popular and friendly footpaths on the way through to Banstead where the journey ends. This a model Slow Way, direct, safe, easy to follow and interesting. There are stiles and I wouldn't have wanted to take it on without wearing boots. In terms of hazards there are a couple of crossings of main roads which require care and a short lane walk along Babylon Lane, but the sight lines are good there. Despite the wet March weather, there were a lot of fellow walkers out and about. If you walk it, pray for a clear day because the views are excellent.

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