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Camberley to Lightwater 1 (Camlig 1) review.

A Slow Way bookended with urban walking, but has a central stretch of heathland with great views over the Surrey hills.

NB: I walked Lightwater to Camberley. It was almost continuous rain on my walk, heavy at times. I didn’t take many photos. Moisture got into my camera, and I was reluctant to risk my phone in the conditions!

Lightwater has a choice of amenities. There is a short urban walk to the entrance to Lightwater Country Park.

The route from the entrance passes between two ponds and out onto the heath. The Park is mostly heathland, but there are also woods and ponds (Photos 1,2 & 3). There are panoramic views from High Curley Hill Summit.

The Slow Way then heads through a MOD vehicle test track. I briefly wandered off the path to explore, and was soon turned about by the steep twisting tracks (Photo 4). I found a path through bracken to return to the route.

There is quite a long urban walk into Camberley: quiet lanes within earshot of the M3, followed by a motorway crossing, and a pavement walk the rest of the way into the town centre.

I started from Camberley and the route to the town edge required only occasional checks of the gpx line. It leads to Ravenswood Roundabout where walkers need to go through a subway first and then cross M3 motorway. After that, the route continues through a leafy suburban neighbourhood. The noisy motorway is still rather close and there is no great risk of losing one's way.

When you reach the edge of Camberley, there is a marked entry to a forest via a public footpath. The forest seems to serve as a training ground for heavy military vehicles though I didn't meet any there on a weekday. The first hundreds of meters through the forest require checking gpx often but then you reach a ridge leading up to the High Curly Hill Summit. You can safely walk along the ridge and a hum of the motorway should come from the left throughout to guide you. The High Curly Hill Summit itself is worth reaching as you can see as far as London skyline from there.

The route down to Lightwater is easy to follow though there may be alternative routes down to the Lightwater Country Park. The rest of the route to the center of Lightwater is probably the shortest one and there are pavements along the whole way from the Country Park to central Lightwater.

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